Governors in Kerala:
- Dr .B Rama krishna Rao – Nov 22 , 1956 – July 1 .1960
First Governor of Kerala
- V.V Giri – July 1 , 1960 – April 2 -1965
- Ajith Prasad Jain April 2, 1965 – February 6, 1966
- Bhagwan Sahay February 6, 1966 – May 15,– 1967 May 15, 1967 – April 1, 1973
- V. Viswanathan: May 15, 1967 – April 1, 1973
- N.N. Wanchoo April 1, 1973 – October 10, 1977
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- Jyothi Vencatachellum October 14, 1977 – October 27, 1982
First woman governor of Kerala
- P. Ramachandran February 23, 1988 – February 12, 1990
- Ram Dulari Sinha October 27, 1982 – February 23, 1988
- Swaroop Singh February 12,1990 – December 20,1990
- B. Rachaiah December 20,1990 – November 9, 1995
- P. Sivasankar November 12, 1995 – May 1, 1996
- Khurshid Alam Khan May 5, 1996 – January 25, 1997
- Sukhdev Singh Kang January 25, 1997 – April 18, 2002
- Sikander Bakht April 18, 2002 – February 23, 2004
- T.N. Chaturvedi -FB 25th 2004 – Jan 23 2004
- Raghunandan Lal Bhatia – Jan 23 2004 – Jul 1 2008
- R.S Gavai – July 10 ,2008 – Sep 7 , 2011
- M.O.H Farooq – September 08, 2011 – January 26, 2012
- H.R Bhardwaj (in-charge) January 26, 2012 – March 23, 2013
- Nikhil Kumar March 23, 2013 – March 8, 2014 ()
- H.R Bhardwaj (in-charge) March 8, 2014 – March 11, 2014
- Sheila Dikshit March 11, 2014 – September 4, 2014
- Palanisamy Sathasivam September 5, 2014
Present governor of Kerala:
Shri.Justice P. Sathasivam
Kerala governor addressAddress: Kerala Raj Bhavan Kerala Governor’s Camp – P.O. Thiruvananthapuram-695 099 Kerala, India Pin Code (Zip code): 695 099 |
Tel: 0471-2721100
Fax: 0471-2720266 E-mail:
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| Website | www.rajbhavan.kerala.gov.in |
Responsibilities of governor in kerala:
He will be the Head of State, As Chancellor for Universities and Head in other Organisations
The Governor’s responsibilities as the Head of the State as enacted in “The Constitution of India” is given as follows.
The power of Governor’s is in these articles
Article 160: President Power to discharge of the functions of the Governor of a State
Article 161: power to grant pardons, reprieves, etc.
Article 163: Council of Ministers & Chief Minister help in the exercise of his functions
Article 164: Appoints Chief Minister and other Ministers.
Article 165: Appoints the Advocate General for the State.
Article 166: All executive actions name of Governor.
Article 174: Dissolve the Legislative Assembly.
Article 175: Address the Legislative Assembly& messages to House.
Article 176: Special Address to the House by the Governor.
Article 200: Assents, withholds assent, or reserves the Bill passed by the Legislative assembly.
Article 202: related to estimated receipts and expenditure.
Article 203(3): No demand for a grant
Article 205: The Governor shall ……..cause to be laid before the House
Article 213: promulgate the Ordinances under certain circumstances.
Article 217: consulted for appointment of Judges of High Court., oath
Above given points are only important points, for more details refer the bellow given image or click here
Governor’s is also Responsibility as Chancellor of Universities in State:
- Chancellor of all the Universities in Kerala
- Takes his own decisions on all University matters.
- Appointment of the Vice-Chancellors,
- constructive role in the administration of the Universities.
There would be more responsibility as Chancellor of Universities you can read here
There are at present 11 Universities in the State as follows:
1. University of Kerala
2. University of Calicut
3. Cochin University of Science and Technology.
4. Mahatma Gandhi University
5. Kannur University
6. Kerala Agricultural University
7. Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit.
8. Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences
9. Kerala University of Fisheries and Oceanic Studies
10. Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
11. Kerala Kalamandalam Deemed University for Art & Culture.
12. Thunchathezhuthachan Malayalam University.
13. Kerala Technological University
Kerala governor photos courtesy wikipedia