Narinder Nath Vohra

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Narinder Nath Vohra (born 5Script error: No such module "String".MayScript error: No such module "String".1936), popularly referred as N. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959Script error: No such module "String".batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12thScript error: No such module "String".governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteenScript error: No such module "String".years after Jagmohan.

As an IAS officer, Vohra has also served as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Home Secretary of India, Defence Secretary of India and Defence Production Secretary of India.

From FebruaryScript error: No such module "String".2003 until he became the governor of the state, Vohra had been the Government of India's interlocutor in Jammu and Kashmir. He was awarded India's second highest civilian honour, the Padma Vibhushan, for his contributors to the field civil service, in 2007.

Education

Vohra is a postgraduate (MA) and topper in English from Panjab University.[1] Vohra also was a visiting fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.[1]

Career

Before IAS

Before being appointed an IAS officer, Vohra served as lecturer in the Panjab University.[1]

As an IAS officer

Vohra served in key positions for both the Government of India and the Government 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 the Government of Punjab;[2][1][3] as Union Home Secretary, Union Defence Secretary, Union Defence Production Secretary, additional secretary in the Department of Defence of the Ministry of Defence, joint secretary in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and as an area organiser in the Cabinet Secretariat in the Government of India.[2][1][3]

Vohra also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization.[2][1][3]

Defence Production Secretary

Vohra was appointed Union Defence Production Secretary by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), he assumed the office of Defence Production Secretary on 1Script error: No such module "String".MayScript error: No such module "String".1989,[2][1][3] and remitted it on 1Script error: No such module "String".MarchScript error: No such module "String".1990.[2][1][3]

Defence Secretary

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Home Secretary

N. N. Vohra was appointed Union Home Secretary by ACC after the 1993Script error: No such module "String".Bombay serial bomb blasts,[4][5][6] he assumed the office of Home Secretary on 1Script error: No such module "String".AprilScript error: No such module "String".1993,[2][1][3] and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from service on 31Script error: No such module "String".MayScript error: No such module "String".1994.[2][1][3]

Post Retirement

Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister

N. N. Vohra was appointed Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, Inder Kumar Gujral, and the administrative head of Prime Minister's Office by ACC in JuneScript error: No such module "String".1997, he assumed the office of principal secretary on 1Script error: No such module "String".JulyScript error: No such module "String".1997,[2][1][3] and demitted it on 19Script error: No such module "String".MarchScript error: No such module "String".1998.[2][1][3]

India’s special representative for carrying out the Jammu and Kashmir dialogue

N. N. Vohra was appointed India's interlocutor for carrying out the Jammu and Kashmir dialogue by the Government of India in 2003,[2][1] he remained as India's interlocutor till 2008,[2][1] when he was appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir.

As the interlocutor, 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.[2]

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Vohra taking salute from Jammu and Kashmir Police on 61st Republic Day of India

Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

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Vohra taking salute from Jammu and Kashmir Police 61st Republic Day of India

Vohra was appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by President of India in 2008,[2][7] his first act as the governor of J&K was to rescind the controversial Amarnath shrine land transfer order.[8]

Vohra was reappointed the governor of Jammu and Kashmir by the president of India in 2013.[9][10][11] Vohra retired from the position of governor in AugustScript error: No such module "String".2018 and was replaced by Satya Pal Malik, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a former governor of the state of Bihar.[5][12]

Vohra ruled Jammu and Kashmir directly four times (governor's rule) during his tenure as governor,[5][6][13][12] with his tenure as state governor being widely seen to be a positive one.[4][5][6][13][12]

Awards and recognition

Selected bibliography

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See also

References

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