IvyB800566150: creating new info - done

2026-04-11T10:00:44Z

creating new info - done

New page

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Niranjan Nath Wanchoo
| honorific_suffix = [[OBE]] [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]
| image = N. N. Wanchoo.jpg
| image_size =
| alt =
| caption =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1910|5|1}}
| birth_place = [[Satna]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1982|10|20|1910|5|1}}
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| 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]]<br />[[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]]<br />[[K. Karunakaran]]<br />[[A. K. Antony]]
| predecessor3 = [[V. Viswanathan]]
| successor3 = [[Jothi Venkatachalam]]
| spouse =
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
'''Niranjan Nath Wanchoo''' (also spelt Wanchu) [[OBE]], [[Indian Civil Service|ICS]]<ref name="bare_url">{{Cite web|url=http://ndc.nic.in/contents/index/103|title=NDC Portal|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-date=28 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628054923/http://ndc.nic.in/contents/index/103|url-status=dead}}</ref> (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, Chhatarpur|Nowgong]], [[Madhya Pradesh]] (1916-July 1920). He was educated at the [[Government College, Lahore]] and [[King's College, Cambridge]]<ref name="rajbhavanmp">{{Cite web|url=http://www.rajbhavanmp.in/wanchu.asp|title=Raj Bhavan MP - सरकारी योजनाओ की जानकारी हिंदी में|date=21 October 2023|access-date=22 July 2012|archive-date=24 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120724010722/http://www.rajbhavanmp.in/wanchu.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Royal College of Defence Studies]], UK.<ref name="bare_url" />

== 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 (India)|Ministry of Defence]] and Chief Controller of defence production (1948–57), Secretary to [[Government of India]], Department of Expenditure, [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]] (1960–61), Chairman of the [[Bokaro Steel Plant|Bokaro Steel plant]] (1965–70)<ref name="rajbhavanmp" /> and Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Industrial Development (1968–70). He was also a member of Court of Governors of the [[Bella Vista, Hyderabad#Administrative Staff College of India|Administrative Staff College of India]], [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asci.org.in/CourtofGovernors.aspx |title=Welcome to Administrative Staff College of India |website=www.asci.org.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220041748/http://www.asci.org.in/CourtofGovernors.aspx |archive-date=2010-12-20}}</ref> 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 Minister of Kerala|Chief Ministers]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_5.htm|title = General Info - Kerala Legislature}}</ref> 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 Minister of Madhya Pradesh|Chief Ministers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/whoiswho/cmlist.asp |title=Department of Public Relations :: Madhya Pradesh |accessdate=2007-08-07 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070915171151/http://www.mpinfo.org/mpinfonew/english/whoiswho/cmlist.asp |archivedate=2007-09-15 }}</ref>

== Other roles ==
The [[Planning Commission (India)|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<ref>{{cite book|last=Vaish|first=Kalpana|title=Entrepreneurial Role Of Development Banks In Backward Areas|year=1993|publisher=Concept Publishers|location=Delhi|pages=32, 35}}</ref>
He was also Chairman of [[Delhi Urban Art Commission]] in 1982.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://duac.org/what_organisation.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615124631/http://duac.org/what_organisation.html | archive-date=2008-06-15 | title=Delhi Urban Art Commission | access-date=2023-11-18}}</ref> He died on 20 October 1982.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{S-start}}
{{succession box |
| title = [[List of governors of Madhya Pradesh|Governor of Madhya Pradesh]]|
| years = 8 March 1971 – 13 October 1977|
| before = [[S. N. Sinha]]|
| after = [[Cheppudira Muthanna Poonacha]]|
}}
{{s-end}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wanchoo, N. N.}}
[[Category:Indian civil servants]]
[[Category:Indian government officials]]
[[Category:Governors of Kerala]]
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]
[[Category:Kashmiri Pandits]]
[[Category:1910 births]]
[[Category:1982 deaths]]
[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]]

N. N. Wanchoo - Revision history

IvyB800566150: creating new info - done