Ministry of Higher and Technical Education (Maharashtra)

The Ministry of Higher and Technical Education is a ministry of the Government of Maharashtra. It is responsible for designing and implementing higher and technical education related policies in the state Maharashtra

Ministry of Higher and Technical Education, Government of Maharashtra

मंत्रालय उच्च व तंत्र शिक्षण विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
Seal of the state of Maharashtra
Ministry overview
Formed	1992; 33 years ago (1992) [1]
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Chandrakant Patil, Cabinet Minister
Deputy Minister responsible	Indranil Naik, Minister of State
Ministry executive	Mr. Vikas Rastogi, IAS) [2]
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	htedu.maharashtra.gov.in

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Chandrakant Patil is current Minister of Higher and Technical.

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait		Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
				From	To	Period
Minister of Higher and Technical Education
01			Balasaheb Desai (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 May 1960	07 March 1962	1 year, 310 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao I	Yashwantrao Chavan
02			Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari (MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao II
03			Balasaheb Desai (MLA for Patan Constituency No. 261- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days	Indian National Congress	Kannamwar l	Marotrao Kannamwar
04			Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant (MLA for Chiplun Constituency No. 265- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly) (Interim Chief Minister)	25 November 1962	04 December 1963	9 days	Indian National Congress	Sawant	Parashuram Krishnaji Sawant
05			Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari (MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao I	Vasantrao Naik
06			D. S. Palaspagar (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Bhandara District) (Legislative Council)	01 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07			Sheshrao Krishnarao Wankhede (MLA for Sawargoan Constituency No. 49- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly)	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days	Indian National Congress
08			Pratibha Patil (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	13 March 1972	04 April 1973	1 year, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09			Abdul Rahman Antulay (MLA for Shrivardhan Constituency No. 193- Raigad District) (Legislative Assembly)	04 April 1973	17 Match 1974	347 days	Indian National Congress
10			Vasantrao Patil (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 20 - Sangli District) (Legislative Council)	17 Match 1974	21 February 1975	341 days	Indian National Congress
11			Pratibha Patil (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 February 1975	16 April 1977	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
12			Vasant Hoshing (MLA for Byculla Constituency No. 184- Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly)	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
13			Purushottam Dekate (MLA for Umred Constituency No. 51- Nagpur District (Legislative Assembly)	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Vasantdada II
14			Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman (MLA for Malegaon Central Constituency No. 114- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 July 1978	18 February 1980	1 year, 215 days	Janata Party	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
15			Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (MLA for Nilanga Constituency No. 238- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
16			Sharadchandrika Suresh Patil (Minister of Technical Education) (MLA for Chopda Constituency No. 10- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
17			Baburao Kale (Minister of Higher Education) (MLA for Ghansavangi Jalna Constituency No. 190- Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress
18			Sudhakarrao Naik (MLA for Pusad Constituency No. 81- Yavatmal District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
19			Balachandra Bhai Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)	12 March 1985	03 June 1985	83 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada IV
20			Ram Meghe (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
21			Ram Meghe (MLA for Daryapur Constituency No. 40- Amravati District) (Legislative Assembly)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
22			Kamalkishor Kadam (MLA for Nanded Constituency No. 66- Nanded District (Legislative Assembly)	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
23			Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	03 March 1990	25 June 1991	1 year, 114 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III
24			Anantrao Thopate (MLA for Bhor Constituency No. 203- Pune District (Legislative Assembly)	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
25			Prabhakar Dharkar (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Pune District) (Legislative Council)	06 March 1993	18 November 1994	1 year, 257 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
26			Prakash Mehta (MLA for Ghatkopar East Constituency No. 170- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
27			Sureshdada Jain (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	01 February 1999	11 May 1999	99 days	Shiv Sena	Rane	Narayan Rane
28			Prakash Mehta (MLA for Ghatkopar East Constituency No. 170- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	11 May 1999	17 October 1999	159 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
29			Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	19 October 1999	27 October 1999	8 days	Indian National Congress	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
30			Dilip Walse-Patil (MLA for Ambegaon Constituency No. 196- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	27 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 81 days	Nationalist Congress Party
31			Ramkrishna More (MLA for Khed Constituency No. 219- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 January 2003	01 November 2004	1 year, 295 days	Indian National Congress	Sushilkumar	Sushilkumar Shinde
32			R. R. Patil (MLA for Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal Constituency No. 287- Sangli District) (Legislative Assembly) (Deputy Chief Minister)	01 November 2004	09 November 2004	8 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
33			Sureshdada Jain (MLA for Jalgaon City Constituency No. 13- Jalgaon District (Legislative Assembly)	09 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 22 days	Nationalist Congress Party
34			Rajesh Tope (MLA for Ghansawangi Constituency No. 100- Jalna District (Legislative Assembly)	08 December 2008	06 November 2009	333 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok I	Ashok Chavan
35			Rajesh Tope (MLA for Ghansawangi Constituency No. 100- Jalna District (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok II
36			Prithviraj Chavan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Satara District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister)	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Indian National Congress	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
37			Vinod Tawde (MLA for Borivali Constituency No. 152- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	5 years, 12 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
38			Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) In Charge	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis II
39			Subhash Desai (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council)	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Shiv Sena	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
40			Uday Samant (MLA for Ratnagiri Constituency No. 266- Ratnagiri District (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	27 June 2022	2 years, 179 days	Shiv Sena
41			Aaditya Thackeray (MLA for Worli Constituency No. 182- Mumbai City District (Legislative Assembly)	27 June 2022	29 June 2022	2 days	Shiv Sena
42			Eknath Shinde (MLA for Kopri-Pachpakhadi Constituency No. 147- Thane District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister) In Charge	30 June 2022	14 August 2022	45 days	Shiv Sena (Shinde Group)	Eknath	Eknath Shinde
43			Chandrakant Patil (MLA for Kothrud Constituency No. 210- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 August 2022	26 November 2024	2 years, 135 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
44			Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief_Minister) In Charge	05 December 2024	21 December 2024	16 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis
45			Chandrakant Patil (MLA for Kothrud Constituency No. 210- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 December 2024	Incumbent	234 days	Bharatiya Janata Party

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait		Deputy Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
				From	To	Period
Deputy Minister of Higher and Technical Education
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 23 November 2019 To 28 November 2019				23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	NA	Fadnavis II	Devendra Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis
01			Prajakt Tanpure (MLA for Rahuri Constituency No. 223- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	30 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thackeray	Uday Samant (2019 - 2022) Aaditya Thackeray (2022 - 2022)	Uddhav Thackeray
The Post of Deputy Minister / Minister of States has been kept Vacant from 30 June 2022				30 June 2022	Incumbent	3 years, 43 days	NA	Eknath	Eknath Shinde (2022 / 2022) Chandrakant Patil (2022 - Present)	Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

History

Education and employment ministries were separated in 1992 and as a result, a separate ministry was established for higher and technical education.^[1]

Departments

• Higher Education^[3]
• Technical Education^[4]

1. Art Education

• University Section
• National Service Scheme

Autonomous bodies

• Admission Regulating Authority (ARA)^[5]
• Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education
• Rashtriy Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan
• Fee Regulatory Authority^[6]