Modi Cabinet Expansion: Educational qualifications of new cabinet ministers

PM Narendra Modi made a major reshuffle in his cabinet before the start of the monsoon session where 11 ministers resigned, and 43 people were sworn in. Some of the ministers who took the oath have studied from foreign universities such as Harvard or Stanford. Let's take a look at the educational qualifications of new ministers who took oath on Wednesday.

Educational qualifications of cabinet ministers

1. Sarbananda Sonowal - Former CM of Assam. He has done LLB from Dibrugarh University.

2. Virendra Kumar - MP from Tikamgarh in Madhya Pradesh. He has a PhD in Child Labour from Dr. Harisingh Gour University.

3. Jyotiraditya Scindia - Member of Rajya Sabha. BA from Harvard and MBA from Stanford.

4. RP Singh - Rajya Sabha MP. MA in International Relations from JNU. He was a UP cadre IAS officer before joining politics.

5. Ashwini Vaishnaw - Rajya Sabha MP from Odisha. MBA from University of Pennsylvania and did MTech from IIT Kanpur. Before entering the world of politics, Ashwini Vaishnaw was an IAS officer with huge administrative experience.

6. Pashupati Kumar Paras - MP from Hajipur. He has done BEd from Bhagalpur University.

7. Bhupendra Yadav - Rajya Sabha MP from Rajasthan. Has done LLB from Government College, Ajmer.

8. Pankaj Choudhary- MP from Maharajganj in Uttar Pradesh. Graduated from Gorakhpur University.

9. Anupriya Patel - MP from Mirzapur in Uttar Pradesh. She has done MBA from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur.

10. SP Singh Baghel - Member of Parliament from Agra. He has done his PhD in Military Science from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Agra. Apart from this, he has also done LLB, MA and Msc.

11. Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka. Studied Advanced Management from Harvard University.

12. Shobha Karandlaje - MP from Chikmagalur. She has done MA from Mangalore University.

13. Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma - Lok Sabha MP from Jalaun. He has done LLB from Bundelkhand University.

14. Darshana Jardosh - Lok Sabha MP from Surat. Has done BCom.

15. Meenakshi Lekhi - Lok Sabha MP from New Delhi. Has done LLB from Delhi University.

16. Annapurna Devi - MP from Kodarma, Jharkhand. She has done MA from Ranchi University.

17. A Narayanaswamy- MP from Chitradurga, Karnataka. He has done BA from Government Art College.

18. Kaushal Kishore - MP from Mohan Lalganj, Uttar Pradesh. Has done Bsc.

19. Ajay Bhatt - MP from Nainital in Uttarakhand. He has done LLB from Kumaun University.

20. BL Verma - Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh. MA from Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, Varanasi.

21. Ajay Kumar - MP from Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. He has done LLB from Kanpur University.

22. Dev Singh Chauhan - MP from Kheda, Gujarat. Has Diploma in Electric Engineering.

23. Bhagwanth Khuba - Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka. He has done BTech in Mechanical Engineering.

24. Kapil Patil - MP from Bhiwadi, Maharashtra. He has done BA from Mumbai University.

25. Pratima Bhowmik - Member of Parliament from Tripura West. Has a degree in BioScience from Tripura University.

26. Subhash Sarkar - MP from West Bengal. He has done MBBS from Calcutta University.

27. Bhagwat Karad - Rajya Sabha MP from Maharashtra. He has many degrees like MBBS and MS.

28. Rajkumar Ranjan Singh - Lok Sabha MP from Manipur. He has done PAD in Geography from Guwahati University.

29. Bharati Pawar - Lok Sabha MP from Maharashtra. She has MBBS degree.

30. Bishweswar Tudu - Lok Sabha MP from Odisha. Diploma in Electronics Engineering.

31. Shantanu Thakur - Lok Sabha MP from West Bengal. He has done BA from Karnataka Open University.

32. Mahendra Munjapara - Lok Sabha MP from Gujarat. He has done MD in General Medicine from Gujarat University.

33. L Murugan- President of Tamil Nadu BJP. Has PhD from Madras University.

34. Nisith Pramanik - Member of Parliament from Cooch Behar, West Bengal. Has done BCA.