Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)

Minister of Medical Education
**मंत्री वैद्यकीय शिक्षण विभाग**
Minister of Medical Education; मंत्री वैद्यकीय शिक्षण विभाग
	Emblem of India
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	Incumbent; Hasan Mushrif; since 21 December 2024
	Ministry of Medical Education (Maharashtra)
Style	The Honourable
Abbreviation	Cabinet Minister
Member of	State Cabinet
Reports to	Chief Minister,; Maharashtra Legislature
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor on the advice of the ; Chief Minister
Term length	5 years
Precursor	Girish Mahajan; (2022- 2023)
Inaugural holder	Sadashiv Govind Barve; (1960-1962)
Formation	1 May 1960
Deputy	Vacant, TBD; since 29 June 2022

Ministry of Medical Education
Government of Maharashtra
मंत्रालय वैद्यकीय शिक्षण विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन
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	; Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai
Ministry overview
Jurisdiction	Maharashtra
Headquarters	Mantralay, Mumbai
Minister responsible	Hasan Mushrif, Cabinet Minister;
Deputy Minister responsible	Vacant, TBD since 29 June 2022, Minister of State;
Parent department	Government of Maharashtra
Website	medical.maharashtra.gov.in/1154/Home

The Ministry of Medical Education is a ministry in the Government of Maharashtra. Ministry is responsible for implementation of laws and acts related to Medical Education and Profession.

The Ministry is headed by a cabinet level minister. Hasan Mushrif is current Minister of Medical education.

Head office

Cabinet Ministers

No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Minister (Constituency)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Chief Minister
Minister of Medical 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		Sadashiv Govind Barve (MLA for Shivajinagar Constituency No. 209- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 March 1962	19 November 1962	256 days	Indian National Congress	Yashwantrao II	Yashwantrao Chavan
03		Shantilal Shah (MLA for Vile Parle Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	1 year, 4 days	Indian National Congress	Kannamwar l	Marotrao Kannamwar
04		P. K. 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	P. K. Sawant
05		P. K. Sawant (MLA for Chiplun Constituency No. 265- Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Assembly)	05 December 1963	01 March 1967	3 years, 86 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao I	Vasantrao Naik
06		Shankarrao Chavan (MLA for Bhokar Constituency No. 85- Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly)	01 March 1967	27 October 1969	2 years, 240 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
07		Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari (MLA for Raver Constituency No. 11- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	27 October 1969	13 March 1972	2 years, 138 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao II
08		Hari Govindrao Vartak (MLA for Bassein-Vasai Constituency No. 180- Palghar District (Legislative Assembly)	13 March 1972	04 April 1973	1 year, 32 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantrao III
09		Rafique Zakaria (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 16 - Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Council)	04 April 1973	17 Match 1974	347 days	Indian National Congress
10		Shankarrao Chavan (MLA for Bhokar Constituency No. 85- Nanded District) (Legislative Assembly)	17 Match 1974	21 February 1975	341 days	Indian National Congress
11		Yashwantrao Mohite (MLA for Karad South Constituency No. 260- Satara District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 February 1975	16 April 1977	2 years, 54 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao I	Shankarrao Chavan
12		Ratnappa Kumbhar (MLA for Shirol Constituency No. 280- Kolhapur District (Legislative Assembly)	17 April 1977	07 March 1978	1 year, 324 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada I	Vasantdada Patil
13		Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council)	07 March 1978	18 July 1978	133 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada II	Vasantdada Patil
14		Arjunrao Kasture (MLA for Buldana Constituency No. 23- Buldana District) (Legislative Assembly)	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days	Indian Congress (Socialist)	Pawar I	Sharad Pawar
15		Nanabhau Yembadwar (MLC for Bhandara - Gondia Local Authorities Constituency No. 14 - Gondia District) (Legislative Council)	09 June 1980	21 January 1982	1 year, 226 days	Indian National Congress	Antulay	Abdul Rahman Antulay
16		Baburao Kale (MLA for Ghansavangi Jalna Constituency No. 190- Jalna District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 January 1982	02 February 1983	1 year, 12 days	Indian National Congress	Bhosale	Babasaheb Bhosale
17		Lalita Rao (MLA for Trombay Constituency No. 177- Mumbai Suburban District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 February 1983	05 March 1985	2 years, 26 days	Indian National Congress	Vasantdada III	Vasantdada Patil
18		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	Vasantdada Patil
19		Balachandra Bhai Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)	03 June 1985	12 March 1986	282 days	Indian National Congress	Nilangekar	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar
20		Balachandra Bhai Sawant (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 09 - Ratnagiri District) (Legislative Council)	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	2 years, 106 days	Indian National Congress	Shankarrao II	Shankarrao Chavan
21		Jawaharlal Darda (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Yavatmal District) (Legislative Council)	26 June 1988	03 March 1990	1 year, 250 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar II	Sharad Pawar
22		Pushpatai Hirey (MLA for Dabhadi Constituency No. 74- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	03 March 1990	25 June 1991	1 year, 114 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar III	Sharad Pawar
23		Pushpatai Hirey (MLA for Dabhadi Constituency No. 74- Nashik District) (Legislative Assembly)	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	1 year, 242 days	Indian National Congress	Sudhakarrao	Sudhakarrao Naik
24		Vilasrao Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	06 March 1993	14 March 1995	2 years, 8 days	Indian National Congress	Pawar IV	Sharad Pawar
25		Daulatrao Aher (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 21 - Nashik District) (Legislative Council)	14 March 1995	01 February 1999	3 years, 324 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Joshi	Manohar Joshi
26		Daulatrao Aher (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 21 - Nashik District) (Legislative Council)	01 February 1999	17 October 1999	258 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Rane	Narayan Rane
27		Digvijay Khanvilkar (MLA for Karvir Constituency No. 275- Kolhapur district) (Legislative Assembly)	19 October 1999	16 January 2003	3 years, 89 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Deshmukh I	Vilasrao Deshmukh
28		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
29		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
30		Dilip Walse-Patil (MLA for Ambegaon Constituency No. 196- Pune District) (Legislative Assembly)	09 November 2004	01 December 2008	4 years, 22 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Deshmukh II	Vilasrao Deshmukh
31		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
32		Vijaykumar Gavit (MLA for Nandurbar Constituency No. 03- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly)	07 November 2009	10 November 2010	1 year, 3 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Ashok II	Ashok Chavan
33		Vijaykumar Gavit (MLA for Nandurbar Constituency No. 03- Nandurbar District) (Legislative Assembly)	11 November 2010	19 March 2014	3 years, 128 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Prithviraj	Prithviraj Chavan
34		Prithviraj Chavan (MLC for Elected by MLAs Constituency No. 19 - Satara District) (Legislative Council) (Chief Minister)	20 March 2014	29 May 2014	70 days	Indian National Congress
35		Jitendra Awhad (MLA for Mumbra-Kalwa Constituency No. 149- Thane District (Legislative Assembly)	29 May 2014	26 September 2014	3 years, 319 days	Nationalist Congress Party
36		Vinod Tawde (MLA for Borivali Constituency No. 152- Mumbai Suburban District (Legislative Assembly)	31 October 2014	04 June 2016	1 year, 217 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis I	Devendra Fadnavis
37		Devendra Fadnavis (MLA for Nagpur South West Constituency No. 52- Nagpur District) (Legislative Assembly) (Chief Minister)	04 June 2016	08 July 2016	3 years, 153 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
38		Girish Mahajan (MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	08 July 2016	12 November 2019	3 years, 127 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
39		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
40		Balasaheb Thorat (MLA for Sangamner Constituency No. 217- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly)	28 November 2019	30 December 2019	32 days	Indian National Congress	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
41		Amit Deshmukh (MLA for Latur City Constituency No. 235- Latur District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days	Indian National Congress	Thackeray	Uddhav Thackeray
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		Girish Mahajan (MLA for Jamner Constituency No. 19- Jalgaon District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 August 2022	14 July 2023	334 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
44		Hasan Mushrif (MLA for Kagal Constituency No. 273- Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	14 July 2023	26 November 2024	1 year, 135 days	Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group)
45		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
46		Hasan Mushrif (MLA for Kagal Constituency No. 273- Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	21 December 2024	Incumbent	7 days	Nationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar Group)	Fadnavis III	Devendra Fadnavis

Ministers of State

No.	Portrait	Deputy Minister (Constituency)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
No.	Portrait	Deputy Minister (Constituency)	From	To	Period	Political party	Ministry	Minister	Chief Minister
Deputy Minister of Medical Education
Vacant			23 November 2019	28 November 2019	5 days	NA	Fadnavis II	Devendra Fadnavis	Devendra Fadnavis
01		Rajendra Patil Yadravkar (MLA for Shirol Constituency No. 280- Kolhapur District) (Legislative Assembly)	30 December 2019	27 June 2022	2 years, 179 days	Shiv Sena	Thackeray	Amit Deshmukh	Uddhav Thackeray
02		Prajakt Tanpure (MLA for Rahuri Constituency No. 223- Ahmednagar District) (Legislative Assembly) Additional_Charge	27 June 2022	29 June 2022	2 days	Nationalist Congress Party	Thackeray	Amit Deshmukh	Uddhav Thackeray
Vacant			30 June 2022	Incumbent	2 years, 181 days	NA	Eknath	Eknath Shinde (2022 - 2022) Girish Mahajan (2022 - 2023) Hasan Mushrif (2023- Present)	Eknath Shinde

List of principal secretary

Departments

Ministry is further divided into several departments.

AYUSH^[1]
Directorate of Medical Education & Research (DMER)^[2]
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)^[3]
Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health

References

^ "आयुष, संचालनालय-वैद्यकीय शिक्षण व औषधी द्रव्ये विभाग". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-22.
^ "प्रस्तावना". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
^ "प्रस्तावना". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

External links

Official website

[1] "आयुष, संचालनालय-वैद्यकीय शिक्षण व औषधी द्रव्ये विभाग". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-06-22.

[2] "प्रस्तावना". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

[3] "प्रस्तावना". medical.maharashtra.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-07-12.

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