Education Minister Of India

Education Minister Of India

Dharmendra Pradhan

Dharmendra Pradhan / Age

54

Born 26 Jun 1969

qualification - post-graduate degree in Anthropology

wife name - Smt. Mridula Pradhan

Dharmendra Pradhan is the son of Debendra Pradhan, a cabinet minister in the Vajpayee government from 1999 to 2004. He was born on 26th June 1969. Dharmendra Pradhan became an Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad activist during his higher secondary studies in Talcher College and later became the student union president.

In 1983, Pradhan started his political career as an ABVP activist, later elected as its secretary. He was also twice elected as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar and Madhya Pradesh.

Positions	Service Period
Minister of Education	July 2021 to Present
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), MP	April 2018 in BJP to Present
Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha), Bihar	2012 to 2018
Bharatiya Janata Party All India General Secretary	2010 to Present
Bharatiya Janata Party: National Secretary	2007 to 2010
In-charge Chhattisgarh	2007 to 2010
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)	2004 to 2009
National Secretary of ABVP	1995