Sudarshan Agarwal
Agarwal in 2004
11th Governor of Sikkim
In office
25 October 2007 – 8 July 2008
Chief MinisterPawan Kumar Chamling
Preceded byV. Rama Rao
Succeeded byBalmiki Prasad Singh
2nd Governor of Uttarakhand
In office
8 January 2003 – 28 October 2007
Chief MinisterN. D. Tiwari
B. C. Khanduri
Preceded bySurjit Singh Barnala
Succeeded byBanwari Lal Joshi
Personal details
Born(1931-06-19)19 June 1931
Ludhiana, Punjab, British India
(Now in Punjab, India)
Died3 July 2019(2019-07-03) (aged 88)
New Delhi, India

Sudarshan Agarwal (19 June 1931 – 3 July 2019)[1][2] was an Indian civil servant who served as Governor of Uttarakhand (2003–2007) and Sikkim (2007–2008).[3]

Early life, education

Sudarshan Agarwal was born in Ludhiana on 19 June 1931. , and was a first class Law Graduate.

Career

Early career

Sudarshan Agarwal joined the judicial service of Punjab and Delhi in 1956, after completing his education. Till 1971 he served as a judicial officer.

Shri Agarwal joined as the Rajya Sabha Secretariat in the year 1971. He served the post with distinction in various capacities till 1981. After that he was brought up to the top post of Secretary General to the Rajya Sabha. For a period of 12 years, he held this office.

Senior civil servant

From 1981 to 1993, he was Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha.[2]

Agarwal became Governor of Uttarakhand in January 2003.[2][3][4] He was appointed Governor of Sikkim on 19 August 2007,[5] left office as Governor of Uttarakhand in October 2007,[4] and was sworn in as Governor of Sikkim on 25 October.[3]

In 1986, while still holding this office, he was promoted to the rank and status of cabinet Secretary to the Government of India.

Human rights

He was appointed to the National Human Rights Commission, after his retirement from the Rajya Sabha.

With the rank and status of a Judge of the Supreme Court, he joined the Human Rights Commission. In June 2001, he retired from the NHRC. Shri Agarwal, on 8 January 2003, was sworn in as the second Governor of the newly created state of Uttaranchal.

Social and charitable causes

Sudarshan Agarwal has been significantly allied with a number of social and charitable causes, apart from holding high public office. He has been the President of the high-status Delhi Gymkhana Club for two years.

He, as a director pf Rotary International from 1987-1989, also delineated South-East Asia on the board of Rotary International and also served as the Chairman of Rotary Foundation India.

The Rotary Blood Bank, New Delhi was set up under his leadership, at a cost of over Rs 5 crores. He served as trustee of the Rotary service to Humanity Awards Trust and the Rotary Manav Sewa Award Trust, Shri Agarwal has campaigned to weed out corruption from public life.

Personal life

Shri Agarwal was married to Smt. Usha Agarwal and the couple has two children, a son Rajiv Agarwal and a daughter Ritu Agarwal who are distinguished professionals in their respective careers of advertising and academics.


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References

  1. ^ "Ex-Uttarakhand Governor Sudarshan Agarwal passes away". Newsdig.in. 3 July 2019. Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Biography of Agarwal". Archived from the original on 13 May 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2006.((cite web)): CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link).
  3. ^ a b c "Sudarshan Agarwal sworn in as new Governor of Sikkim", UPI (newkerala.com), 25 October 2007.
  4. ^ a b "Sudarshan Agarwal leaves U'khand Guv post" Archived 23 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine, Sahara Samay, October 2007.
  5. ^ "Tiwari appointed new Andhra governor", IST, TNN (The Times of India), 20 August 2007.
  6. ^ "Biography of Indian Governor – Sudarshan Agarwal – Winentrance".
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