Ganeshi Lal (born 1 March 1941) is an Indian politician and the incumbent Governor of
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
.
Personal life
Professor Ganeshi Lal was born in
Sirsa
Sirsa is a city and a municipal council in Sirsa district in the westernmost region of the Indian state of Haryana, bordering Punjab and Rajasthan. It is located in Thar desert. It is located 250 kilometres north-west of New Delhi and 260 kilome ...
,
Haryana
Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land ar ...
on 1 March 1941.
With a brilliant educational career, he holds a degree in English Honours. He further went on to gain a post-graduate degree in Mathematics. He stood First Class First in FA, BA and MA Class and was a Gold Medalist. After completing his education, he joined academic profession and served as professor in different Government Colleges in Haryana between 1964 and 1991. Lal was married to Sushila Devi,
who died on 23 November 2020 due to COVID-19.
Political career
He has authored a celebrated book on Bhagvad Gita, 'Non-attached Attachment' running in its second edition, published by PEN IN Books. He served as the President of the
Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana
Bharatiya Janata Party, Haryana (or BJP Haryana) is a state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Haryana. O. P. Dhankar is the current president of the BJP Haryana. Manohar Lal Khattar became the BJP's first Chief Minister of Haryana after hi ...
unit from 2003 to 2006.
Official meetings
*He attended 2019 Convocation Ceremony of
VSSUT.
*He attended Convocation Ceremony 2019 which was held in
Sambalpur University
Sambalpur University is located in Burla town, of district Sambalpur, India, in the state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar, it offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. The governor of Odisha is the chancellor of ...
along with Principal secretary of P.M Narendra Modi, P.K Mishra.
*He attended 38th Convocation Ceremony of
OUAT.
*He attended the 49th Convocation Ceremony of
Utkal University (also known as the mother University in the state Odisha with an accreditation of A+ by NAAC), on 29 March 2019.
References
External links
Official Profile His Excellency Governor of Odisha, Professor Ganeshi Lal
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1941 births
Living people
Governors of Odisha
People from Sirsa district
State cabinet ministers of Haryana
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Haryana
Haryana academics
Indian lecturers
Indians imprisoned during the Emergency (India)