Union Cabinet on Wednesday. Mandaviya has also been given the charge of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. A Rajya Sabha member from Gujarat, Mandaviya is an MA in Political Science from Bhavnagar University.
He has actively participated in the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP), and was recently honoured by the UNICEF and other organisations for his contribution to women's menstrual hygiene.
In 2016, he was sworn in as a minister of state for road transport & highways, shipping and chemical & fertilizers. He was re-elected for the second term in Rajya Sabha in March 2018.
While Mandaviya replaced Harsh Vardhan as the health minister, Ashwini Kumar Chaubey has been replaced by Bharati Pravin Pawar as the