Vinod Kumar Duggal

Vinod Kumar Duggal (born 26 November 1944)^[1] is a retired Indian civil servant. Duggal served as Home Secretary in the Government of India^[2] from 2005 to 2007 in the government of Manmohan Singh. He belongs to the 1968 batch of IAS.^[3] On 23 December 2013 he was appointed governor of Manipur by President Pranab Mukherjee. He was also given the additional responsibility as Governor of Mizoram as the governor Kamla Beniwal was sacked on 8 August 2014.^[4]

Vinod Kumar Duggal
Duggal in 2005
14th Governor of Manipur
In office 31 December 2013 – 28 August 2014
Chief Minister	Okram Ibobi Singh
Preceded by	Ashwani Kumar
Succeeded by	Krishan Kant Paul (Additional Charge)
Governor of Mizoram
Additional Charge
In office 8 August 2014 – 16 September 2014
Chief Minister	Lal Thanhawla
Preceded by	Kamla Beniwal
Succeeded by	Krishan Kant Paul (Additional Charge)
Home Secretary
In office March 2005 – 31 March 2007
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	Dhirendra Singh
Succeeded by	Madhukar Gupta
Personal details
Born	(1944-11-26) 26 November 1944 (age 80) Sialkot, Punjab, British India (Now in Pakistan)
Occupation	Civil Servant

Early life

Vinod Duggal went to National Defence Academy and later appeared for civil services. He served as a short service commission officer in the Indian Army.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Vinod Duggal also worked as a Secretary, Water Resources, in 2005.^[5][6] In 2009, he was appointed a member-secretary of the Srikrishna committee on Telangana.^[7] He served in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi as commissioner between 1996 and 2000.^[8] He served as the Sri Krishna Committee member to look into the demand of Telangana state.

He is also a member of the Justice Punchhi Commission on Centre-State relations.^[2]