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Dharmendra Pradhan

Dharmendra Pradhan is a BJP leader who is the Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of Steel in the current Narendra Modi government. He also held the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship portfolio in the 2014 Modi Ministry.

In March 2018, Dharmendra Pradhan was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, apart from that he was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha representing the Deogarh constituency of Odisha. He was also a member of the 12th Assembly of Odisha from 2000-2004 after he was elected from the Pallalhara constituency.

Pradhan, who is a member of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), is also a BJP General Secretary was assigned additional responsibility to look after the party activities in Jharkhand in August 2011. He is also a close confidant of party president Amit Shah and was one of the chief architects of the victory of BJP in Bihar in the Lok Sabha election of 2014.

He was Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha National President from 2004 to 2006, and was in-charge of Chhattisgarh from 2007 to 2010, during which time he was also the National Secretary of the party. Pradhan was in-charge of Karnataka BJP from 2011 to 2013 and has been in-charge of Bihar BJP since 2013.

Personal Life:

Pradhan was born on June 26, 1969 in Talcher, Odisha. He is the son of former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Dr Debendra Pradhan and Basanta Manjari Pradhan, and he is married to Mridula and they have two children, one son and one daughter.

Early Life:

He did his M.A. in Anthropology from Utkal University, which is the oldest university in Odisha and the 17th-oldest university in India located in Bhubaneswar. Pradhan then became an ABVP activist in the year 1983, and was Talcher College Students' Union president in 1985, after which he became National Secretary of ABVP in 1995.

Social Pages:

Pradhan is also a blogger and he has written on a number of topics dealing with the political scenario in the country. His page can be found at dpradhanbjp.com.

He is also active on social media, posting about various current events on his Facebook page - @DharmendraPradhanOdisha and on Twitter - @dpradhanbjp.

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  • JEE Main 2023 Eligibility Relaxation Demand Sent to Concerned Department; Union Education Minister Response to Lok Sabha MP

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  • Give One Time Exemption to JEE Aspirants: Lok Sabha MP Urges Dharmendra Pradhan in Zero Hour

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  • UP NEET PG 2022 Counselling Big Update: Mop-up Round Dates Revised | Check Details Here

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  • Dharmendra Pradhan Calls For Involving Students, Educational Institutions In G20 Education Working Group

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    Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Wednesday chaired a high-level meeting on the

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  • NCERT to Get Deemed-to-be-University Status

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    NCERT was established in 1961 under Society Act by the Government of India to assist and advise the

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  • Will Not Merge NEET, JEE With CUET For Next 2 Years, Education Minister Makes Big Announcement

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    India.com Education Desk | September 7, 2022 8:43 PM IST

    Giving details, education minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the merger of exams is currently only a

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  • NEET UG 2022: From Dress Code, Barred Items to Documents Candidates Need to Carry; All You Need to Know

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  • NIRF Rankings 2022 To Be Released on July 15

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  • Postpone NEET UG 2022: Agitating Students Approach Education Ministry, Demand Postponement of Medical Exam

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  • NEET UG 2022 Exam City Intimation Slip Released; Here's How to Download at neet.nta.nic.in

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  • NEET UG 2022 Not to be Postponed, Confirms Official; Admit Card Soon at neet.nta.nic.in

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    NEET UG Admit Card 2022: The registered NEET aspirant candidates can download their NEET 2022 Admit

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  • NEET UG 2022: Amid Growing Demand From Students, Dharmendra Pradhan Makes Big Announcement on NEET UG 2022 Postponement

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    India.com Education Desk | June 28, 2022 6:02 PM IST

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  • Postpone NEET UG 2022: NSUI Writes Fresh Letter to Education Minister, Urges Govt to Delay Exam For 45 Days

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    India.com Education Desk | June 27, 2022 11:17 PM IST

    Postpone NEET UG 2022: In the letter to Education Minister, the NSUI president alleged that the

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  • Postpone NEET UG 2022: Medical Aspirants Write Fresh Letter to Union Education Minister, Seek Deferment of Exam

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    India.com Education Desk | June 19, 2022 12:09 AM IST

    Postpone NEET UG 2022: In the letter, the aspirants urged the education minister to postpone the

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  • Centre To Set Up ‘PM Shri Schools’ To Prepare Students For Future; Calls it 'Laboratory Of National Education Policy'

    Centre To Set Up ‘PM Shri Schools’ To Prepare Students For Future; Calls it 'Laboratory Of National Education Policy'

    India.com Education Desk | June 3, 2022 8:12 AM IST

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  • Ministry of Education Releases National Achievement Survey 2021 Report Assessing School Education System

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    ANI Feeds | May 27, 2022 1:59 PM IST

    About 34 lakh students of 1.18 lakh schools in 720 districts from both rural and urban areas have

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