Nikhil Kumar

Nikhil Kumar निखिल कुमार
Governor of Kerala
In office 23 March 2013 – 05 March 2014
Chief Minister	Oommen Chandy
Preceded by	Hansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded by	Sheila Dikshit
Governor of Nagaland
In office 15 October 2009 – 21 March 2013
Chief Minister	Neiphiu Rio
Preceded by	Gurbachan Jagat
Succeeded by	Ashwani Kumar
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
Director General NSG
In office 30 June 1999 – 31 July 2001
Preceded by	TR Kakkar
Succeeded by	Sh Gurbachan Jagat
Director General ITBP
In office 3 April 1997 – 3 December 1997
Preceded by	B B Nandy
Succeeded by	Pt. Gautam Kaul
Commissioner of Delhi Police
In office January 1995 – April 1997
Preceded by	M.B.Kaushal
Succeeded by	T.R. Kakkar
Director BSF Academy
In office July 1990 – December 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 an Indian politician who was Governor of Nagaland from 2009^[1] to 2013 and Governor of Kerala from 2013^[2] to 2014. 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.^[3]

Kumar also served as Chief of the National Security Guards^[4] and as Commissioner of Delhi Police.^[5]

Family background

He is a son^[6][7] of Satyendra Narayan Sinha, who was Chief Minister of Bihar, a veteran Indian National Congress leader and a seven-term Member of Parliament, also from the constituency of Aurangabad.^[8]

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 was MP for Vaishali and his wife Shyama Singh also represented Aurangabad in the Lok Sabha.^[9]

His grandfather Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha,known as Bihar Vibhuti, was the^[10] 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^[11] 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.^[12] 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^[13] he held till his retirement in July 2001. He was then appointed Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India (2001–03).He was^[14] 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^[15] oath of office and secrecy as the Governor of Nagaland on 15 October 2009.He ^[16] has been appointed a member of the Committee of Governors, constituted by the President of India to study and recommend measures^[17] for enhancing productivity, profitability, sustainability and competitiveness of the agriculture sector in India with special reference to rainfed area farming.^[18] He has been conferred with the prestigious Neelachakra Samman,during the ^[19] national cultural festival Baisakhi Utsav at Jayadev Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

Governor of Kerala

The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, appointed him as Governor of Kerala^[20] on 9 March 2013.He had an ^[21] illustrious tenure in the state and even in a short time, he was revered as a true “People’s Governor” and left his indelible mark on the people with ease and dignity.His astonishing capability to speak extempore on important policies, in his own inimitable style and his ^[22] ability to communicate with the masses facilitated his deep and sympathetic involvement in all aspects of the life in the state of Kerala.He resigned as Governor on March 4, 2014 ^[23] to contest the Lok Sabha Elections from Aurangabad in Bihar.^[24]

Positions held

• 1995-97: Commissioner of Police, Delhi (DGP rank)
• 1997: Director-General Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
• 1997-99: Special Home Secretary (Internal Security), Government of India
• 1999-01: Director-General National Security Guards
• 2001-03: Member, National Security Advisory Board, Government of India
• 2004-09: Elected to 14th Lok Sabha
• 2009-13: Governor of Nagaland
• 2013-14: Governor of Kerala

References

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