Om Prakash Kohli | ENTRANCE INDIA

Shri Om Prakash Kohli
Tenure : 08.09.2016 to continuing

Blossomed – 09 August 1935 (Delhi)

Education from Delhi University, Punjab University
M.A. (Hindi) Delhi University, Prabhakar from Punjab University, Sahitya Ratn from Prayag

Wife : Shrimati Avinash Kohli
Children : One son and Two daughters

Over 37 years of teaching experience with Hansraj College and Deshbandhu College, Delhi University
Retired as Reader in 1994
Arrested under MISA during emergency for 19 months
Detained at Delhi, Agra, and Varanasi jails during emergency period
He was P.M. in the Hansraj College Parliament
Member of the working committee of Delhi University Students Union
National President of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad for 3 consecutive terms
President of Delhi University Teachers Association from 1973 to 1979
Was President of National Democratic Teachers Front
Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1994-2000
Was Chairman of Rajya Sabha’s Housing Committee
Was member of the Rajya Sabha committee for putting up papers on the floor of the house
Was member of the Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development
Was member of the Standing Committee on Finance
President of the Delhi State unit of the Bhartiya Janta Party from 1991 to 1995
National Secretary of the BJP from 2009 to 10
Was State incharge of BJP for J & K, Punjab, Chandigarh, Haryana, HP, and Rajasthan
Was member of Central Disciplinary Committee of Bhartiya Janta Party
Was Chairman of Central Disciplinary Committee of Bhartiya Janta Party
Was incharge of national head quarters of Bhartiya Janta Party
Appointed Governor of Gujarat on 16 July, 2014
Has a keen interest in educational and academic activities