Acharya Devvrat

Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959)^[1] is an Indian politician and former educator serving as the 19th Governor of Gujarat. He also as the acting Governor of Maharashtra. He is an Arya Samaj pracharak and served previously as the principal of a Gurukul in Kurukshetra, Haryana.^[2][3][4][1] Being the Governor of Gujarat and Maharashtra, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat and Maharashtra.

Acharya Devvrat
Devvrat in 2022
Governor of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 July 2019
Appointed by	Ram Nath Kovind
Chief Ministers	Vijay Rupani Bhupendrabhai Patel
Preceded by	Om Prakash Kohli
Governor of Maharashtra
Additional Charge
Assumed office 12 September 2025
Appointed by	Droupadi Murmu
Chief Minister	Devendra Fadnavis
Preceded by	C.P. Radhakrishnan
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office 12 August 2015 – 21 July 2019
Appointed by	Pranab Mukherjee
Chief Ministers	Virbhadra Singh Jai Ram Thakur
Preceded by	Kalyan Singh
Succeeded by	Kalraj Mishra
12th Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 October 2022
Preceded by	Ela Bhatt
Personal details
Born	(1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 (age 66) Samalkha, Punjab (now Haryana), India
Spouse	Darsana Devi
Residence(s)	Raj Bhavan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Occupation	Politician educationalist

Personal life

Devvrat was born in Samalkha, then in East Punjab, now in Haryana.^[1] He is married to Darsana Devi.^[5]

Governorship

In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.^[6] He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra.^[6]

In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat, replacing Om Prakash Kohli.^[7]

In September 2025, Acharya took oath as the Governor of Maharashtra after being assigned the additional charge of the state.^[8]

See also

• Hindu reform movements