Nikhil Kumar (governor)

Nikhil Kumar
Kumar in 2013
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, Lok Sabha
In office
2004–2009
Preceded byShyama Singh
Succeeded bySushil Kumar Singh
ConstituencyAurangabad, Bihar
Director-General of the NSG
In office
30 June 1999 – 31 July 2001
Preceded byT. R. Kakkar
Succeeded byGurbachan Jagat
Director-General of the ITBP
In office
3 April 1997 – 3 December 1997
Preceded byB. B. Nandy
Succeeded byGautam Kaul
Commissioner of Delhi Police
In office
January 1995 – April 1997
Preceded byM. B. Kaushal
Succeeded byT. R. Kakkar
Director of the BSF Academy
In office
July 1990 – December 1990
Preceded byD. K. Arya
Succeeded byP. Pillai
Personal details
Born (1941-07-15) 15 July 1941
PartyIndian National Congress
Spouse
Shyama Singh
(m. 1963)
Alma materAllahabad University
Occupation
As of 26 September, 2006
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Nikhil Kumar (born 15 July 1941) is a retired IPS officer and statesman from Bihar, India, 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 the 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.