C. V. Ananda Bose

C. V. Ananda Bose
Official portrait, 2017
22nd Governor of West Bengal
Assumed office
23 November 2022[1]
Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee
Preceded byLa. Ganesan (additional charge)
Personal details
Born (1951-01-02) 2 January 1951 (age 73)
Mannanam, Kottayam,Travancore–Cochin, India
SpouseLakshmi
Children2
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Kolkata
Alma materUniversity of Kerala (M.A.)
BITS Pilani (PhD)
AwardsJawaharlal Nehru Fellowship

C. V. Ananda Bose is an Indian retired 1977-batch IAS officer, who has been serving as the Governor of West Bengal since 23 November 2022.[1]

Early life & education

Ananda Bose was born on 2 January 1951 in Mannanam, Kottayam, India. He attended Kuriakose Elias College, Mannanam,[2] and St. Berchmans College, Changanassery.[3] He holds a Ph.D from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.[4]

Indian Administrative Service

Ananda Bose joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1977. He worked as District magistrate, and Principal Secretary and Additional Chief secretary in various ministries such as Education, Forest and Environment, Labour, and General Administration.

As the Administrator of the National Museum, Bose launched a 100-day programme which spelt out specific measures to revamp and revitalise the institution. Most of the improvements suggested were achieved in 60 days, such as opening the closed down galleries, modernising the display and lighting, launching outreach programmes to take the Museum to the community, arranging children's programme to ignite young minds to the greatness of India's national heritage, organising international exhibitions and launching the People's Museum movement, to mention a few.[5]

Bose is a Fellow of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, and has received the Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship.

Personal Life

Dr. Bose has 350 publications to his credit, including 70 books, consisting of novels, short stories and poems in Malayalam, Hindi, English and now in Bengali also.[6] [7]

Governor of West Bengal

On 17 November 2022, Bose was appointed as Governor of West Bengal by President Droupadi Murmu.[8]

References

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  3. ^ Staff Reporter (17 June 2021). "Historic SB college to celebrate 100 years". The Hindu.
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  8. ^ Bureau, The Hindu (17 November 2022). "C. V. Ananda Bose appointed West Bengal Governor". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
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Government offices
Preceded by
La. Ganesan
Additional Charge
 Governor of West Bengal
23 November 2022 - Present 		Incumbent
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  4. ^ "CV Anand Bose – Asianet News, September 5, 2011 Part 2.flv – YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ^ C.V. Ananda Bose. "CV Ananda Bose – Biography". own. Archived from the original on 21 February 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. ^ K. Pradeep (17 August 2011). "Game for a challenge, always – The Hindu". The Hindu. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  8. ^ "News.oneindia.in". 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  9. ^ Ajay Modi (16 July 2010). "Newsmaker:C V Ananda Bose". Business Standard India. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  10. ^ "Experts to begin documenting Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple treasure - daily.bhaskar.com". daily.bhaskar.com. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
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  21. ^ CV Ananda Bose http://www.cvanandabose.org/CV/in%20the%20heritage%20hot%20seat%20(sunday%20times%20of%20india).pdf
  22. ^ "UN-HABITAT.:. Publicationss". Archived from the original on 22 December 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2012.
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