| Type: | Ministry |
| Ministry of Skill Development,Employment and Entrepreneurship Government of Maharashtra | |
| Native Name: | कौशल्य विकास, रोजगार आणि उद्योजकता विभाग, महाराष्ट्र शासन |
| Seal: | File:Seal of Maharashtra.svg |
| Picture Caption: | Building of Administrative Headquarters of Mumbai |
| Jurisdiction: |  Maharashtra |
| Headquarters: | Mantralay, Mumbai |
| Region Code: | IN |
| Minister1 Name: | Mangal Lodha |
| Minister1 Pfo: | Cabinet Minister |
| Deputyminister1 Name: | Vacant, TBDsince 29 June 2022 |
| Deputyminister1 Pfo: | Minister of State |
| Chief1 Name: | Ashish Kumar Singh, IAS |
| Chief1 Position: | Additional Chief Secretary |
| Parent Department: | Government of Maharashtra |
The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is a Ministry of Government of Maharashtra to coordinate all skill development,Employment and entrepreneurship efforts in Maharashtra.
The Ministry is headed by Cabinet Minister Mangal Lodhasince 14 August 2022.
The Ministers Chamber and Head Office of the department is on 2nd Floor[1] of the iconic Mantralaya Building located on Madame Cama Road Mumbai.
| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Insignia: | Seal of Maharashtra (1).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of India |
| Department: | Ministry of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship (Maharashtra) |
| Style: | The Honourable |
| Post: | मंत्री कौशल्य विकास, रोजगार आणि उद्योजकता |
| Incumbent: | Mangal Lodha |
| Incumbentsince: | 14 August 2022 |
| Member Of: | State Cabinet |
| Reports To: | Chief Minister, Maharashtra Legislature |
| Seat: | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
| Appointer: | Governor on the advice of the Chief Minister |
| Termlength: | 5 years |
| Inaugural: | Keshavrao Sonawane (1960-1962) |
| Precursor: | Rajesh Tope (2022-2022) |
| Deputy: |
since 29 June 2022 |
| Formation: | 1 May 1960 |
| Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
| Flagsize: | 110px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
| Flagborder: | yes |
| Abbreviation: | Cabinet Minister |
| No. | Portrait | Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Chief Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | |||||||
| Minister of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship | |||||||||
| 01 | D. S. Palaspagar | 1960 | 1962 | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao I | Yashwantrao Chavan | |||
| 02 | Keshavrao Sonawane | 1962 | 1962 | Indian National Congress | Yashwantrao II | ||||
| 03 | Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari | 1962 | 1963 | Indian National Congress | Kannamwar l | Marotrao Kannamwar | |||
| 04 | P. K. Sawant (Interim Chief Minister) | 1962 | 1963 | Indian National Congress | Sawant | P. K. Sawant | |||
| 05 | Shantilal Shah | 1963 | 1967 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao I | Vasantrao Naik | |||
| 06 | Vasantrao Naik (Chief Minister) | 1967 | 1969 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao II | ||||
| 07 | Pratibha Patil | 1969 | 1972 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 08 | Anant Namjoshi | 1972 | 1973 | Indian National Congress | Vasantrao III | ||||
| 09 | Rafique Zakaria | 1973 | 1974 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 10 | Abdul Rahman Antulay | 1974 | 1975 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 11 | Sundarrao Solanke | 1975 | 1977 | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao I | Shankarrao Chavan | |||
| 12 | Dadasaheb Rupwate | 1977 | 1978 | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada I | Vasantdada Patil | |||
| 13 | Sundarrao Solanke | 1978 | 1978 | Indian National Congress (U) | Vasantdada II | ||||
| 14 | Hashu Advani | 1978 | 1980 | Janata Party | Pawar I | Sharad Pawar | |||
| 15 | Abdul Rahman Antulay (Chief Minister) | 1980 | 1982 | Indian National Congress | Antulay | Abdul Rahman Antulay | |||
| 16 | Bhagwantrao Gaikwad | 1982 | 1983 | Indian National Congress | Bhosale | Babasaheb Bhosale | |||
| 17 | S. M. I. Aseer | 1983 | 1985 | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada III | Vasantdada Patil | |||
| 18 | Jawaharlal Darda | 1985 | 1985 | Indian National Congress | Vasantdada IV | ||||
| Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Minister of Employment | |||||||||
| 19 | Shivajirao Deshmukh (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1985 | 1986 | Indian National Congress | Nilangekar | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | |||
| 20 | Ram Meghe (Minister of Employment) | 1985 | 1986 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 21 | Vilasrao Deshmukh (Minister of Skill Development0 and Entrepreneurship) | 1986 | 1988 | Indian National Congress | Shankarrao II | Shankarrao Chavan | |||
| 22 | Ram Meghe (Minister of Employment) | 1986 | 1988 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 23 | Sushilkumar Shinde (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1988 | 1990 | Indian National Congress | Pawar II | Sharad Pawar | |||
| 24 | Narendra Marutrao Kamble (Minister of Employment) | 1988 | 1990 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 25 | Bharat Bondre (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1990 | 1991 | Indian National Congress | Pawar III | ||||
| 26 | Narendra Marutrao Kamble (Minister of Employment) | 1990 | 1991 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 27 | Rohidas Patil (Minister of (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of Employment) | 1991 | 1991 | Indian National Congress | Sudhakarrao | Sudhakarrao Naik | |||
| 28 | Arun Gujarathi (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1993 | 1994 | Indian National Congress | Pawar IV | Sharad Pawar | |||
| 29 | Prabhakar Dharkar (Minister of Employment) | 1993 | 1994 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 30 | Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1995 | 1999 | Shiv Sena | Joshi | Manohar Joshi | |||
| 31 | Ganesh Naik (Minister of Employment) | 1995 | 1999 | Shiv Sena | |||||
| 32 | Prakash Mehta (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1999 | 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rane | Narayan Rane | |||
| 33 | Diwakar Raote (Minister of Employment) | 1999 | 1999 | Shiv Sena | |||||
| 34 | Haribhau Bagade (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1999 | 1999 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 35 | Gajanan Kirtikar (Minister of Employment) | 1999 | 1999 | Shiv Sena | |||||
| Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship & Minister of Employment and Self-employment | |||||||||
| 36 | Jaywantrao Awale (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 1999 | 2003 | Indian National Congress | Deshmukh I | Vilasrao Deshmukh | |||
| 37 | Shivajirao Moghe (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 1999 | 2003 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 38 | Jaywantrao Awale (Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship) | 2003 | 2004 | Indian National Congress | Sushilkumar | Sushilkumar Shinde | |||
| 39 | Rohidas Patil (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2003 | 2004 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 40 | Vilasrao Deshmukh (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of Employment and Self-employment) (Chief Minister) | 2004 | 2004 | Indian National Congress | Deshmukh II | Vilasrao Deshmukh | |||
| 41 | Patangrao Kadam (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2004 | 2008 | ||||||
| 42 | Balasaheb Thorat (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2004 | 2008 | ||||||
| 43 | R. R. Patil (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2008 | 2009 | Ashok I | Ashok Chavan | ||||
| 44 | Balasaheb Thorat (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2008 | 2009 | ||||||
| 45 | Mohammed Arif Naseem Khan (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2009 | 2010 | Indian National Congress | Ashok II | ||||
| 46 | Suresh Shetty (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2009 | 2010 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 47 | Rajendra Darda (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2010 | 2014 | Indian National Congress | Prithviraj | Prithviraj Chavan | |||
| 48 | Narayan Rane (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2010 | 2014 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 49 | Eknath Khadse (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2014 | 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis I | Devendra Fadnavis | |||
| 49 | Devendra Fadnavis (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) (Chief Minister) | 2014 | 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 50 | Prakash Mehta (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2016 | 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 51 | Sambhaji Patil Nilangekar (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship) | 2019 | 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 52 | Jayakumar Jitendrasinh Rawal (Minister of Employment and Self-employment) | 2019 | 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 53 | Devendra Fadnavis (Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Minister of Employment and Self-employment) (Chief_Minister) In Charge | 2019 | 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Fadnavis II | ||||
| Minister of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship | |||||||||
| 54 | Chhagan Bhujbal | 2019 | 2019 | Nationalist Congress Party | Thackeray | Uddhav Thackeray | |||
| 56 | Nawab Malik | 2019 | 2022 | Nationalist Congress Party | |||||
| 57 | Rajesh Tope Additional Charge | 2022 | 2022 | Nationalist Congress Party | |||||
| 58 | Eknath Shinde (Chief Minister) In Charge | 2022 | 2022 | Shiv Sena (Shinde Group) | Eknath | Eknath Shinde | |||
| 59 | Mangal Lodha | 2022 | Incumbent | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| No. | Portrait | Deputy Minister | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Minister | Chief Minister | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Period | ||||||||
| Deputy Minister of Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship | ||||||||||
| Vacant | 2019 | 2019 | NA | Fadnavis II | Devendra Fadnavis | Devendra Fadnavis | ||||
| 01 | Shambhuraj Desai | 2019 | 2022 | Shiv Sena | Thackeray |
| Uddhav Thackeray | |||
| 02 | Vishwajeet Kadam Additional_Charge | 2022 | 2022 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| Vacant | 2022 | Incumbent | NA | Eknath |
| Eknath Shinde | ||||
Ministry has different departments and societies which look after skill development and entrepreneurship activities. Cabinet Minister is head of the Ministry and Minister of State assists Cabinet Minister in day-to-day activities. Bureaucrats are appointed to govern various programs of the Ministry.
SDEED is responsible for execution of the Maharashtra State Innovative Startup Policy.[2]
Along with ministers, members from Civil Services of India lead department[3]
Maharashtra State Skill Development Society (MSSDS) was established on 15 February 2011 under the Societies Registration Act 1860.[4] MSSDS is responsible for looking after skill development training programs in Maharashtra
Directorate of Vocational Education & Training (DVET) was separated from Department of Technical Education in 1984 to facilitate Technical Education activities.[5]
Maharashtra State Innovation Society was established in 2018[6] and it comes under Ministry of Entrepreneurship and it is a nodal government agency to promote innovation-driven entrepreneurial ecosystem in the state of Maharashtra[7]