India has seen four leaders serve as education ministers since 2014. Smriti Irani became Minister of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in 2014 and continued till 2016. Prakash Javadekar took over the ministry until 2019. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank', who handled the ministry until 2021 before Dharmendra Pradhan took over, oversaw the renaming of MHRD to Ministry of Education.