Krishan Kant Paul
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His Excellency Krishan Kant Paul कृष्ण कान्त पाॅल |
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| Governor of Uttarakhand | |
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Assumed office 8 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Aziz Qureshi |
| Governor of Manipur | |
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In office 16 September 2014 – 15 May 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Vinod Duggal |
| Succeeded by | Syed Ahmed |
| Governor of Meghalaya | |
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In office 1 July 2013 – 6 January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary |
| Succeeded by | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| Commissioner of Police, Delhi | |
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In office Feb 2004 – July 2007 |
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| Preceded by | R. S. Gupta |
| Succeeded by | Y. S. Dadwal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 February 1948 |
| Spouse(s) | Omita Paul |
| Alma mater | Panjab University, Chandigarh |
| Website | Official website |
Krishan Kant Paul also known as K. K. Paul (born 6 February 1948) is the 6th and current Governor of Indian state of Uttarakhand, in office since January 2015. He had previously served as Governor of Meghalaya for over one year (2013–15) with additional charge of Mizoram and Nagaland for the same post.
A former officer of the Indian Police Service, he served as the Commissioner of Police, Delhi from February 2004 to July 2007.
Paul was born on 6 February 1948. He did his post graduation (Master of Science) in Chemistry from Punjab University, Chandigarh. Followed by Ph.D thesis in Fluorine chemistry, which was highly commended and resulted in 15 research publications, of a technical nature, in international scientific journals of repute. In the context of his research work in Chemistry, he has over 20 papers published in international scientific journals of repute.
Paul joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1970 and was allocated to the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh–Goa–Mizoram–Union Territories) cadre, under which he was first posted on Andaman and Nicobar Islands and then served as chief of Arunachal Pradesh Police. He was the Commissioner of Delhi Police from February 2004 to July 2007. Paul is credited with having cracked the first ever cricket betting racket in which South African captain Hansie Cronje was indicted. Paul has experience working in the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
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