 Tejendra Khanna
Born on December 16th, 1938, Shri Tejendra Khanna did his M. Sc. (Physics) from
Patna University and M.A. in Public Administration from University of
California, Berkeley, U.S. He
joined Indian Administrative Service on June 1st, 1961. He held different
administrative positions in
Punjab. He was the Chief Secretary,
Punjab during 1991-92.
He has
also held important positions in the Government of India as Chief Controller,
Imports and Exports and Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Food. He retired from IAS as the
Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Commerce in 1996. He was the 16th Lt. Governor, Government
of NCT of Delhi from January 4th, 1997 to April 19th, 1998.
After demitting the Lt. Governor's Office, he undertook
Consultancy for three U.N. agencies, namely, UNCTAD, UNDP and ESCAP. He was a Member of the Indo-German
Consultative Group since 1999 set up by the two Governments to promote
Indo-German cooperation under the aegis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
both the countries. Between 1999
and 2007, he chaired the Board of Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. and also worked as
the Chairman of the Advisory Board of Standard Chartered Bank, U.K from January
1999 up to December 2003. He has
been associated with several organizations working in the field of Social
Welfare viz. HelpAge India and is a Trustee Member of the "Population First"
focusing, inter alia, on welfare of the Girl Child. He is a Life Member of Bhartiya
Vidya Bhawan and the Indian Institute of Public Administration since
1978.
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