Mahendra Nath Pandey

Mahendra Nath Pandey is the Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India. He was born on 15-October-1957 to Sudhakar Pandey and Chandrawati Pandey in Pakhanpur, Uttar Pradesh. He received a postgraduate degree in Journalism and completed his Ph.D. in Hindi from Banaras Hindu University. He married Pratima Pandey on 8-February-1985 and they have one daughter.

In 1973, he was elected as President of the Student’s Union of C.M. Anglo Bengali College. Five years later, he became the General Secretary of the Student’s Union of Banaras Hindu University. In 1978, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, he took part in the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.

In 1991, He was the Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party State Legislature, Uttar Pradesh. Mahendra Nath was elected as a Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly for two terms, first elected in 1991 and then in 1996. In 1997, he served as Minister of State, Housing and Urban Development, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh. Mahendra appointed as Minister of State of Planning in 1998. In 2000, He became Minister of State (Independent Charge) Panchayati Raj, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh.

In 2014, he served as Member of Standing Committee on Rural Development, Member of Business Advisory Committee, and elected to the 16th Lok Sabha from Chandauli constituency. Mahendra worked as Member of Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines, and Member of Committee of Parliament on Official Language. In 2016, He selected as Union Minister of State, Ministry of Human Resource Development. In 2017, he served as a Member of the Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare. In 2019, He was appointed Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. He contested and won from the Chandauli constituency in the 2019 elections by defeating Sanjay Singh Chauhan of SP by a margin of over 5000 votes.