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Mahendra Nath Pandey
Pandey in 2024
Minister of Heavy Industries
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prakash Javadekar
Succeeded by	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh unit
In office 31 August 2017 – 16 July 2019
Preceded by	Keshav Prasad Maurya
Succeeded by	Swatantra Dev Singh
Minister of State, Human Resource Development
In office 5 July 2016 – 31 August 2017
Succeeded by	Satya Pal Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Ramkishun
Succeeded by	Virendra Singh
Constituency	Chandauli
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 67) Pakhapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
Parents	Sudhakar Pandey (father) Chandrawati Pandey (mother)
Residence(s)	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	Banaras Hindu University (M.A. and Ph.D)
Profession	Agriculturist
Cabinet	Second Modi ministry

Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli from 2014 to 2024. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.

Early life

Pandey was born at Pakhanpur, Uttar Pradesh to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in a Brahmin family. He received a postgraduate degree in Journalism and completed his Ph.D in Hindi from Banaras Hindu University. In 1973, he was elected president of the students' union of C.M. Anglo Bengali College. Five years later, he became the general secretary of the students' union of Banaras Hindu University.

Pandey spent five months in prison during the Emergency. In 1978, he joined Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He took part in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement and was booked under the National Security Act by the Mulayam Singh Yadav-led state government.

In 1991, Pandey was elected to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for the first time. In 1996, he was re-elected to the assembly. He received the portfolio of Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development the following year in the Kalyan Singh ministry. He also served as Minister of State for Planning (Independent charge) between 1998 and 2000, and Minister of State, Panchayati Raj between 2000 and 2002.

Ahead of the 2014 Indian general election, Bharatiya Janata Party announced that Pandey would contest from the Chandauli constituency of Purvanchal. He was elected to the Lok Sabha after defeating his nearest rival Anil Maurya of the Bahujan Samaj Party by a margin of approximately 150,000 votes. Subsequently, he was made a member of Standing Committee on Rural Development and Consultative Committee for Ministry of Steel and Mines.

On 5 July 2016, in a major cabinet reshuffle, Pandey took the oath of office as Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development in the First Modi ministry. On 31 August 2017, he was replaced by Satyapal Singh. That same day, he was appointed president of the Uttar Pradesh unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He replaced Keshav Prasad Maurya.

In the Cabinet announcement made on 31 May 2019, Pandey has been given the post of  Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in the 17th Lok Sabha under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Personal life

Pandey's family originally hails from the village of Pakhanpur. He married Pratima Pandey on 8 February 1985 and they have one daughter.

References

1. ^ "Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
2. "Union minister Mahendra Nath Pandey appointed UP BJP chief". Live Mint. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
3. ^ "मोदी के मंत्री को मिली नई जिम्मेदारी, डॉ महेन्द्र पांडेय बने यूपी बीजेपी के अध्यक्ष" [Modi's minister gets new responsibility, Dr. Mahendra Pandey becomes the president of UP BJP] (in Hindi). Dainik Bhaskar. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
4. ^ "ऐसे ही नहीं दी गई है महेंद्रनाथ पांडेय को उत्तर प्रदेश बीजेपी की कमान, इसके पीछे हो सकती है एक रणनीति" [Mahendra Nath Pandey has simply been not made BJP President of Uttar Pradesh, behind it there might be a strategy] (in Hindi). NDTV. 1 September 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
5. ^ Sharma, Aman (1 September 2017). "BJP picks up Brahmin face Mahendra Nath Pandey to head UP unit ahead of LS polls". The Economic Times. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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10. "Modi Cabinet reshuffle 2016: Modi surprises – Smriti Irani loses HRD, VK Singh deprived of MoS N-E charge". The Financial Express. 5 July 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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12. "Mahendra Nath Pandey Appointed Uttar Pradesh BJP Chief". NDTV. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
13. "Mahendra Nath Pandey gets Skill Development". Deccan Herald. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
14. "PM Modi allocates portfolios. Full list of new ministers", Live Mint, 31 May 2019

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Prime Minister: Modi
v t e Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Arjun Munda Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Giriraj Singh Atomic Energy Narendra Modi Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh Mandaviya Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal Communications Ashwini Vaishnaw Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Piyush Goyal Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman Defence Rajnath Singh Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju Electronics and Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw External Affairs S. Jaishankar Finance Nirmala Sitharaman Food Processing Industry Narendra Singh Tomar Coal Pralhad Joshi Education Dharmendra Pradhan Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav Health and Family Welfare Mansukh L. Mandaviya Heavy Industry Mahendra Nath Pandey Home Affairs Amit Shah Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Narayan Rane Panchayati Raj Giriraj Singh Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri Railways Ashwini Vaishnaw Rural Development Giriraj Singh Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Mahendra Nath Pandey Social Justice and Empowerment Virendra Kumar Khatik Space Narendra Modi Ministry of Steel Jyotiraditya Scindia Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda Women and Child Development Smriti Irani Minority Affairs Smriti Irani Mines Pralhad Joshi
v t e Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri Labour and Employment Bhupendar Yadav New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Power Raj Kumar Singh Science and Technology Jitendra Singh Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal Statistics and Programme Implementation Rao Inderjit Singh Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur
v t e Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shobha Karandlaje Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries L. Murugan Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Bhagwanth Khuba Commerce and Industry Anupriya Patel Communications Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Raosaheb Danve Corporate Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh Defence Ajay Bhatt Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ashwini Kumar Choubey External Affairs V. Muraleedharan Finance Pankaj Chaudhary Bhagwat Karad Food Processing Industry Shobha Karandlaje Health and Family Welfare Bharati Pawar Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Arjun Ram Meghwal Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni Nityanand Rai Nisith Pramanik Jal Shakti Rajeev Chandrasekhar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal V. Muraleedharan Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Raosaheb Danve Darshana Jardosh Road Transport and Highways V. K. Singh Rural Development Niranjan Jyoti Social Justice and Empowerment A. Narayanaswamy Ramdas Athawale Pratima Bhoumik Steel Faggan Singh Kulaste Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Raj Kumar Singh Space Jitendra Singh Tribal Affairs Bharati Pawar Women and Child Development Mahendra Munjapara

v t e First Modi ministry
Prime Minister: Narendra Modi
v t e Cabinet Ministers Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh Atomic Energy Narendra Modi Chemicals and Fertilizers D. V. Sadananda Gowda Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley Defence Nirmala Sitharaman Drinking Water and Sanitation Uma Bharati Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan Electronics and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad External Affairs Sushma Swaraj Finance Arun Jaitley Food Processing Industry Harsimrat Kaur Badal Coal Piyush Goyal Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises Anant Geete Home Affairs Rajnath Singh Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar Information and Broadcasting Smriti Irani Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad Overseas Indian Affairs Sushma Swaraj Panchayati Raj Narendra Singh Tomar Parliamentary Affairs Narendra Singh Tomar Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan Railways Piyush Goyal Rural Development Narendra Singh Tomar Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot Space Narendra Modi Statistics and Programme Implementation D. V. Sadananda Gowda Steel Chaudhary Birender Singh Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari Textiles Smriti Irani Tribal Affairs Jual Oram Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin Gadkari Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Mines Narendra Singh Tomar
v t e Ministers of State (Independent Charge) AYUSH Shripad Yasso Naik Communications Manoj Sinha Culture Mahesh Sharma Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh Planning Rao Inderjit Singh Power Raj Kumar Singh Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Hardeep Singh Puri Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
v t e Ministers of State Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Parsottambhai Rupala S. S. Ahluwalia Sudarshan Bhagat Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh Chemicals and Fertilizers Mansukh L. Mandaviya Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Disturbution Chhotu Ram Chaudhary Corporate Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Defence Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramesh Jigajinagi Earth Sciences Y. S. Chowdary Electronics and IT P. P. Chaudhary External Affairs V. K. Singh Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal Santosh Gangwar Food Processing Industry Niranjan Jyoti Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel Faggan Singh Kulaste Heavy Industry and Public Enterprises G. M. Siddeshwara Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir Kiren Rijiju Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Law and Justice P. P. Chaudhary Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Giriraj Singh Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Overseas Indian Affairs V. K. Singh Panchayati Raj Parsottambhai Rupala Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal Vijay Goel Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh Railways Manoj Sinha Road Transport and Highways Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Rural Development Ram Kripal Yadav Science and Technology Y. S. Chowdary Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar Ramdas Athawale Vijay Sampla Steel Vishnudeo Sai Shipping Mansukh L. Mandaviya Pon Radhakrishnan Space Jitendra Singh Textiles Ajay Tamta Tribal Affairs Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Satya Pal Singh Arjun Ram Meghwal Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi Urban Development Babul Supriyo Rao Inderjit Singh

• Living people
• India MPs 2014–2019
• People from Chandauli district
• Lok Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh
• 1957 births
• Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Uttar Pradesh
• Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1991–1993
• Uttar Pradesh MLAs 1997–2002
• Politicians from Ghazipur
• Narendra Modi ministry
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