B l Joshi took over as Governor of Uttar Pradesh for the second term here on Thursday when Chief Justice of Allahabad High Court, Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachudadministered oath to Joshi in a simple function held in the Raj Bhawan here.
"I thank the people for their support and I will do whatever is required for the development of the state," Joshi told reporters after the swearing in function that was attended among others by former President of India Prabhita Singh Patil, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, former UP and Uttarakhand chief minister Narain Dutt Tiwari, and ministers of the state cabinet
The first term of Governorship of Joshi expired on July 2012 but continued on the post till now.
He assumed the post of the lt. Governor of Delhi on June 9, 2004 and relinquished this responsibility on being appointed as Governor of Meghalaya in April 2007. In October 2007, he was appointed as Governor of the State of Uttarakhand and later was given charge of UP on July 28, 2009.
A native of Rajasthan's Nagour district, Joshi began his career in 1957 with the state police service in Rajasthan and moved to the Centre in 1962. He had also worked in different administrative positions including in the Ministry of Home Affairs, with Prime Ministers - lal Bahadur Shastri and Indira Gandhi, with the High Commissions of India at Islamabad and london, and with the Embassy of India at Washington DC.
He took voluntary retirement from the IPS in 1991 and got involved in social work. Joshi moved to the US in 1993, where he worked with two American Software Companies and also as Executive Director of an NGO located in California, which awards scholarships to bright and needy students in India.
On his return from the US in March 2000, he was appointed 'Member' of the Rajasthan State Human Rights Commission, a position equivalent to a High Court Judge, where he worked for four years.