Nirmal Kumar Mukarji

Nirmal Kumar Mukarji
নির্মল কুমার মুখার্জি
Governor of Punjab
Administrator of Chandigarh
In office
8 December 1989  14 June 1990
Preceded bySiddharta Shankar Ray
Succeeded byVirendra Verma
13th Cabinet Secretary of India
In office
1977–1980
Prime MinisterMorarji Desai
Charan Singh
Indira Gandhi
Preceded byB.D. Pande
Succeeded byS.S. Grewal
Personal details
Born
Nirmal Kumar Mukarji

(1921-01-09)9 January 1921
New Delhi, India
Died29 August 2002(2002-08-29) (aged 81)
New Delhi, India
Alma materSt. Stephen's College, Delhi
Harvard University

Nirmal Kumar Mukarji (9 January 1921 – 29 August 2002) was an Indian administrator and the last member of the Indian Civil Service to serve. In the course of a long career he was Home Secretary, Cabinet Secretary, and eventually Governor of Punjab.

Born in Delhi to Satyanand Mukarji, Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi, Mukarji was educated at St. Stephen's and subsequently entered the ICS at the top of the last intake, in 1943.