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Tejendra Khanna
Tejendra Khanna
	Khanna in 2008
15th Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
	In office; 9 April 2007 – 8 July 2013
President	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam; Pratibha Patil; Pranab Mukherjee
Chief Minister	Sheila Dikshit
Preceded by	Banwari Lal Joshi
Succeeded by	Najeeb Jung
	In office; 4 January 1997 – 20 April 1998
Chief Minister	Sahib Singh Verma; Sushma Swaraj
Preceded by	Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave
Succeeded by	Vijai Kapoor
Personal details
Born	16 December 1938 (age 86); Patna, Bihar, British India
Spouse	Uma Khanna
Children	2
Residence	New Delhi
Alma mater	St. Xavier's High School, Patna; University of Patna; University of California-Berkeley
Website	Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
	As of 12 December, 2010Source: Government of Delhi

Tejendra Khanna (born 16 December 1938) is the former Lieutenant Governor of Delhi twice, from January 1997 to April 1998 and again from April 2007 - July 2013. He also served as Chancellor of Delhi Technological University, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Ambedkar University.

Early life and education

Tejendra Khanna was born in Patna, Bihar on 16 December 1938. He earned his Master of Science (Physics) from Patna University and Master of Arts in Public Administration from University of California, Berkeley.

Career

He was a 1961 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. He held different administrative positions in Punjab. He was the Chief Secretary, Punjab during 1991-92 and conducted the 1992 February elections in Punjab as Chief Election Officer, which brought back an elected Government in the state after a long period of President’s Rule.

He also held important positions in the Government of India. He served as Commercial Counselor, Indian High Commission, U.K. (1975–77), Chief Controller, Imports and Exports (1989–91), Secretary to Government of India, Ministry of Food (1992–93) and Commerce Secretary to Government of India (1993–96).

Immediately on his retirement on 31.12.1996, he was appointed 16th Lt. Governor and Administrator of the National Capital and served in this capacity up to April 1998. He again served as Delhi's 19th Lt. Governor from 9 April 2007 to 8 July 2013.^[1]

Honours, awards and international recognition

He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate Degree in Political Science, by the Wonkwang University on 2010 and a Doctorate Degree (Honoris Causa) by TERI University.