Acharya Devvrat

Acharya Devvrat (born 18 January 1959)^[1] is an Indian politician and former educator who has served as Governor of Gujarat since 2019. 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, he is also the Chancellor of state universities of Gujarat.

Acharya Devvrat
Devvrat in 2023
Governor of Gujarat
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 July 2019
Chief Minister	Vijay Rupani Bhupendrabhai Patel
Preceded by	Om Prakash Kohli
Governor of Himachal Pradesh
In office 12 August 2015 – 21 July 2019
Chief Minister	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

In August 2015, Devvrat was appointed the Governor of Himachal Pradesh.^[5] He continued till 21 July 2019, when he was replaced by Kalraj Mishra.^[5]

In June 2019, he was named as Governor of Gujarat replacing Om Prakash Kohli.^[6]

Devvrat was born in Samalkha, then in East Punjab, now in Haryana.^[1] He is married to Darsana Devi.^[7]

See also

• Arya Samajis
• Hindu reformists