Education
University of Oxford. Allahabad University.
University of Oxford. Allahabad University.
He previously served as the Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh (1958 to 1961), Home Secretary of India (1971 to 1973) and Defence Secretary of India (1973 to 1975). He is considered to be one of India"s most senior and respected civil servants. He was born into a Kayastha family in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.
As Home Secretary, he played a crucial role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
He then became Defence Secretary, a post he occupied between 1973 and 1975. He was also chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh, and was deputised to build relations between India and Nepal in 1951 as Adviser to the King of Nepal.
He was named Governor of Karnataka and held the post between 1977 and 1983. He was awarded the in 2009.
He was selected as a member of the Imperial Civil Service in 1939 and was Home Secretary of India and Defence Secretary of India before retirement.