Nikhil Kumar (governor)
Nikhil Kumar | |
|---|---|
Kumar in 2013 | |
| 19th Governor of Kerala | |
| In office 23 March 2013 – 5 March 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Oommen Chandy |
| Preceded by | Hansraj Bhardwaj |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Dikshit |
| 15th Governor of Nagaland | |
| In office 15 October 2009 – 21 March 2013 | |
| Chief Minister | Neiphiu Rio |
| Preceded by | Gurbachan Jagat |
| Succeeded by | Ashwani Kumar |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
| In office 2004–2009 | |
| Preceded by | Shyama Singh |
| Succeeded by | Sushil Kumar Singh |
| Constituency | Aurangabad, Bihar |
| Director-General of the NSG | |
| In office 30 June 1999 – 31 July 2001 | |
| Preceded by | T. R. Kakkar |
| Succeeded by | Gurbachan Jagat |
| Director-General of the ITBP | |
| In office 3 April 1997 – 3 December 1997 | |
| Preceded by | B. B. Nandy |
| Succeeded by | Gautam Kaul |
| Commissioner of Delhi Police | |
| In office January 1995 – April 1997 | |
| Preceded by | M. B. Kaushal |
| Succeeded by | T. R. Kakkar |
| Director of the BSF Academy | |
| In office July 1990 – December 1990 | |
| Preceded by | D. K. Arya |
| Succeeded by | P. Pillai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 July 1941 |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse |
Shyama Singh (m. 1963) |
| Alma mater | Allahabad University |
| Occupation | |
As of 26 September, 2006 Source: [1] | |
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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.