Narinder Nath Vohra

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| name = Narinder Nath Vohra

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| birth_name = Narinder Nath Vohra

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1936|05|05}}

| birth_place =Punjab, India

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| office = 12th{{nbsp}}Governor of Jammu and Kashmir

| predecessor = S. K. Sinha

| successor = Satya Pal Malik{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/centre-appoints-bihar-governor-satya-pal-malik-as-new-jammu-and-kashmir-governor-1852509.html?ref=hp_top_pos_1|title=Centre Appoints Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik as New Jammu and Kashmir Governor|access-date=21 August 2018}}

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| 1namedata = Ghulam Nabi Azad
Omar Abdullah
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Mehbooba Mufti

| office1 =8th{{nbsp}}Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India

| predecessor1 =T. R. Satishchandran

| successor1 =Brajesh Mishra

| office2 =Home Secretary of India

| office3 =22nd{{nbsp}}Defence Secretary of India

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Narinder Nath Vohra (born 5{{Nbsp}}May{{Nbsp}}1936), popularly referred as N. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959{{Nbsp}}batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12th{{Nbsp}}governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteen{{Nbsp}}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 February{{Nbsp}}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.{{Cite web|url=http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present1.htm|title=Present Governor - N. N. Vohra|website=Raj Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227134143/http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present1.htm|archive-date=27 December 2017}} Vohra also was a visiting fellow at Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.

Career

= Before IAS =

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

= 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;{{Cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/vohra-just-the-man-for-kashmir/321751/0|title=Vohra: Just the man for Kashmir|last=Sinha|first=Amitabh|date=12 June 2008|website=The Indian Express|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=16 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=10065&PageId=|title=N N Vohra - Executive Record Sheet|website=Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India|access-date=16 January 2018}} 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.

Vohra also served as a consultant to the World Health Organization.

== 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 1{{Nbsp}}May{{Nbsp}}1989, and remitted it on 1{{Nbsp}}March{{Nbsp}}1990.

== Defence Secretary ==

Vohra was appointed Union Defence Secretary by ACC, he assumed the office of Defence Secretary on 1{{Nbsp}}March{{Nbsp}}1990, and demitted it on 1{{Nbsp}}April{{Nbsp}}1993, serving for more than three years.

== Home Secretary ==

N. N. Vohra was appointed Union Home Secretary by ACC after the 1993{{Nbsp}}Bombay serial bomb blasts,{{Cite web|url=http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/will-be-remembered-for-governance-and-democratic-values/|title=Narinder Nath Vohra- A Man for all seasons will be remembered for governance and democratic values|last=Bhan|first=Ashok|date=August 23, 2018|website=Daily Excelsior|access-date=August 23, 2018}}{{Cite news|last=Munshi|first=Suhas|date=August 22, 2018|title=NN Vohra, a Tough Act to Follow in Kashmir's Political Theatre|work=News18|publisher=Network 18|publication-place=New Delhi|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/governor-nn-vohra-a-tough-act-to-follow-in-kashmirs-political-theatre-1852813.html|access-date=August 23, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/n-n-vohra-jks-man-for-all-seasons-all-parties/articleshow/64669620.cms|title=N N Vohra: J&K's man for all seasons, all parties|date=June 20, 2018|work=The Times of India|access-date=August 23, 2018|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|agency=Press Trust of India|publication-place=New Delhi|oclc=23379369}} he assumed the office of Home Secretary on 1{{Nbsp}}April{{Nbsp}}1993, and demitted it and simultaneously superannuated from service on 31{{Nbsp}}May{{Nbsp}}1994.

= 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 June{{Nbsp}}1997, he assumed the office of principal secretary on 1{{Nbsp}}July{{Nbsp}}1997, and demitted it on 19{{Nbsp}}March{{Nbsp}}1998.

== 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, he remained as India's interlocutor till 2008, 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.

[[File:N. N. Vohra taking salute on 61st Republic Day of India.jpg|thumb|428x428px|

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

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== Governor of Jammu and Kashmir ==

[[File:N. N. Vohra taking salute from Police on 61st Republic Day.jpg|thumb|238x238px|

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

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Vohra was appointed Governor of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by President of India in 2008,{{Cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/news/vohra-appointed-jk-governor/35310.html|title=VOHRA APPOINTED JK GOVERNOR|date=10 June 2008|website=Greater Kashmir|publication-place=Srinagar|access-date=16 January 2018}} his first act as the governor of J&K was to rescind the controversial Amarnath shrine land transfer order.[http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=136692 Vohra saves J&K Govt, rescinds Amarnath land order]. Retrieved on 9 July 2008.

Vohra was reappointed the governor of Jammu and Kashmir by the president of India in 2013.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vohra-gets-fresh-term-as-jk-governor/article4661321.ece|title=Vohra gets fresh term as J&K Governor|date=28 April 2013|website=The Hindu|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=16 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/N-N-Vohra-gets-a-fresh-term-as-JK-governor/articleshow/19762972.cms|title=N N Vohra gets a fresh term as J&K governor|date=28 April 2013|website=The Times of India|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=16 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/vohra-re-appointed-as-jammu-and-kashmir-governor-605798.html|title=Vohra re-appointed as Jammu and Kashmir governor|date=28 April 2013|website=News 18|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=16 January 2018}} Vohra retired from the position of governor in August{{Nbsp}}2018 and was replaced by Satya Pal Malik, a Bharatiya Janata Party politician and a former governor of the state of Bihar.{{Cite web|last=Devadas|first=David|date=August 23, 2018|title=Outgoing J&K Governor N.N. Vohra Was as Astute as Any Wily Politician|url=https://thewire.in/government/outgoing-jk-governor-n-n-vohra-was-as-astute-as-any-wily-politician|access-date=August 23, 2018|website=The Wire (India)}}

Vohra ruled Jammu and Kashmir directly four times (governor's rule) during his tenure as governor,{{Cite news|url=http://www.asianage.com/india/all-india/220818/a-decade-of-grace-nn-vohras-term-in-jk.html|title=A decade of grace: NN Vohra's term in J&K|last=Jameel|first=Yusuf|date=August 22, 2018|work=The Asian Age|access-date=August 23, 2018|publication-place=Srinagar}} with his tenure as state governor being widely seen to be a positive one.

Awards and recognition

Vohra was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian honour, for his contributions to the field of civil service, in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/padma-vibhushan-for-nariman-khushwant-nare/21800/|title=Padma Vibhushan for Nariman, Khushwant, Naresh Chandra|date=26 January 2007|website=The Indian Express|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=12 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Padma-Vibhushan-for-Khushwant-Nariman/article14711595.ece|title=Padma Vibhushan for Khushwant, Nariman|date=26 January 2007|website=The Hindu|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=12 January 2018}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-padma-vibhushan-for-fali-nariman-khushwant-singh-1076450|title=Padma Vibhushan for Fali Nariman, Khushwant Singh|date=26 January 2007|website=Daily News and Analysis|publication-place=New Delhi|access-date=12 January 2018}}

Selected bibliography

{{cite book | last1 = Vohra | first1 = N. N. | last2 = Mathews | first2 = K. | title = Africa, India & South-South cooperation | publisher = Har-Anand Publications | location = New Delhi | year = 1997 | isbn = 9788124105030 }}
{{cite book|last1=Vohra|first1=N. N.|last2=Dixit|first2=Jyotindra Nath|author-mask=5|author-link2=Jyotindra Nath Dixit|title=Religion, politics, and society in South and Southeast Asia|publisher=Konark Publishers in association with India International Centre|location=Delhi|year=1998|isbn=9788122005295}}
{{cite book|last=Vohra|first=N. N.|title=Culture, society, and politics in Central Asia and India|publisher=SHIPRA Publications India International Centre|location=Delhi|author-mask=5|year=1999|isbn=9788175410404}}
{{cite book|last1=Vohra|first1=N. N.|title=Issues before the World Trade Organization: India's perspective: report on a seminar held on 20 March, 1999, at the India International Centre|publisher=Mosaic Books, in association with India International Centre|location=New Delhi|year=2000|isbn=9788185399515|author-mask=5|display-authors=etal}}
{{cite book | last = Vohra | first = N. N. |author-mask=5| title = Culture, democracy, and development in South Asia | publisher = Shipra Publications | location = New Delhi, India | year = 2001 | isbn = 9788175410701 }}
{{cite book | last = Vohra | first = N. N. |author-mask=5| title = India and East Asia: culture and society | publisher = Shipra Publications | location = Delhi, India | year = 2002 | isbn = 9788175411067 }}
{{cite book | last1 = Vohra | first1 = N. N. |author-mask=5| last2 = Bhattacharya | first2 = Sabyasachi | title = Looking back, India in the twentieth century | publisher = National Book Trust, India in association with India International Centre | location = New Delhi | year = 2002 | isbn = 9788123737508 }}
{{cite book | last = Vohra | first = N. N. |author-mask=5| title = Emerging Asia: challenges for India and Singapore | publisher = India International Centre Manohar | location = New Delhi, India | year = 2003 | isbn = 9788173044847 }}
{{cite book | last = Vohra | first = N. N. |author-mask=5| title = History, culture, and society in India and West Asia | publisher = Shipra Publications | location = Delhi, India | year = 2003 | isbn = 9788175411234 }}
{{cite book | last = Vohra | first = N. N. |author-mask=5| title = India and Australasia: history, culture, and society | publisher = Shipra Publications | location = Delhi | year = 2004 | isbn = 9788175411685 }}

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline|Narinder Nath Vohra}}
{{URL|1=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=10065&PageId=|2=Executive record sheet as maintained by the Department of Personnel and Training of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions of the Government of India}}
{{URL|http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present12.htm|Profile at Jammu and Kashmir Raj Bhavan's website}}

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