N. N. Wanchoo Explained

Niranjan Nath Wanchoo
Honorific-Suffix:OBE ICS
Birth Date:1910 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Satna, British India
Nationality:Indian
Citizenship:India
Education:Government College, Lahore
Alma Mater:King's College, Cambridge
Occupation:Politician
Order2:5th
Office2:Governor of Madhya Pradesh
Term Start2:14 October 1977
Term End2:17 August 1978
1Blankname2:Chief Minister
1Namedata2:Kailash Chandra Joshi
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
Predecessor2:Satya Narayan Sinha
Successor2:C. M. Poonacha
Order3:6th
Office3:Governor of Kerala
Term Start3:1 April 1973
Term End3:10 October 1977
1Blankname3:Chief Minister
1Namedata3:C. Achutha Menon
K. Karunakaran
A. K. Antony
Predecessor3:V. Viswanathan
Successor3:Jothi Venkatachalam

Niranjan Nath Wanchoo (also spelt Wanchu) OBE, ICS[1] (1 May 1910 – 20 October 1982) was a senior civil servant and later, Governor of the states of Kerala and Madhya Pradesh in India.His primary education was in Nowgong, Madhya Pradesh (1916-July 1920). He was educated at the Government College, Lahore and King's College, Cambridge[2] and the Royal College of Defence Studies, UK.

Civil servant

He was selected to the Indian Civil Service in 1934 and began his career as a Sub-Collector in Bihar. Over the course of his career, he served, in among other posts, as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence and Chief Controller of defence production (1948–57), Secretary to Government of India, Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance (1960–61), Chairman of the Bokaro Steel plant (1965–70) and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Industrial Development (1968–70). He was also a member of Court of Governors of the Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad.[3] He retired as Chairman, Industrial Customs and Prices Bureau in 1972.

Governor

He served as the Governor of Kerala from 1 April 1973 to 10 October 1977 – with C. Achutha Menon, K. Karunakaran and A. K. Antony as Chief Ministers[4] and then as Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 14 October 1977 to 16 August 1978 with Kailash Chandra Joshi and Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha as Chief Ministers.[5]

Other roles

The Planning Commission appointed him the head of a committee to look into industrial development for the backward areas in India and to recommend fiscal and financial incentives for industries in these areas. The Wanchoo Committee recommended that a few areas be selected and fiscal and financial resources be spent to develop these into growth poles rather than spread out resources thinly but uniformly across all backward areas[6] He was also Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission in 1982.[7] He died on 20 October 1982.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://ndc.nic.in/contents/index/103. 22 July 2012. 28 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120628054923/http://ndc.nic.in/contents/index/103. dead.
  2. Web site: Raj Bhavan MP - सरकारी योजनाओ की जानकारी हिंदी में. 21 October 2023 .
  3. Web site: Welcome to Administrative Staff College of India . www.asci.org.in . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101220041748/http://www.asci.org.in/CourtofGovernors.aspx . 2010-12-20.
  4. Web site: General Info - Kerala Legislature.
  5. Web site: Department of Public Relations :: Madhya Pradesh . 2007-08-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070915171151/http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/whoiswho/cmlist.asp . 2007-09-15 .
  6. Book: Vaish, Kalpana. Entrepreneurial Role Of Development Banks In Backward Areas. 1993. Concept Publishers. Delhi. 32, 35.
  7. Web site: Delhi Urban Art Commission . https://web.archive.org/web/20080615124631/http://duac.org/what_organisation.html . 2008-06-15 . 2023-11-18.