Who is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?
He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in arts from the KS Arts College, Hubballi, which is affiliated with Karnataka University.He cofounded a chemicals business after graduation. However, he was interested in politics from a young age and associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu volunteer organisation founded in 1925 by physician and Hindu nationalist Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in Nagpur in modern-day Maharashtra. He has since won five straight parliamentary elections.Rise in the BJPIn 1998, Joshi was appointed president of the BJP in the Dharwad district and in 2014 rose to become the state of Karnataka’s BJP president.In May 2019, he was appointed to Modi’s cabinet as minister of parliamentary affairs, coal and mines.
- ▪He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in arts from the KS Arts College, Hubballi, which is affiliated with Karnataka University.He cofounded a chemicals business after graduation.
- ▪However, he was interested in politics from a young age and associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu volunteer organisation founded in 1925 by physician and Hindu nationalist Keshav Baliram Hedgewar in Nagpu
- ▪He has since won five straight parliamentary elections.Rise in the BJPIn 1998, Joshi was appointed president of the BJP in the Dharwad district and in 2014 rose to become the state of Karnataka’s BJP president.In May 2019, he was appointed
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News|ProtestsWho is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?Joshi has been a member of the cabinet since 2019 and is seen as close to powerful PM Modi.ListenListen (4 mins)SaveClick here to share on social mediashare-nodesSharefacebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPralhad Joshi, India's new minister of education, is seen as close to powerful Prime Minister Narendra Modi [File: Bhawika Chhabra/Reuters]By Al Jazeera StaffPublished On 26 Jul 202626 Jul 2026Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India’s education minister after weeks-long protests over an exam leak scandal led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.Pradhan’s departure, which came on Saturday, was one of the main demands of the youth-led demonstrations that in recent weeks had spread across…
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