Acharya Devvrat on Wednesday sworn-in as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh in a simple but impressive ceremony held at Rajbhawan in Shimla. Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High Court, Justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir administered him the oath of office and secrecy. Virbhadra Singh Chief Minister and Darshna Devi, wife of the new Governor were also present on the occasion. The Governor was also given an impressive Guard of Honour on the occasion P Mitra, Chief Secretary read out the warrant of appointment.
All top leaders of the State were present in the swearing-in ceremony. BBl Butail, Speaker HP Vidhan Sabha, Prem Kumar Dhumal leader of Opposition, Kaul Singh Thakur, Health and Family Welfare Minister, Mukesh Agnihotri Industries Minister, Prakash Chaudhry, Excise and Taxation Minister, Dr. (Col) Dhani Ram Shandil, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister, Anil Sharma, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister, Karan Dev Kamboj and Anil Vij, Ministers from Haryana Government, were there in the function.
Fifty-six year old Devvrat hails from Haryana and has done Masters in Hindi and History from Punjab University Chandigarh and Kurukshetra University in the year 1984 and 1996 respectively. He later did Doctor of Naturopathy and Yogic Science from All India Council for Naturopathy, New Delhi in 2002.
As a prominent educationist, he has served for 34 years as Pracharya in Samprati Gurukul, Kurukshetra. He has been actively involved in social activities including environment protection, promotion of yoga, inculcating moral values among youth, protection of cow breeds, organic agriculture, promotion of girl education, ayurveda and naturopathy.
He has been conferred various awards for his distinguished services including Bharat Jyoti Award in 2003, American Medal of Honour in 2002, Janhit Shikshak Shree Award in 2009, Himotkarsh Rashtriya Ekatmakta Puraskar in 2006, Akshay Urja Samman in 2011. He has also authored several books.