Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary | |
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Governor of Meghalaya | |
In office 1 July 2008 – 6 July 2013 | |
Preceded by | Shivinder Singh Sidhu |
Succeeded by | Krishan Kant Paul |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Odlaguri, Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar district, Assam, British Raj |
Nationality | Indian |
Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (born 1947) is an Indian politician who was the
Early life and education
Mooshahary hails from the
Career
Mooshahary became an IPS officer of the 1967 batch and was allotted the Kerala cadre. He worked on important assignments in Kerala and early on in his career in 1981-82 was commissioner of police of the city of Cochin. Later he held the offices of Inspector General of Police and chief of Crime Branch CID and lastly Director general of the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau.
Apart from Kerala, Mooshahary has occupied several distinguished posts. He was in the Cabinet Secretariat and had served in the state of Assam, including at a later point in his career in this province's police force. He served in the federal Central Reserve Police Force as Deputy Inspector general and Inspector General during the late eighties and early nineties during which period he served in the states of Tamil Nadu, Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan. He was appointed Director General of the elite
He headed the NSG for nearly three years before being shifted as Director General of the BSF, one of the largest standing paramilitary border guarding forces in the world, in 2005.[3] He was the first IPS officer from northeast India to be appointed the Director-General of the BSF, a position he held till his retirement from active service in February 2006. Mooshahary was awarded the Police Medal for Meritorious Service and the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service. He has also served in the CRPF, besides the state police force of Assam and has done a commendable job in combating terrorism, and contributing to the security of the Republic of India.
In March 2006, Mooshahary was appointed by the Governor of Assam as the first Chief Information Commissioner of the State under the
See also
- Government of Meghalaya
- Governors of Meghalaya
References
- ^ Rai, Tilak; Kashyap, Samudra Gupta (4 July 2008). "Mooshahary: from clerk to Governor in same city". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ "Bio-data of Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary". meghalaya.nic.in. Archived from the original on 18 September 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- ^ a b "BSF gets first Bodo DG". The Hindu. 11 January 2005. Archived from the original on 13 January 2005. Retrieved 28 May 2019.
External links
- Bio-data of His Excellency Shri Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary Govt. of Meghalayawebsite.