Balmiki Prasad Singh

Balmiki Prasad Singh

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Balmiki Prasad Singh Profile

  • Name:
  • Balmiki Prasad Singh
  • Born:
  • January 1, 1942
  • Spouse:
  • Karuna

Balmiki Prasad Singh Biography

Balmiki Prasad Singh, shortly known as B P Singh is a former governor of Sikkim. He is also known as a writer, scholar, thinker and public servant. He is the author of books like – ‘Bahudha and the post 9/11 World’ and ‘The problem of change: a study of North East India'. Singh is well known as the author of the Bahudha Approach. He has presided over the four-day Global Buddhist Conference attended by 1,000 Buddhist scholars, thinkers and followers from over 30 countries in India. Singh was appointed in 1964 to the Indian Administrative Service and has held many honorable positions including the governor of Sikkim. He served as the 14th governor of Sikkim.  

 

Balmiki Prasad Singh was born on 1 January 1942 in Begusarai, Bihar in a family belonging to freedom fighters. After schooling at his hometown, he completed post-graduation in political science from University of Patna in 1960, standing First Class First with record marks. He was awarded with numerous gold medals and later he studied at Oxford University to get a Master of Arts Degree. As soon as he returned, he started his career as a lecturer. When he became a lecturer in the Post- Graduate Department of Political Science at Patna University, he was only 19!

 

He married Karuna on 10th March, 1961 at Patna and the couple had 3 children. Three years later he joined Indian Administrative Service. Singh was posted in North Lakhimpur and Tezpur as a young officer. Later he held the posts of DC, Kamrup, and Home Commissioner, Assam. Over the past four decades, Singh has held a variety of top designations within Assam including Executive Director and Ambassador position at the World Bank during 1999-2002 representing India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is one of the founder members of the Development Gateway Foundation.  

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Updated: December 28, 2013

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