Minister of Education and Youth Development

Minister of Education and Youth Development
शिक्षा एवं युवा विकास मंत्री (Hindi)
Coat of arms of Vishwamitra
Incumbent Sri Nawab Sadheer since 12 May 2024
Ministry of Education and Youth Development
Style	The Honourable (within Vishwamitra) His/Her Excellency (international correspondence)
Member of	Cabinet Lok Sabha
Reports to	Rashtradhyaksh Prime Minister
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
Term length	At His Illustrious and Royal Majesty's pleasure
Formation	15 April 2007 (as Minister of Education) 15 June 2024 (as Minister of Education and Youth Development)
First holder	Tanishkaa Patranabish (as Minister of Education)
Deputy	Minister of State for Education and Youth Development

The Minister of Education and Youth Development (Hindi: शिक्षा एवं युवा विकास मंत्री‎) is a minister of the cabinet of Vishwamitra and the head of the Ministry of Education and Youth Development in the government of Vishwamitra. The position was created following the creation of the "Ministry of Education" on 15 April 2007 and Tanishkaa Patranabish was appointed as the first minister in the ministry of prime minister Arnisha Phatowali. The current minister is W. Pranit Singh who has been in office since 12 May 2024.

The Minister of Education and Youth Development is assisted by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Education and Youth. The current ministers of state are Abayat Ibtiyaz and Rajia Hazarika, both of whom have been in office since 23 August 2024.

History of office

• 15 April 2007 – 2 October 2015: Minister of Education
• 2 October 2015 – 6 August 2017: Ministry did not exist
• 6 August 2017 – 3 March 2020: Minister of Human Resource Development
• 3 March 2020 – 17 June 2020: Minister of Education
• 17 June 2020 – 28 January 2021: Coordinating Minister of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs
• 28 January 2021 – 17 March 2022: Minister of Education
• 17 March 2022 – 12 May 2022: Minister of Human Resource, Culture, and Youth
• 12 May 2022 – 12 August 2023: Minister of Education
• 12 August 2023 – 12 May 2024: Ministry did not exist
• 12 May 2024 – 15 June 2024: Minister of Education, Youth and Sports
• 15 June 2024 – present: Minister of Education and Youth Development

All the ministers except Matthew Xia (2021), Tyler Mullins (2021–2022), and Arsal Abbas Mirza (2022). Both Mullins and Mirza were later promoted to cabinet rank and continued to serve as ministers of education.

Ministers

Key

• I/C means Independent Charge
•   Caretaker Minister

Minister of Education (2007–2015)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) Representative	15 April 2007	31 December 2009	7002991000000000000♠2 years, 260 days	Non-affiliated	Phatowali
		Asmi Patranabis (born 2007)	1 January 2010	21 May 2014	7003160100000000000♠4 years, 140 days		Varuna I
							Varuna II
		Varuna Sriraya (born 2002) (Interim Prime Minister from 27 Dec. 2014 – 22 Feb. 2015)	21 May 2014	2 October 2015	7002499000000000000♠1 year, 134 days		Klarissa I
							Varuna (Interim)
							Tanishkaa I
Post abolished. Merged with Ministry of Culture in 2015.

Minister of Human Resource Development (2017–2020)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Bishnu Chetry (born 2001)	6 August 2017	13 May 2018	7002280000000000000♠280 days	Secular	Tanishkaa II
						Congress	Varuna V
							Varuna VI
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001)	14 May 2018	12 October 2018	7002151000000000000♠151 days		Tanishkaa III
							Interim Varuna II
		Asmi Patranabis (born 2007)	12 October 2018	17 March 2019	7002156000000000000♠156 days	Secular	Varuna VII
							Tanishkaa IV
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001)	17 March 2019	16 July 2019	7002121000000000000♠121 days	Congress	Tanishkaa V
		Tanishkaa Patranabish (born 2004) (Prime Minister)	16 July 2019	6 August 2019	7001210000000000000♠21 days
		Bhargab Jyoti Medhi (born 2001)	6 August 2019	17 August 2019	7001110000000000000♠11 days
		Ankurjyoti Thakuria (born 2002)	17 August 2019	2 September 2019	7001160000000000000♠16 days
		Arnab Deka (born 2002)	2 September 2019	15 October 2019	7001430000000000000♠43 days
		Mohammad Mridul Amin (born 2003)	15 October 2019	9 December 2019	7001550000000000000♠55 days
		Rajdeep Deka (born 2002)	9 December 2019	12 December 2019	7000300000000000000♠3 days
		Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001)	12 December 2019	3 March 2020	7001820000000000000♠82 days
Post renamed as Minister of Education in 2020.

Minister of Education (2020)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Sampriti Paul (born 2004) Caretaker Minister	3 March 2020	22 March 2020	7001190000000000000♠19 days	Congress	Anoushkaa I (Caretaker)
		Nishwan Baidantic (born 2001) MP for Dhirenpara	22 March 2020	30 April 2020	7001390000000000000♠39 days		Tanishkaa VI
		Sampriti Paul (born 2004) MP for Kahilipara	13 May 2020	8 June 2020	7001260000000000000♠26 days	Congress	Tanishkaa VII
		Reshmi Hazarika (born 2003) Unelected	9 June 2020	17 June 2020	7000800000000000000♠8 days		Anoushkaa II
Post merged with Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs in 2020.

Coordinating Minister of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs (2020–2021)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Rajdeep Deka (born 2002) MP for Adarsha Central	17 June 2020	28 January 2021	7002225000000000000♠225 days	Congress	Anoushkaa II
Post split into Minister of Education, Minister of Culture, and Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs in 2021.

Minister of Education (2021–2022)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Thomas Bainbridge (born 1994) Caretaker Minister	28 January 2021	1 March 2021	7001320000000000000♠32 days	Royalist	Snagoveanu I (Caretaker)
		Daniel Lee (born 2006) MP for Dadara	6 March 2021	6 August 2021	7002153000000000000♠153 days	Congress	Snagoveanu II
		Farhaz Hazarika Duke of Pragjyotisha (born 2003) MP for Basistha City (Deputy Prime Minister)	6 August 2021	9 September 2021	7001340000000000000♠34 days
		Matthew Xia (born 2006) MP for Chandril (Minister of State, I/C)	11 September 2021	21 October 2021	7001400000000000000♠40 days		Hazarika I
		Air Chief Marshal Matthew Griffin Count of Essex (born 2003) Caretaker Minister	21 October 2021	22 November 2021	7001320000000000000♠32 days	Non-affiliated	Pillin (Caretaker)
		Tyler Mullins Count of Mullins (born 1997) MP for Bhetapara (Minister of State, I/C until 9 February 2022)	22 November 2021	17 February 2022	7001870000000000000♠87 days	Congress	Hazarika II
		Major General Rory Leonard Count of Griffith (born 2007) MP for Kalapani	17 February 2022	17 March 2022	7001280000000000000♠28 days
Post merged with Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs in 2022.

Minister of Human Resource, Culture and Youth (2022)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Matthew Tonna Baron Tonna (born 2005) MP for National List	17 March 2022	12 May 2022	7001560000000000000♠56 days	Congress	Hazarika II
Post split into Minister of Education, Ministry of Culture and Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in 2022.

Minister of Education (2022–2023)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		Charles Burgardt Count of Suffolk (born 2002) MP for Maligaon	12 May 2022	30 July 2022	7001790000000000000♠79 days	Non-affiliated	Hazarika III
		Arsal Abbas Mirza Count Mirza (born 2006) MP for Dadara (from November 2022) (Minister of State, I/C until 11 November 2022)	31 July 2022	11 November 2022	7002377000000000000♠1 year, 12 days
			12 November 2022	12 August 2023			Hazarika IV
Post abolished. Merged with Ministry of National Development in 2023.

Minister of Education, Youth and Sport (2024)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		W. Pranit Singh (born 2001) MP for Uttar-Prant	12 May 2024	15 June 2024	7001340000000000000♠34 days	Congress	Klarissa IV
Post renamed as Minister of Education and Youth Development in 2024.

Minister of Education and Youth Development (2024–present)

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
			From	To	Period
		W. Pranit Singh Sri Nawab Sadheer (born 2001)	15 June 2024	Incumbent	7002157000000000000♠157 days	Congress	Klarissa IV

Timeline

Term length

Below is the list of the ministers in the descending order of their tenure in office:

1. Asmi Patranabis – 1757 days
2. Tanishkaa Patranabish – 1012 days
3. Varuna Sriraya – 499 days
4. Arsal Abbas Mirza – 377 days
5. Bhargab Jyoti Medhi – 370 days
6. Bishnu Chetry – 280 days
7. Rajdeep Deka – 228 days
8. Daniel Lee – 153 days
9. W. Pranit Singh – 7002191000000000000♠191 days
10. Nishwan Baidantic – 121 days
11. Tyler Mullins – 87 days
12. Charles Burgardt – 79 days
13. Matthew Tonna – 56 days
14. Mridul Amin – 55 days
15. Sampriti Paul – 45 days
16. Arnab Deka – 43 days
17. Matthew Xia – 40 days
18. Farhaz Hazarika – 34 days
19. Thomas Bainbridge and Matthew Griffin – 32 days
20. Rory Leonard – 28 days
21. Ankurjyoti Thakuria – 16 days
22. Reshmi Hazarika – 8 days