Governor

About the Governor

Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik, PVSM, UYSM, YSM (Retd.) is the 20th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. A highly decorated third-generation army officer, he served the Indian Army with distinction for over four decades before being appointed Governor by the President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, on 12 February 2023.

He also serves as Chancellor of Arunachal Pradesh University, Chief Rector of Rajiv Gandhi University, and President of the NERIST Society.

Distinguished Military Career

Commissioned on 31 March 1972 into the 2nd Battalion, The Rajputana Rifles, Lt. General Parnaik rose through the ranks commanding units at every level — from battalion to Army Command — in some of India's most operationally demanding theatres including Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, and the North East. He also served in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in Angola and headed the Indian Military Training Team (IMTRAT) in Bhutan.

His most prominent military appointment was as the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Northern Command (2011–2013), where he oversaw operations along both the Line of Control with Pakistan and the Line of Actual Control with China — the first officer from Maharashtra to hold this position.