Mahendra Nath Pandey

Mahendra Nath Pandey
Pandey in 2024
Minister of Heavy Industries
In office 7 July 2021 – 11 June 2024
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Prakash Javadekar
Succeeded by	H. D. Kumaraswamy
Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
In office 31 May 2019 – 7 July 2021
Prime Minister	Narendra Modi
Preceded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
Succeeded by	Dharmendra Pradhan
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Uttar Pradesh unit
In office 31 August 2017 – 16 July 2019
Preceded by	Keshav Prasad Maurya
Succeeded by	Swatantra Dev Singh
Minister of State, Human Resource Development
In office 5 July 2016 – 31 August 2017
Succeeded by	Satya Pal Singh
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 16 May 2014 – 4 June 2024
Preceded by	Ramkishun
Succeeded by	Virendra Singh
Constituency	Chandauli
Personal details
Born	(1957-10-15) 15 October 1957 (age 66) Pakhapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Pratima Pandey (m.1985)
Parents	Sudhakar Pandey (father) Chandrawati Pandey (mother)
Residence(s)	Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
Alma mater	Banaras Hindu University (M.A. and Ph.D)
Profession	Agriculturist
Cabinet	Second Modi ministry

Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who was Minister of Heavy Industries and Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of India and Member of Lok Sabha for Chandauli from 2014 to 2024. He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party and was the president of the party's Uttar Pradesh unit. He has also served as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development between 2016 and 2017. He is a member of Modi's second ministry. On 30 May 2019, he was appointed as Cabinet minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.