Minister of Science and Technology (India)

Minister of Science & Technology विज्ञान एंव प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री
Emblem of India
Incumbent Harsh Vardhan^[1] since 9 November 2014
Ministry of Science & Technology
Style	The Honourable
Appointer	President on the advice of the Prime Minister

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The Minister of Science & Technology is the head of the Ministry of Science & Technology of the Government of India. It is a key office in the Union Cabinet.^[2]

List of Science & Technology Ministers

Name	Term of office		Political party	Prime Minister
V. P. Singh^[3]	1989	1990	Janata Dal	V. P. Singh
Chandra Shekhar^[4]	1990	1991	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	Chandra Shekhar
P. V. Narasimha Rao^[5]	1991	1996	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
Murali Manohar Joshi^[6]	13 October 1999	21 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Kapil Sibal^[7]	23 May 2004	May 2009	Indian National Congress	Manmohan Singh
Pawan Kumar Bansal^[8]	19 January 2011	19 July 2011
Vilasrao Deshmukh^[9]	19 July 2011	14 August 2012
Vayalar Ravi	14 August 2012	28 Oct 2012
Jaipal Reddy	28 Oct 2012	26 May 2014
Dr. Jitendra Singh^[1]	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi
Harsh Vardhan	9 November 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi

1 2 Minister of State (Independent Charge)
↑ "India.gov.in Council of Ministers". New Delhi: Govt of India. 2012-10-28. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
↑ "Tenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINGH, SHRI VISHWANATH PRATAP". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
↑ "Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Chandra Shekhar,Shri". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved October 9, 2014.
↑ "Biographical Sketch, Member of Parliament, XI Lok Sabha : RAO, SHRI P.V. NARASIMHA". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved May 6, 2015.
↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
↑ "Members Bioprofile". Lok Sabha of India/National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
↑ NDTV correspondent (July 19, 2011). "Deshmukh takes charge as Science and Technology Minister". New Delhi: NDTV. Retrieved 2012-11-04.

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