Krishan Kant Paul

Krishan Kant Paul
Krishan Kant Paul
Governor of Uttarakhand
	In office; 8 January 2015 – 21 August 2018
Preceded by	Aziz Qureshi
Succeeded by	Baby Rani Maurya
Governor of Manipur
	In office; 16 September 2014 – 15 May 2015
Preceded by	Vinod Duggal
Succeeded by	Syed Ahmed
Governor of Meghalaya
	In office; 1 July 2013 – 6 January 2015
Preceded by	Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Succeeded by	Keshari Nath Tripathi
Commissioner of Police, Delhi
	In office; Feb 2004 – July 2007
Preceded by	R. S. Gupta
Succeeded by	Y. S. Dadwal
Personal details
Born	6 February 1948
Spouse(s)	Omita Paul
Alma mater	Panjab University, Chandigarh

Krishan Kant Paul (born 6 February 1948) is a former Indian Police Service officer, who served as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi from February 2004 to July 2007.[1][2] Following his retirement from the IPS, he served as the Governor of several states—Meghalaya (2013-15), Manipur (2014-15) and Uttarakhand (2015-18). He had also held the governorships of Mizoram and Nagaland briefly, as additional charges.

Early life and background

Paul was born on 6 February 1947. He did his post-graduation (Master of Science) in Chemistry from Punjab University, Chandigarh. This was followed by his Ph.D thesis in fluorine chemistry, which was highly commended and resulted in 15 research publications of a technical nature, in international scientific journals of repute.[3]

Career

As an IPS officer

Paul has experience working in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).[3][4][5]

As a member of UPSC

After retiring from police service, Paul became a member of the Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi on 26 July 2007. He served there until July 2013.[3]

As the Governor of states

On 2 July 2013, Paul was appointed as the new Governor of Meghalaya. He joined on 8 July 2013. On 2 July 2014, he was sworn in as Governor of Nagaland. He was given the additional charge as the 18th Governor of Nagaland.[6]

On 16 September 2014, Paul was sworn in as the 14th Governor of Mizoram. Mizoram was assigned to him as additional charge.[7] On 17 September 2014, he was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Manipur. Manipur was assigned to him as an additional charge.[8]

Paul was sworn in as the 6th Governor of Uttarakhand on 8 January 2015 replacing Aziz Qureshi, who was sent to take charge as the new Governor of Mizoram. This challenged Narendra Modi's government's attempts to make Governors appointed during the UPA regime resign.[9]

Personal life

Paul is married to Omita Paul, a former Indian Information Service officer, who was posted as secretary to former President Pranab Mukherjee, having worked with him, in different capacities since the 1980s.[10][11]

He is a prolific writer and has continued to write post-retirement. His articles have been appearing in various newspapers referred here.

Articles

[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] [54] [55] [56] [57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62] [63] [64] [65] [66] [67] [68] [69] [70] [71] [72] [73] [74] [75] [76] [77] [78] [79] [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] [90] [91] [92] [93] [94] [95] [96] [97] [98] [99] [100]

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References

Political offices
Preceded by Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary	Governor of Meghalaya 1 July 2013 – 6 January 2015	Succeeded by Keshari Nath Tripathi
Preceded by Ashwani Kumar	Governor of Nagaland 2 July 2014 – 19 July 2014	Succeeded by Padmanabha Acharya
Preceded by Vinod Kumar Duggal	Governor of Mizoram 16 September 2014 – 8 January 2015	Succeeded by Aziz Qureshi
Preceded by Vinod Kumar Duggal	Governor of Manipur 16 September 2014 – 15 May 2015	Succeeded by Syed Ahmed
Preceded by Aziz Qureshi	Governor of Uttarakhand 8 January 2015 – 26 August 2018	Succeeded by Baby Rani Maurya

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[rajbu-1] "Raj Bhawan of Uttarakhand". governoruk.gov.in. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[2] "FORMER COMMISSIONERS OF DELHI POLICE". Delhi Police. 2 May 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[teleg-3] "KK Paul is new governor of Meghalaya". The Telegraph (Calcutta). 2 July 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2015.

[4] "K.K. Paul is Delhi's new police commissioner". Siliconindia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[5] "The Big House Constant". Outlookindia.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[6] KK Paul takes oath as Nagaland Governor (4 January 2015). "KK Paul takes oath as Nagaland Governor | Eastern Mirror Nagaland". Web.archive.org. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2017.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)

[7] "K.K. Paul takes oath as acting Mizoram governor". Business Standard. IANS. Retrieved 9 January 2015.

[8] "Meet the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi". Ndtv.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

[hindu1-9] "KK Paul to be new Uttarakhand Governor". The Hindu. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[10] Indian President’s Secretariat

[11] "Pranab Mukherjee's all-powerful advisor Omita Paul - Rediff.com India News". Rediff.com. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2016.

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