Gopalkrishna Gandhi

Gopalkrishna Gandhi

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Gopalkrishna Gandhi Profile

  • Name:
  • Gopalkrishna Gandhi
  • Born:
  • April 22, 1945
  • Father:
  • Devadas Gandhi
  • Mother:
  • Lakshmi Gandhi

Gopalkrishna Gandhi Biography

Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the former Governor of West Bengal who served during the period, 2004 – 2009. He is better known as a diplomat and Indian civil servant. He has served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka during his Administrative Service. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, and son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. His maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari. He is the younger brother of other personalities of Gandhi family -   Ramchandra Gandhi, Rajmohan Gandhi and Tara Bhattacharjee.

 

He was born on 22 April 1945. Both his grandfathers are two eminent political figures of India – Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari. He was born as the son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. His post-graduation was completed at St. Stephen's College of Delhi University where he specialized in English literature. He joined IAS as an Officer in 1968 and served in Tamil Nadu till 1985. Later he served positions of Secretary to Vice-President of India (1985 - 1987) and Joint Secretary to President of India (1987 - 1992).

 

In 1992 he became Minister (Culture) in High Commission of India, UK and Director, The Nehru Centre, London. He has also served several diplomatic and administrative positions in India as well as many foreign countries like South Africa, Iceland, Norway and Lesotho. High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka (2000), and Ambassador of India to Norway, and Iceland (2002) are senior positions held by him.  He retired from administrative service in the year 2003.

 

In 2004, he was appointed Governor of West Bengal succeeding Viren J. Shah. In 2006, he also took on an additional charge of Governor of Bihar. Currently he is the Chairman of Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai since December 2011.

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Updated: January 10, 2014

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