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Pralhad Joshi
- Hindi: प्रहलाद जोशी
Minister of Education, Government of India · Bharatiya Janata Party
- In office since July 2026
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Source: sansad.in, checkedCurrent roles
- Government of India · since July 25, 2026 · Assumed the charge of the office of Minister of Education with effect from 25 July 2026, when Dharmendra Pradhan relinquished it (Cabinet Secretariat No. 1/34/1/2026-Cab.). Source: cabsec.gov.in, checked (+3 more)
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Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy BJP ReportGovernment of India · since June 9, 2024 · Sworn in 9 June 2024 (Third Modi ministry). Source: cabsec.gov.in, checked (+2 more)
- House of the People Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked (+1 more)
Sources
- sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha Secretariat, sansad.in member API (mpsno), read 2026-10-12: Lok Sabha members' names, ids and portraits. Others: Wikipedia lists (Rajya Sabha, Modi ministry) and Wikidata ids, read 2026-10-12, fallback because sansad.in Rajya Sabha member API returns 403 and rajyasabha.nic.in refuses connections. For: Pralhad Joshi
- sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha Secretariat, sansad.in member API with locale=hi, read 2026-10-12: Hindi names of members, constituencies and parties. For: Pralhad Joshi in Hindi
- cabsec.gov.in · checked Cabinet Secretariat, Composition of the Cabinet Committees (as on 27.07.2026), read 2026-10-12: Cabinet minister and portfolio confirmed (no change-in-portfolio notice after 25 July 2026 on cabsec.gov.in). For: Minister of Education, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy
- cabsec.gov.in · checked Cabinet Secretariat, Change in Portfolios notice No. 1/34/1/2026-Cab. dated 25 July 2026, read 2026-10-12: Pralhad Joshi assumed the charge of Minister of Education from 25 July 2026 (Dharmendra Pradhan relinquished it); confirmed by Composition of the Cabinet Committees as on 27.07.2026 (https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/cabinetcommittees/english/1_Upload_4263.pdf). For: Minister of Education
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia, Third Modi ministry (read 2026-10-12): cabinet portfolios, holders and the 25 July 2026 Education charge change. Fallback source. For: Minister of Education, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Member of the Lok Sabha, Dharwad (Karnataka)
- sansad.in · checked Lok Sabha: sansad.in member API, status=Sitting, read 2026-10-12 (term start date not published, left empty). Rajya Sabha and ministers: Wikipedia 'List of current members of the Rajya Sabha' and 'Third Modi ministry' (fallback, read 2026-10-12; official Rajya Sabha list unreachable). Officers: Wikipedia infoboxes cross-checked with Wikidata. For: Minister of Education, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Member of the Lok Sabha, Dharwad (Karnataka)