List of current Indian governors

For definition, see Governor (India).

Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi in August 2024.

In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of Constitution of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. The governor is appointed by the president of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure.

The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. This situation is analogous to that of the President and the Prime Minister at the national level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent.^[1]

Current governors of all Indian states

The following list consists of the list of the current governors of all the Indian states.^[2]

State (past governors)	Name	Portrait	Took office (tenure length)	Appointed by	Profile link	Ref.
Andhra Pradesh (list)	Syed Abdul Nazeer		24 February 2023 (1 year, 313 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[1]
Arunachal Pradesh (list)	Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik		16 February 2023 (1 year, 321 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[2]
Assam (list)	Lakshman Acharya		30 July 2024 (156 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[3]
Bihar (list)	Arif Mohammad Khan		2 January 2025 (0 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[4] Archived 24 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Chhattisgarh (list)	Ramen Deka		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu
Goa (list)	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai		15 July 2021 (3 years, 171 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[5] Archived 20 March 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Gujarat (list)	Acharya Devvrat		22 July 2019 (5 years, 164 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[6]	[3]
Haryana (list)	Bandaru Dattatreya		15 July 2021 (3 years, 171 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[7]
Himachal Pradesh (list)	Shiv Pratap Shukla		18 February 2023 (1 year, 319 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[8]
Jharkhand (list)	Santosh Gangwar		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[9]
Karnataka (list)	Thawar Chand Gehlot		11 July 2021 (3 years, 175 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[10]	[4]
Kerala (list)	Rajendra Arlekar		2 January 2025 (0 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[11]	[5]
Madhya Pradesh (list)	Mangubhai C. Patel		8 July 2021 (3 years, 178 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[12] Archived 28 November 2022 at the Wayback Machine	[6]
Maharashtra (list)	C. P. Radhakrishnan		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[13]	[7]
Manipur (list)	Ajay Kumar Bhalla		25 December 2024 (8 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[14]	[15]
Meghalaya (list)	C. H. Vijayashankar		30 July 2024 (156 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[16]
Mizoram (list)	V. K. Singh		25 December 2024 (8 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[17] Archived 22 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine
Nagaland (list)	La. Ganesan		20 February 2023 (1 year, 317 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[18]
Odisha (list)	Kambhampati Hari Babu		31 December 2024 (2 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[19]
Punjab (list)	Gulab Chand Kataria		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[20]
Rajasthan (list)	Haribhau Bagade		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[21]
Sikkim (list)	Om Prakash Mathur		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu
Tamil Nadu (list)	R. N. Ravi		18 September 2021 (3 years, 106 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[22]
Telangana (list)	Jishnu Dev Varma		31 July 2024 (155 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[8]	[9]
Tripura (list)	Nallu Indrasena Reddy		26 October 2023 (1 year, 68 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[23]
Uttar Pradesh (list)	Anandiben Patel		29 July 2019 (5 years, 157 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[24]	[10]
Uttarakhand (list)	Gurmit Singh		15 September 2021 (3 years, 109 days)	Ram Nath Kovind	[25]	[11]
West Bengal (list)	C. V. Ananda Bose		23 November 2022 (2 years, 40 days)	Droupadi Murmu	[26]	[12]

See also

• List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
• List of current Indian chief ministers, List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of current Indian chief justices
• List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons
• List of current Indian opposition leaders
• List of female governors in India, List of female lieutenant governors and administrators in India
• List of presidents of India
• List of governors-general of India

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
2. "Governors" Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 29 August 2018.
3. "Acharya Devvrat takes oath as new Gujarat governor". NDTV. 21 July 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
4. "Thawar Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
5. "Arif Mohammed Khan sworn in as Kerala governor". Retrieved 6 September 2019.
6. "Mangubhai Patel takes oath as Madhya Pradesh Governor". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
7. "Ramesh Bais to take over as Maharashtra Governor as Prez accepts Koshyari's resignation". Deccan Herald. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
8. Today, Telangana (28 July 2024). "Jishnu Dev Varma is new Governor of Telangana; Radhakrishnan moves to Maharashtra". Telangana Today. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
9. The Hindu (19 March 2024). "Jharkhand Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan given additional responsibilities of Telangana, Puducherry". Archived from the original on 19 March 2024. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
10. "Anandiben Patel Takes Oath As Uttar Pradesh Governor". NDTV. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
11. "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. 15 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2021.
12. "C. V. Ananda Bose has been appointed as next West Bengal Governor". NDTV. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.