A. K. Singh

Ajay Kumar Singh


Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar
In office 8 July 2013 – 17 August 2016
Preceded by	Bhopinder Singh
Succeeded by	Jagdish Mukhi
Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry
In office 18 July 2014 – 29 May 2016
Preceded by	Virendra Kataria
Succeeded by	Kiran Bedi

Lt. General Ajay Kumar Singh (Retd.) is the former^[1] Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.^[2] He is an alumnus of Sainik School Rewa and National Defence Academy. He is former Commander in Chief of Southern Command of Indian Army.^[3]

Singh was named 11th Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in July 2013 and took office on 8 July 2013.^[4] He was given additional responsibility of the administration of Puducherry from July 2014 to May 2016.

Singh is known for his contributions towards Andaman Society by Starting Andaman's first medical College, ANIMERS^[5] and second degree college of South Andaman, ANCOL.^[6] Other than this he will always be remembered for introducing Chartered Aircraft from Chennai, Kolkata on regular basis.

Lt. Governor A. K. Singh left the Andaman and Nicobar Islands^[7] after handing over charges on 19 August 2016.

Awards and Decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal	Sena Medal	Vishisht Seva Medal
Operation Vijay Medal	Operation Parakram Medal	Sainya Seva Medal	High Altitude Service Medal
50th Independence Anniversary Medal	30 Years Long Service Medal	20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal

References

↑ Sanjib Kumar Roy (17 August 2016). "(Prof) Jagdish Mukhi appointed Lt Governor of AN Islands: Lt Governor expresses gratitude to Islanders for their support & love". Andaman Sheekha. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
↑ "Najeeb Jung to be new Delhi LG". Times Of India. 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
↑ "Profile of Lieutenant Governor Andaman & Nicobar Islands". Andaman & Nicobar Administration. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2013.
↑ "Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
↑ "Andaman Sheekha LG expresses gratitude to PM, HM and MoH for Medical College". Andaman Sheekha. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
↑ "Andaman Sheekha LG lays foundation stone for ANCOL". Andaman Sheekha. 2015. Retrieved 3 September 2015.
↑ "LG delivers farewell address at DBRAIT". EoI. 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2015.

Government offices
Preceded by Bhopinder Singh	Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar 2013 - 2016	Succeeded by Prof. Jagdish Mukhi

Lists of governors, lieutenant governors and administrators of Indian states and union territories (and current incumbents)

Andaman and Nicobar	Jagdish Mukhi
Andhra Pradesh	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh	Padmanabha Acharya
Assam	Banwarilal Purohit
Bihar	Keshari Nath Tripathi
Chandigarh	V. P. Singh Badnore
Chhattisgarh	Balram Das Tandon
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Praful Khoda Patel
Daman and Diu	Praful Khoda Patel
Delhi	Anil Baijal
Goa	Mridula Sinha
Gujarat	Om Prakash Kohli

Haryana	Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh	Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu and Kashmir	Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand	Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka	Vajubhai Vala
Kerala	P. Sathasivam
Lakshadweep	Farooq Khan
Madhya Pradesh	Om Prakash Kohli
Maharashtra	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur	Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya	Banwarilal Purohit
Mizoram	Nirbhay Sharma

Nagaland	Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha	S. C. Jamir
Puducherry	Kiran Bedi
Punjab	V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan	Kalyan Singh
Sikkim	Shriniwas Patil
Tamil Nadu	C. Vidyasagar Rao
Telangana	E. S. L. Narasimhan
Tripura	Tathagata Roy
Uttar Pradesh	Ram Naik
Uttarakhand	Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal	Keshari Nath Tripathi

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