The President of India on Friday appointed Odisha-born bureaucrat Girish Chandra Murmu as the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir. Murmu, who post-graduated from the Utkal University in Political Science, had served as Principal Secretary to Narendra Modi while he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Murmu was born on November 21, 1959 in Mayurbhanj district.
The Gujarat-cadre IAS officer was appointed OSD in the Expenditure Department in November last year.
Murmu succeeded Satya Pal Malik as the first Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir. Malik was appointed as Governor of Goa.