V Shanmuganathan (born 21 November 1949) was the Governor of the Indian state of

Meghalaya Meghalaya (, or , meaning "abode of clouds"; from Sanskrit , "cloud" + , "abode") is a state in northeastern India. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the state of Assam: (a) the United Khasi Hills and J ...

, in office from 2015 to 26 January 2017. A veteran from Tamil Nadu, he also held an additional charge as Governor of

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from September 2016 till his resignation on 26 January 2017.

Early life and career

A post-graduate and an MPhil in Political Science, V Shanmuganathan received the Madras University's prestigious Gold Medal from its well-known Vice Chancellor T P Meenakshi Sundarnar in 1970. Born on 21 November 1949, he hails from

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Governorships

Shanmuganathan succeeded

Keshari Nath Tripathi Keshari Nath Tripathi (born 10 November 1934) is an Indian politician, who served as Governor of West Bengal from July 2014 to July 2019. He also had additional charge for short stints as governor of Bihar, Meghalaya and Mizoram. He was a membe ...

as Governor of Meghalaya on 12 May 2015. On 30 September 2015 he was additionally sworn in as the 17th

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after the death in office of Syed Ahmed.

References

External links

Meggovernor.gov.in
, - , - 1949 births Living people Governors of Meghalaya Governors of Manipur People from Tamil Nadu University of Madras alumni {{Meghalaya-BJP-politician-stub