Gopalkrishna Gandhi
| Gopal Krishna Gandhi | |
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Gandhi speaking at Chatham House in 2010
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| 22nd Governor of West Bengal | |
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In office 2004 – July 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Viren J. Shah |
| Succeeded by | Devanand Konwar |
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| Born | 22 April 1946 |
Gopalkrishna Gandhi (born April 22, 1946) is an Indian civil servant and diplomat, who was the Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. As a former member of the Indian Administrative Service, he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts.
His paternal grandfather was Mahatma Gandhi and maternal grandfather was C. Rajagopalachari. He is the son of Devadas Gandhi and Lakshmi Gandhi. (Rajaji). Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the younger brother of Rajmohan Gandhi, and the late Ramchandra Gandhi, and Smt. Tara Bhattacharjee (Gandhi), all of whom are distinguished in their own right.
Gandhi graduated with a master's degree in English literature from St. Stephen's College of Delhi University.
He joined IAS as an Officer in 1968 and served in Tamil Nadu state till 1985. Thereafter, he remained Secretary to Vice-President of India (1985 - 1987), 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, UK. This was followed by various diplomatic and administrative positions for the rest of his career including High Commissioner of India to South Africa and Lesotho (1996), Secretary to President of India (1997-2000), High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka (2000), and Ambassador of India to Norway, and Iceland (2002), before his retirement from IAS in 2003.
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