Narinder Nath Vohra IAS (Retd.) | |
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| 12th Governor of Jammu and Kashmir | |
| In office 25 June 2008 (2008-06-25) – 23 August 2018 (2018-08-23) | |
| Chief Minister | Ghulam Nabi Azad Omar Abdullah Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Mehbooba Mufti |
| Preceded by | S. K. Sinha |
| Succeeded by | Satya Pal Malik[1] |
| 8th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India | |
| In office 1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) – 19 March 1998 (1998-03-19) | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Prime Minister | I. K. Gujral |
| Preceded by | T. R. Satishchandran |
| Succeeded by | Brajesh Mishra |
| Home Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) – 31 May 1994 (1994-05-31) | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| 22nd Defence Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 March 1990 (1990-03-01) – 1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | T. N. Seshan |
| Succeeded by | K. A. Nambiar |
| 18th Defence Production Secretary of India | |
| In office 1 May 1989 (1989-05-01) – 1 March 1990 (1990-03-01) | |
| Appointed by | Appointments Committee of the Cabinet |
| Preceded by | P. C. Jain |
| Succeeded by | N. Raghunathan |
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| Born | Narinder Nath Vohra (1936-05-05)5 May 1936 (age 89) |
| Alma mater | Panjab University Queen Elizabeth House,University of Oxford |
| Occupation | RetiredIAS officer |
| Awards | Padma Vibhushan (2007) |
Narinder Nath Vohra (born 5 May 1936), popularly referred asN. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959 batchIndian Administrative Service officer ofPunjab cadre who was the12th governor of the Indian state ofJammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteen years afterJagmohan.
As an IAS officer, Vohra has also served asPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India,Home Secretary of India,Defence Secretary of India andDefence Production Secretary of India.
From February 2003 until he became the governor of the state, Vohra had been theGovernment of India'sinterlocutor inJammu and Kashmir. He was awarded India's second highestcivilian honour, thePadma Vibhushan, for his contributions to the fieldcivil service, in 2007.
Vohra is apostgraduate (MA) and topper in English fromPanjab University.[2] Vohra also was avisiting fellow atQueen Elizabeth House,University of Oxford.[2]
Before being appointed anIAS officer, Vohra served as lecturer in thePanjab University.[2]
Vohra served in key positions for both theGovernment of India and theGovernment of Punjab, such as Secretary (Home), Commissioner and Secretary (Industries), Finance Commissioner, Commissioner (Urban Development), Secretary (Urban Development), Punjab's labour commissioner, Director (Information) and as Director (Panchayati Raj) in theGovernment of Punjab;[3][2][4] asUnion Home Secretary,Union Defence Secretary,Union Defence Production Secretary,additional secretary in theDepartment of Defence of theMinistry of Defence,joint secretary in theMinistry of Health and Family Welfare and as an area organiser in theCabinet Secretariat in theGovernment of India.[3][2][4]
Vohra also served as a consultant to theWorld Health Organization.[3][2][4]
Vohra was appointedUnion Defence Production Secretary by theAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), he assumed the office ofDefence Production Secretary on 1 May 1989,[3][2][4] and remitted it on 1 March 1990.[3][2][4]
Vohra was appointedUnion Defence Secretary by ACC, he assumed the office ofDefence Secretary on 1 March 1990,[3][2][4] and demitted it on 1 April 1993,[3][2][4] serving for more than three years.
N. N. Vohra was appointedUnion Home Secretary by ACC after the1993 Bombay serial bomb blasts,[5][6][7] he assumed the office ofHome Secretary on 1 April 1993,[3][2][4] and demitted it and simultaneouslysuperannuated from service on 31 May 1994.[3][2][4]
N. N. Vohra was appointedPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India,Inder Kumar Gujral, and the administrative head ofPrime Minister's Office by ACC in June 1997, he assumed the office ofprincipal secretary on 1 July 1997,[3][2][4] and demitted it on 19 March 1998.[3][2][4]
N. N. Vohra was appointed India'sinterlocutor for carrying out the Jammu and Kashmir dialogue by the Government of India in 2003,[3][2] he remained as India'sinterlocutor till 2008,[3][2] when he was appointedGovernor of Jammu and Kashmir.
As theinterlocutor, Vohra had been holding wide-ranging discussions with both the elected representatives in the state and also the separatists in a bid to forge a common ground for the all-round development of the state.[3]
Vohra was appointedGovernor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) byPresident of India in 2008,[3][8] his first act as the governor of J&K was to rescind the controversialAmarnath shrine land transfer order.[9]
Vohra was reappointed thegovernor of Jammu and Kashmir by the president of India in 2013.[10][11][12] Vohra retired from the position of governor in August 2018 and was replaced bySatya Pal Malik, aBharatiya Janata Party politician and a formergovernor of the state ofBihar.[6][13]
Vohra ruled Jammu and Kashmir directly four times (governor's rule) during his tenure as governor,[6][7][14][13] with his tenure as state governor being widely seen to be a positive one.[5][6][7][14][13]
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