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	\| name = Tejendra Khanna		\| name = Tejendra Khanna
	\| image =		\| image = File:Tejendra Khanna (cropped).jpg
	\| caption =		\| caption = Khanna in 2008
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=y\|1938\|12\|16}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date and age\|df=y\|1938\|12\|16}}
	\| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar Province\|Bihar]], [[British India]]		\| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar Province\|Bihar]], [[British India]]
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	\| office = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi\|~~16th and 19th~~ Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]		\| office = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi\|15th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]
	\| term_start = 9 April 2007		\| term_start = 9 April 2007
	\| term_end = 8 July 2013		\| term_end = 8 July 2013
	\| predecessor = [[Banwari Lal Joshi]]		\| predecessor = [[Banwari Lal Joshi]]
	\| successor = [[Najeeb Jung]]		\| successor = [[Najeeb Jung]]
			\| 1blankname = Chief Minister
			\| 1namedata = [[Sheila Dikshit]]
	\| term_start2 = 4 January 1997		\| term_start2 = 4 January 1997
	\| term_end2 = 20 April 1998		\| term_end2 = 20 April 1998
	\| predecessor2 = Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave		\| predecessor2 = Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave
	\| successor2 = [[Vijai Kapoor]]		\| successor2 = [[Vijai Kapoor]]
			\| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap\|Chief Minister}}
			\| 1namedata2 = [[Sahib Singh Verma]]<br/>[[Sushma Swaraj]]
	\| party =		\| party =
	\| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's High School, Patna]]<br>[[University of Patna]]<br>[[University of California-Berkeley]]		\| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's High School, Patna]]<br>[[University of Patna]]<br>[[University of California-Berkeley]]
			\| president = [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br/>[[Pratibha Patil]]<br/>[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
	\| spouse = Uma Khanna		\| spouse = Uma Khanna
	\| children = 2		\| children = 2
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tejendra Khanna
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1938|12|16}}
| birth_place = [[Patna]], [[Bihar Province|Bihar]], [[British India]]
| residence = New Delhi
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|16th and 19th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]
| term_start = 9 April 2007
| term_end = 8 July 2013
| predecessor = [[Banwari Lal Joshi]]
| successor = [[Najeeb Jung]]
| term_start2 = 4 January 1997
| term_end2 = 20 April 1998
| predecessor2 = Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave
| successor2 = [[Vijai Kapoor]]
| party =
| alma_mater = [[St. Xavier's High School, Patna]]<br>[[University of Patna]]<br>[[University of California-Berkeley]]
| spouse = Uma Khanna
| children = 2
| website =[http://lgdelhi.nic.in/lg_profile.html Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]
| footnotes =
| date = 12 December
| year = 2010
| source = http://delhi.gov.in Government of Delhi}}

'''Tejendra Khanna''' (born 16 December 1938) is the former [[Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]] twice, from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of [[Delhi Technological University]], [[Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi]], [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]] and [[Ambedkar University Delhi|Ambedkar University]].

==Early life and education==
Tejendra Khanna was born in [[Patna]], [[Bihar]] on 16 December 1938. He earned his [[Master of Science]] (Physics) from [[Patna University]] and [[Master of Arts]] in Public Administration from [[University of California, Berkeley]].

==Career==
He was a 1961 batch '''[[Indian Administrative Service]]''' (IAS) officer. He held different administrative positions in Punjab. He was the Chief Secretary, Punjab during 1991-92 and conducted the 1992 February elections in Punjab as Chief Election Officer, which brought back an elected Government in the state after a long period of President’s Rule.

He also held important positions in the Government of India. He served as Commercial Counselor, Indian High Commission, U.K. (1975–77), Chief Controller, Imports and Exports (1989–91), Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Food (1992–93) and Commerce Secretary to Government of India (1993–96).

Immediately on his retirement on 31.12.1996, he was appointed 16th Lt. Governor and Administrator of the National Capital and served in this capacity up to April 1998. He again served as Delhi's 19th Lt. Governor from 9 April 2007 to 8 July 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/najeeb-jung-replaces-tejendra-khanna-as-new-lt-governor-of-delhi/1139556/|title=Najeeb Jung replaces Tejendra Khanna as new Lt Governor of Delhi|work=The Indian Express|date=9 July 2013}}</ref>

==Honours, awards and international recognition==
He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Political Science, by the [[Wonkwang University]] on 2010 and a Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) by [[TERI University]].

==See also==
* [[Najeeb Jung]]
* [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130821010227/http://lgdelhi.nic.in/ Profile on Delhi Govt website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20071001103642/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/10/stories/2007041012130400.htm news article]
* [http://jmi.ac.in/upload/EventDetail/annualconvocation2011_address_Shri_Tejendra_Khanna.pdf Address of the Shri Tejendra Khanna at Annual Convocation of Jamia Millia Islamia University]
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