- Girish Chandra Saxena
Girish Chandra 'Gary' Saxena is a former governor of
Jammu and Kashmir state inIndia . Born inAgra in 1928 he joinedIPS and held many positions in police and retired as Director ofR&AW .He took over as the head of the State on 2nd of May 1998 for the second time. Earlier, he held the office of the Governor J&K from
May 26 ,1990 toMarch 13 ,1993 .Sh. Saxena was born at Agra in 1928. He had his early education in Government College Allahabad and G.N. K. High School, Kanpur. He did Intermediate course from Queen’s Intermediate College, Varanasi, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Allahabad in 1946 and obtained the Post-Graduate Degree of Master of Arts(History) from the same University in 1948.
Sh. Saxena joined the Indian Police Service in 1950 and served in
Uttar Pradesh as Chief of Police in various districts including Rampur,Aligarh , Bareily andAllahabad . Afterwards, he came on deputation to the Government of India in April 1969, served in Research and Analysis Wing for 16 years, and headed it from 1983 to 1986. Thereafter, he remained as advisor to the LatePrime Minister of India Sh.Rajiv Gandhi for two years tillJanuary 31 ,1988 .Sh. Saxena's main areas of specialization are international affairs, national security and intelligence matters. He has attended international Conferences in India and abroad on these subjects, given talks and participated in many seminars and panel discussions. He addressed the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in 1998.
He is married to Rajni Saxena nee Rajni Kaul and has two daughters and four grand children. His main hobby is sports, having been University Blue in Cricket and Badminton. He has also played Hockey, Football, Tennis, Table Tennis and Golf. Other hobbies include travelling, trekking and reading.
External links
* http://jkrajbhawan.nic.in/His%20Excellency/present10.htm
* http://www.rediff.com/news/1999/nov/09gary.htm
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