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Lt. Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh appointed as governor of Uttarakhand, ex-IPS RN Ravi new TN governor

The Centre's interlocutor and retired IPS officer RN Ravi has been shifted from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu as its new governor.
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Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh, who retired as the deputy chief of Army, was on Thursday appointed the governor of Uttarakhand, a post which fell vacant after Baby Rani Maurya tendered her resignation. President Ramnath Kovind accepted the resignation of Maurya and soon after appointed Singh as the governor of the state.

A graduate from the Defence Services Staff Course and National Defence College, Lt Gen Singh has done two M.Phils from Chennai and Indore universities besides being a research scholar on India-China Boundary Issue in the Institute of Chinese Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, during his study leave from the Indian Army.

Lt Gen Singh visited China seven times for important military diplomatic and border or Line of Actual Control meetings. During his stint in the Army, he was part of numerous expert groups, joint working groups, annual dialogues and China study group meetings for over a decade.

Lt Gen (Retd) Gurmit Singh appointed as Uttarakhand Guv; ex-IPS RN Ravi new Tamil Nadu governor

Besides this fresh appointment, the President also ordered shuffling of governors of some states which includes shifting Governor Banwarilal Purohit from Tamil Nadu to Punjab. He was earlier holding additional charge of Punjab.

The Centre’s interlocutor and retired IPS officer RN Ravi has been shifted from Nagaland to Tamil Nadu as its new governor.

Jagdish Mukhi, present governor of Assam, has been appointed to discharge the functions of the governor of Nagaland in addition to his charge till a fresh appointment is made.


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