NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia vice-chancellor Najeeb Jung was on Monday appointed Delhi lieutenant-governor replacing Tejendra Khanna while former Delhi Police commissioner K K Paul was appointed Meghalaya governor replacing Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary.
President Pranab Mukherjee also appointed former Punjab Congress chief Virendra Kataria as LG of Puducherry succeeding Iqbal Singh while Lt Gen (retired) A K Singh replaced Lt Gen (retired) Bhopinder Singh as LG of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, a Rashtrapati Bhavan statement said. A K Singh retired earlier this year as the chief of Southern Army Command in Pune and is from the Armoured Corps.
Jung joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1973 and worked in different capacities in Madhya Pradesh and the Centre. He subsequently was with Asian Development Bank and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies ( Oxford University), working on energy-related issues. He is an expert on governance and energy, having worked with different governments, the public sector and the private sector.
He was also a member of several government panels dealing with education and governance. These included a special task force constituted by the home ministry to examine developmental needs of J&K and chairman of HRD ministry's core committee to look into different aspects of higher education. He succeeds Khanna who has enjoyed a long tenure in Delhi's Raj Bhavan.
Najeeb Jung worked with Oxford university
Najeeb Jung, who was on Monday named Delhi's new lieutenant-governor, has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as an administrator. After serving in the IAS, he was also with Asian Development Bank and the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (Oxford University), working on energy-related issues. He is an expert on governance and energy, having worked with different governments, the public sector and the private sector.
He was also a member of several government panels dealing with education and governance. These included a special task force constituted by the home ministry to examine developmental needs of J&K and chairman of HRD ministry's core committee to look into different aspects of higher education. He succeeds Tejendra Khanna who has enjoyed a long tenure in Delhi's Raj Bhavan.
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