Ishwari Prasad Gupta

Ishwari Prasad Gupta
7th Lieutenant Governor of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
In office 23 December 1996 – 25 May 2001
Preceded by	Vakkom Purushothaman
Succeeded by	Nagendra Nath Jha
Personal details
Born	5 February 1931 Arrah (Bihar) India
Spouse(s)	Sushila Gupta
Children	Pramod Gupta & Vinod Gupta (son) Pushpa Verma & Poonam Singh (daughter)
Profession	Retired Indian Administrative Service

Ishwari Prasad Gupta (born 5 February 1931, Arrah) is a 1958 batch IAS. He had been the Joint Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Chief Secretary to the Government of Tripura and Lt Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Gupta has also been writing on political and diplomatic issues from time to time in the newspapers. At present he is living with his spouse and younger son, Vinod Gupta, in New Delhi.

Ishwari Prasad Gupta was born to Bishwa Nath Gupta and Janki Devi on 5 February 1931 in Bihar. He was a meritorious student since childhood who passed every class securing first division up to postgraduate standard. He took M.Sc. degree in Mathematics with a Gold medal in 1951 at the age of 20 from the erstwhile Patna Science College, which is now known as Patna University. He also did LL.B. from Delhi University in 1996 after retirement from Indian Administrative Service. He was inspired by the Karmayoga doctrines of Swami Vivekanand throughout his entire life.

Gupta joined IAS in 1958 under Manipur - Tripura cadre. He served as Secretary, Deputy Commissioner in the Government of Arunachal Pradesh. From 1969 to 1972 he was the Chief Secretary to the Government of Tripura. Later he was assigned as Director/Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs from 1972 to 1975.

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