Nikhil Kumar

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Nikhil Kumar
निखिल कुमार
Governor of Kerala
Incumbent
Assumed office
23 March 2013
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy
Preceded by Hansraj Bhardwaj
Governor Of Nagaland
In office
15 October 2009 – 21 March 2013
Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio
Preceded by Gurbachan Jagat
Succeeded by Ashwani Kumar
Ex Member of the Lok Sabha for Aurangabad (Bihar) (Lok Sabha constituency)
In office
2004–2009
Preceded by Shyama Singh
Succeeded by Sushil Kumar Singh
Constituency Aurangabad
Ex Director General NSG
In office
30 June 1999 – 31 July 2001
Preceded by TR Kakkar
Succeeded by Sh Gurbachan Jagat
Ex Director General ITBP
In office
3 April 1997 – 3 December 1997
Preceded by B B Nandy
Succeeded by Pt. Gautam Kaul
Ex Commissioner of Police, New Delhi
In office
Jan 1995 – April 1997
Preceded by M.B.Kaushal
Succeeded by T.R. Kakkar
Ex Director BSF Academy
In office
July 1990 – Dec 1990
Preceded by D.K. Arya
Succeeded by P.Pillai
Personal details
Born (1941-07-15) 15 July 1941
Vaishali, Bihar, India
Political party INC
Spouse(s) Shyama Singh
Residence Patna
Occupation Civil Servant
Administrator
Statesman
Parliamentarian
Governor
As of 26 September, 2006
Source:

Nikhil Kumar (Hindi: निखिल कुमार) (born 15 July 1941) is the Governor of Kerala,[1] prior to this appointment, he was Governor of Nagaland,[2] having been appointed to that position on 4 October 2009[3] by the then President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He also served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology.[4] He is the[5] former Chief of the elite National Security Guards and a former Commissioner of Police,Delhi.[6]

Family Roots

He is a son of the[7] former Chief Minister of Bihar and veteran Indian National Congress leader[8] Satyendra Narayan Sinha, who was a seven-term Member of Parliament, also from the constituency of Aurangabad.[9]

Nagaland Governor, Shri. Nikhil Kumar (left), with President of India,Smt. Pratibha Patil and Nagaland Chief Minister, Neiphiu Rio (extreme right), at the public reception,at Kisama, in Nagaland

His mother Kishori Sinha is a former MP from Vaishali and his wife Shyama Singh also represented Aurangabad in the Lok Sabha.[10]

His grandfather Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha,known as Bihar Vibhuti, was the[11] first Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of Bihar and an eminent Gandhian; his father "Chhote Saheb" was close in his later years to Jayaprakash Narayan and was one of most prominent leaders of the anti-Emergency movement in Bihar and also the President of the Bihar wing of the Janata Party in 1977.

His brother-in-law is Rajya Sabha MP N. K. Singh who has[12] been among country's prominent bureaucrats and served as India's Revenue Secretary and also Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.

Civil Service

He was educated at St. Xavier's High School, Patna and then at Allahabad University, where he earned an M.A. in Modern History. He entered the civil service in 1963 and was an Indian Police Service officer assigned to the erstwhile Union Territory of Delhi.[13] He held many important assignments and posts of national importance, in particular Additional Director General, Border Security Force (BSF) (1989–91;1992–94), Commissioner of Police,Delhi during 1995-97.In 1997-99 he became Special Secretary with charge of Internal Security at the Home Ministry. He also served as the Director-General of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) & National Security Guards (NSG),a position[14] he held till his retirement in July 2001.He was then appointed Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India (2001–03).He was[15] awarded with the Police Medal for Meritorious Service in 1977 and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service in 1985.

Governor of Nagaland

He took the[16] oath of office and secrecy as the Governor of Nagaland on 15 October 2009.He [17] has been appointed a member of the Committee of Governors, constituted by the President of India to study and recommend measures[18] for enhancing productivity, profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of the agriculture sector in India with special reference to rainfed area farming.[19] He has been conferred with the prestigious Neelachakra Samman,during the [20] national cultural festival Baisakhi Utsav at Jayadev Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

Governor of Kerala

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has appointed him as the new Governor of Kerala[21] on 9 March 2013.

Positions Held

References

  1. ↑ Official Website The Hindu. "Former Nagaland Governor Nikhil Kumar sworn in as Governor of Kerala". Official News. Retrieved 2013-03-23. 
  2. ↑ HT. "ex Delhi Police Chief Nikhil Kumar appointed Governor". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
  3. ↑ OFFICIAL PRESS COMMUNIQUE. "PRESIDENT APPOINTS GOVERNOR OF NAGALAND". PRESIDENT"S SECRETARIAT. Retrieved 2009-10-04. 
  4. ↑ "Nikhil Kumar, former NSG chief". Rediff. Archived from the original on 2007-08-21. Retrieved 2007-09-04. 
  5. ↑ FORMER DGS. "NSG". OFFICIAL WEBSITE NSG. Retrieved 2007-10-05. 
  6. ↑ Delhi Police. "Nikhil Kumar, Commissioner of Police, Delhi.". News. Retrieved 1995-09-06. 
  7. ↑ Official website. "PM condoles passing away of Satyendra Narayan Singh". PM's Messages. Retrieved 2006-09-05. 
  8. ↑ Magnificent Bihar. "Nikhil Kumar On Bihar". Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2007-09-20. 
  9. ↑ Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]. "Member Bio Data". Loksabha. Retrieved 2006-09-25. 
  10. ↑ A.J. Philip. "A gentleman among politicians". The Tribune. Retrieved 2006-09-05. 
  11. ↑ Indian Post. "First Bihar Deputy CM cum Finance Minister;Dr. A N Sinha". official Website. Retrieved 2008-05-20. 
  12. ↑ Prabhu Chawla. "N K Singh:India's supercrat". India Today. Retrieved 2004-11-04. 
  13. ↑ Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website. "Member Bio data". loksabha. Archived from the original on 2006-05-29. Retrieved 2006-09-05. 
  14. ↑ NSG website. "Nikhil Kumar DG NSG". official website. Retrieved 2007-07-04. 
  15. ↑ P Vohra. "Governor Nikhil Kumar". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  16. ↑ PTI. "ex Delhi Police Chief Nikhil Kumar sworn in as Nagaland Governor". Press Trust of India. Retrieved 2009-10-15. 
  17. ↑ Official Website President of India. "PRESIDENT APPOINTS A COMMITTEE OF GOVERNORS TO STUDY AND RECOMMEND STEPS FOR INCREASING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY". President's Website Press Release. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 
  18. ↑ PTI. "PRESIDENT APPOINTS A COMMITTEE OF GOVERNORS". PTI OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 
  19. ↑ News Website. "Neelachakra Samman Conferred on Nagaland Governor Shri Nikhil Kumar". Odisha360. Retrieved 2012-04-17. 
  20. ↑ IBN Internet News Website. "Nagaland Governor Shri Nikhil Kumar to be conferred with Neelachakra Samman during national cultural festival". IBN. Retrieved 2012-04-04. 
  21. ↑ Official News Website. "Nagaland Governor Shri Nikhil Kumar appointed new Kerala Governor". Official News article. Retrieved 2013-03-10. 

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Preceded by
Hansraj Bhardwaj		 Governor of Kerala
March 2013 -- 		Succeeded by
Current Incumbent
Preceded by
Gurbachan Jagat		 Governor of Nagaland
October 2009 – March 2013 		Succeeded by
Ashwani Kumar
   
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