EX-IAS OFFICER CV ANANDA BOSE TAKES OATH AS WEST BENGAL GUV
KOLKATA: Former bureaucrat Dr CV Ananda Bose took oath as the Governor of West Bengal in Kolkata on Wednesday.
On November 17, President Droupadi Murmu appointed Bose as the Governor of West Bengal.
“The President of India is pleased to appoint Dr C V Ananda Bose as regular Governor of West Bengal,” read an official statement released by the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday. The post of the state’s constitutional head fell vacant after Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected the country’s Vice President on August 11.
Later, Manipur Governor Ganesan was handed interim charge of the Trinamool Congress-ruled Bengal.
A 1977-batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Kerala cadre, Bose, now 71, last served as an administrator in the National Museum in Kolkata before superannuating in 2011.
He has also served as the Secretary of the Government of India and Chief Secretary to State governments as well as University Vice-Chancellor.
While speaking to ANI on Friday, the newly appointed West Bengal governor said he was looking forward to discharging his responsibilities.
On the ongoing political climate in West Bengal, he said, “Political situations are always fluid. (However) it’s not an uphill task to function within the political system now prevailing in West Bengal. We have to face the situation when it comes.”