Narinder Nath Vohra

Narinder Nath Vohra
12th Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
25 June 2008 (2008-06-25) – 23 August 2018 (2018-08-23)
Chief MinisterGhulam Nabi Azad
Omar Abdullah
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Mehbooba Mufti
Preceded byS. K. Sinha
Succeeded bySatya Pal Malik[1]
8th Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
In office
1 July 1997 (1997-07-01) – 19 March 1998 (1998-03-19)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Prime MinisterI. K. Gujral
Preceded byT. R. Satishchandran
Succeeded byBrajesh Mishra
Home Secretary of India
In office
1 April 1993 (1993-04-01) – 31 May 1994 (1994-05-31)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
22nd Defence Secretary of India
In office
1 March 1990 (1990-03-01) – 1 April 1993 (1993-04-01)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byT. N. Seshan
Succeeded byK. A. Nambiar
18th Defence Production Secretary of India
In office
1 May 1989 (1989-05-01) – 1 March 1990 (1990-03-01)
Appointed byAppointments Committee of the Cabinet
Preceded byP. C. Jain
Succeeded byN. Raghunathan
Personal details
Born
Narinder Nath Vohra

(1936-05-05) 5 May 1936 (age 88)
Punjab, India
Alma materPanjab University
Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford
OccupationRetired IAS officer
AwardsPadma Vibhushan (2007)

Narinder Nath Vohra (born 5 May 1936), popularly referred as N. N. Vohra, is a retired 1959 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of Punjab cadre who was the 12th governor of the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. He was the first civilian governor of Jammu and Kashmir in eighteen 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 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.

  1. ^ "Centre Appoints Bihar Governor Satya Pal Malik as New Jammu and Kashmir Governor". Retrieved 21 August 2018.