Ajudhiya Nath Khosla

Ajudhia Nath Khosla
7th Governor of Odisha
In office
16 September 1962 – 5 August 1966
Preceded byYeshwant Narayan Sukthankar
Succeeded byKhaleell Ahommed
In office
12 September 1966 – 30 January 1968
Preceded byKhaleell Ahommed
Succeeded byShaukatullah Shah Ansari
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
(Nominated)
In office
3 April 1958 – 2 April 1964
Personal details
Born(1892-12-11)11 December 1892
New Delhi
Died1984(1984-00-00) (aged 91–92)
NationalityIndian
AwardsPadma Bhushan (1954) Padma Vibhushan (1977)
Monuments
NationalityIndian
EducationBA, 1912
CE, 1916, IIT Roorkee
Alma materIIT Roorkee (then Thomason College of Civil Engineering)
Occupation(s)engineer, educationist and social activist
Awards

Ajudhia Nath Khosla (11 December 1892 – 1984) [1] was an Indian engineer and politician. He was the Chairman of the Central Waterways Irrigation and Navigation Commission of India.[2]

Khosla was born in Jalandhar, and worked as Vice Chancellor of the University of Roorkee from 1954 to 1959.[3] He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1954 and the Padma Vibhushan in 1977.[4] He was nominated as member of the Rajya Sabha the Upper house of Indian Parliament in 1958, but resigned in 1959 and joined the Planning Commission of India.[5][6][7] He was the Governor of Odisha from September 1962 to August 1966 and again from September 1966 to January 1968.[8] He was the president of Indian National Science Academy from 1961-62.[9]

  1. ^ "Indian states since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012. Ajudhia Nath Khosla (b. 1892 - d. 1984)
  2. ^ "Engineer". scientistindia.com. 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012. As Chairman of the Central Waterways Irrigation and Navigation Commission,
  3. ^ "University of Roorkee, formerly: Indian Institute of Technology (IITR), Roorkee (Rurki) | Colleges in Roorkee (Rurki) Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal)". punjabcolleges.com. 2012. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 1 June 2012. as Vice Chancellor of the University from 1954 to 1959.
  4. ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Our Governors Raj Bhavan Orissa". Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
  6. ^ Khosla, Ajudhia Nath (Engineer - Civil) Biography
  7. ^ Orissa Government Biography
  8. ^ "Post Held of Dr. Ajudhia Nath Khosla". ws.ori.nic.in. 2012. Archived from the original on 22 June 2007. Retrieved 1 June 2012. Post Held
  9. ^ "INSA Past Presidents". insaindia.org. 2012. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2012. Dr Ajudhia Nath Khosla 1961-62