Current Governor of Sikkim
Present Governor of Sikkim is Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh.
Total tenure of his present Governorship
Mr. B. P. Singh was nominated as the existing Sikkim Governor on 9th Jul., 2008 and is continuing in the same position till date. Thus, the total tenure of his present governorship is 11 years and 1.5 months.
When was Balmiki Prasad Singh born?
B. P. Singh was born on 1st January, 1942 at Begusarai in the Indian state of Bihar.
Whom was B. P. Singh married to?
Balmiki Prasad Singh was married to Late Smt. Karuna Singh. He has got two daughters named Sumita and Preeti and one son named Rajeev, all of whom are married.
Academic qualification of Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh
Apart from a Post Graduate in the field of Arts from the Oxford University in United Kingdom (U. K.), B. P. Singh is the holder of Master's Degree in Political Science from Patna University. He is the recipient of numerous gold medals for his educational talent and even stood 1st Class First in the Post Graduate Examination of the Patna University. Mr. Singh scored record marks in that examination.
Balmiki Prasad Singh's Career
Mr. B. P. Singh started his career as a lecturer of Political Science in Patna University. Mr. Singh was one of the youngest people to hold such a position in a Post Graduate Department just at 19 years of age. Later in the year 1964, B. P. Singh became an I. A. S. (Indian Administrative Service) Officer and got posted in the north eastern state of Assam. The details regarding the 11 years' long Assam tenure can be gathered from the table given below:
| Total Tenure | Positions Held |
|---|---|
| 1966 to 1968 | S. D. O. (Sub-Divisional Officer), North Lakhimpur |
| 1968 to 1970 | Joint Secretary |
| 1971 to 1972 | Deputy Commissioner at Darrang in Tezpur |
| 1973 to 1975 | Deputy Commissioner at Kamrup in Guwahati |
During this period, he even became the Lifetime Member of the New Delhi based I. I. P. A. (Indian Institute of Public Administration). Besides holding different posts in Assam, the present Governor of Sikkim even held varied prestigious positions throughout his entire career of 40 years, which can be known from the below mentioned table:
| Total Tenure | Positions Held |
| 1975 to 1979 | Deputy Secretary and Director, Defence Ministry of the Government of India in New Delhi. |
| 1980 to 1982 | All Departments' Secretary under the supervision of the Chief Secretary as well as the Home Secretary to the Assam Government |
| 1982 to 1984 | Jawaharlal Nehru Fellow and Member of the Planning Board of Assam |
| 1984 to 1989 | Joint Secretary to the Steel and Mines Ministry of the India Government at New Delhi and Chairman cum Managing Director of the Hindustan Copper Limited (1 year) |
| 1989 to 1990 | Queen Elizabeth Fellow of Oxford University in U. K. |
| 1990 to 1992 | Production Commissioner of Agriculture and Special Secretary cum Commissioner of the Assam Government for the departments of Agriculture, Rural Development, Panchayat, Department of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry at Dispur in Guwahati. |
| 1992 to 1993 | Joint Secretary and then Additional Secretary to the New Delhi based Home Affairs Ministry of the Central Government. |
| 1993 to 1995 | Additional Secretary of the Environment and Forests Ministry of the Union Government in New Delhi, Chairman of the National Committee formed for the conservation of bio-diversity, Representative of Asia on Ramar Wetlands' Convention at Gland in Switzerland, Director of Bhopal based Indian School of Forest Management (I. S. F. M.) for a year and Lifetime Member of S. P. W. D. (Society for Promotion of Wasteland Development) in New Delhi |
| 1995 to 1997 | Union Cultural Secretary and Lifetime Member of I. N. T. A. C. H. (Indian National Trust for Arts and Cultural Heritage). |
| 1997 to 1999 | Union Home Secretary, Secretary and Justice of the Government of India and Secretary of Affairs of Jammu and Kashmir Affairs of India's Government. |
| 1999 to 2002 | Executive Director of The World Bank, represented The World Bank Affiliates in India, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Founder cum Member Governors' Board of D. G. F. (Development Gateway Foundation) and Member of G. E. F. (Global Environment Facility) in Washington D. C. |
| 15th August, 2002 to 8th July, 2008 | Various honorary governmental and academic assignments, which includes Chancellor of the Sarnath based Central University of Tibetan Studies, Chief Editor of the "Perspectives on Economics, Technology and Governnance", a Southern Asia Series published by the Oxford University Press of New York, Chairman of the National Commission set up for Economically Backward Classes by the Government of India and Mahatma Gandhi National Fellow. |
| 2008 to till date | Governor of Sikkim |
He even held the positions of Chancellor of the Sikkim Manipal University and President of the Gangtok based Namgyal Institute of Tibetology.
Significant achievements of Sikkim's existing Governor
Apart from being an exemplary civil servant involved in international affairs, Mr. B. P. Singh has always prioritized the concerns of the weak. During the period of 1992 and 1993, he formulated plans and models for the development of the tribal areas of different regions. Mr. Singh even set up a fund for National Culture and organized worldwide Golden Jubilee celebrations of Indian Independence. Besides these, he shared his knowledge and thought with people across the globe through his writings. Singh has penned down innumerable books, monographs and articles on public administration, politics, culture and ecology. The books authored by Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh are as follows:
- Bahudha and the post - 9/11 World
- India's Culture
- Our India
- The Indian National Congress and Cultural Renaissance
- The Problem of Change
- Threads Woven
- Democracy, Ecology and Culture: The Indian Experience
- The Challenge of Good Governance in India: Need for Innovative Approaches, 2008
- Repositioning A Heritage: Raj Bhavan Gangtok
- Would Terrorism become a thing of the past: When and How?
Has Mr. B. P. Singh won any awards?
Besides winning numerous gold medals during post graduation studies, Mr. Balmiki Prasad Singh won the following awards from time to time.
- Governor of Assam Gold Medal Award: 1991 (for exceptional service in the state of Assam)
- Gulzarilal Nanda Award: 1998 (for excellent Indian public services from the then President of India)
- Man of Letters Award: 11th June, 2003 (By Dalai Lama at New Delhi)
Contact address of Governor of Sikkim
The present residential contact details of Mr. B. P. Singh are:
- Raj Bhavan
Gangtok, Sikkim, India.
Tel.: + 91 - 03592 - 202400/ 410
Fax: + 91 - 03592 - 202742
E-mail: rajyapal22@yahoo.in
