Nikhil Kumar (governor)

Nikhil Kumar
19th Governor of Kerala
In office
23 March 2013 – 5 March 2014
Chief MinisterOommen Chandy
Preceded byHansraj Bhardwaj
Succeeded bySheila Dikshit
15th Governor of Nagaland
In office
15 October 2009 – 21 March 2013
Chief MinisterNeiphiu Rio
Preceded byGurbachan Jagat
Succeeded byAshwani Kumar
Member of Parliament
for Aurangabad
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byShyama Singh
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Singh
ConstituencyAurangabad
Director General NSG
In office
30 June 1999 – 31 July 2001
Preceded byTR Kakkar
Succeeded bySh Gurbachan Jagat
Director General ITBP
In office
3 April 1997 – 3 December 1997
Preceded byB B Nandy
Succeeded byPt. Gautam Kaul
Commissioner of Delhi Police
In office
January 1995 – April 1997
Preceded byM.B.Kaushal
Succeeded byT.R. Kakkar
Director BSF Academy
In office
July 1990 – December 1990
Preceded byD.K. Arya
Succeeded byP.Pillai
Personal details
Born (1941-07-15) 15 July 1941
Vaishali, Bihar, British India
Political partyINC
SpouseShyama Singh
ResidencePatna
Alma materAllahabad University
OccupationCivil Servant
Administrator
Statesman
Parliamentarian
Governor
As of 26 September, 2006
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Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a retired IPS officer and statesman hailing from Bihar who was Governor of Nagaland from 2009 to 2013 and Governor of Kerala from 2013 to 2014. One of country's well knownIPS officers of 1963 batch from the AGMUT Cadre Kumar also served as DGP of the National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Railway Protection Force and Commissioner of Delhi Police. He was elected member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004 to 2009, 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.

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