Who is India’s new education minister Pralhad Joshi?

Joshi has been a member of the cabinet since 2019 and is seen as close to powerful PM Modi.Pralhad Joshi has been appointed as India’s education minister after weeks-long protests over an exam leak scandal led to the resignation of Dharmendra Pradhan.Pradhan’s departure, which came on Saturday, was one of the main demands of the youth-led demonstrations that in recent weeks had spread across India into a major challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3‘Extremely disappointing’: US trade partners respond to Trump’s new tariffslist 2 of 3India’s ‘Cockroach’ youth call off protests after education minister quitslist 3 of 3India’s youth protesters are fighting Modi with irreverent humour and memesend of listThe 63-year-old Joshi is already the minister of new and renewable energy and consumer affairs, food and public distribution but will now also handle the education portfolio, a task political analysts said is likely to prove challenging amid increased scrutiny over the education system.As one of the Modi government’s longest serving ministers, Joshi is seen as close to the powerful prime minister.Aft...