<P> This is a list of Education Ministers of Bihar, India . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Chief Minister </Th> <Th> Party </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Acharya Badrinath Verma </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Krishna Singh </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Satyendra Narayan Sinha </Td> <Td> 18 February 1961 </Td> <Td> 1 October 1963 </Td> <Td> Binodanand Jha </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Satyendra Narayan Sinha </Td> <Td> 1 October 1963 </Td> <Td> 5 March 1967 </Td> <Td> K.B. Sahay </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Karpoori Thakur </Td> <Td> 5 March 1967 </Td> <Td> 31 January 1968 </Td> <Td> Mahamaya Prasad Sinha </Td> <Td> Jana Kranti Dal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Satish Prasad Singh </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> 1968 </Td> <Td> Satish Prasad Singh </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> Bindeshwari Dubey </Td> <Td> 28 May 1973 </Td> <Td> 2 July 1973 </Td> <Td> Kedar Pandey </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> Nagendra Jha </Td> <Td> 14 August 1983 </Td> <Td> 12 March 1985 </Td> <Td> Chandrashekhar Singh </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Uma Pandey </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bindeshwari Dubey </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> Lokesh Nath Jha </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Bindeshwari Dubey </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> Nagendra Jha </Td> <Td> 14 February 1988 </Td> <Td> 10 March 1989 </Td> <Td> Bhagwat Jha Azad </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> Dr. Diwakar Prasad Singh </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Laloo Prasad Yadav </Td> <Td> Rashtriya Janata Dal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav </Td> <Td> 9 March 1999 </Td> <Td> 2 March 2000 </Td> <Td> Rabri Devi </Td> <Td> Rashtriya Janata Dal </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> Brishen Patel </Td> <Td> 24 November 2005 </Td> <Td> 26 November 2010 </Td> <Td> Nitish Kumar </Td> <Td> Janata Dal (United) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> Prashant Kumar Shahi </Td> <Td> 26 November 2010 </Td> <Td> 20 May 2014 </Td> <Td> Nitish Kumar </Td> <Td> Janata Dal (United) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> Prashant Kumar Sahi </Td> <Td> 20 May 2014 </Td> <Td> 22 February 2015 </Td> <Td> Jitan Ram Manjhi </Td> <Td> Janata Dal (United) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> Ashok Chaudhary </Td> <Td> 20 November 2015 </Td> <Td> August 2017 </Td> <Td> Nitish Kumar </Td> <Td> Congress </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma </Td> <Td> August 2017 </Td> <Td> Incumbent </Td> <Td> Nitish Kumar </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Name </Th> <Th> Took office </Th> <Th> Left office </Th> <Th> Chief Minister </Th> <Th> Party </Th> </Tr>

Who is the education minister of bihar in present time