Career
He was appointed Governor of Nagaland on 14 July 2014 after President Pranab Mukherjee accepted resignation of Tripura Governor Vakkom Purushothaman. He also took the oath as the Honorary"ble Governor of Assam (additional charge) on 12 December 2014. He is native of Udupi district ( Then undivided South Kanara ) in Karnataka state, Bharat.He was first batch student of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer College), Udupi in 1949.
