Prof. Jagdish Mukhi is the 30th Governor of Assam and he assumed his office on 10th October
2017.
Prior to his appointment as the Governor of Assam, Shri Mukhi was the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman
and Nicobar Islands. Prof. Jagdish Mukhi earlier held the portfolios of finance, planning, excise &
taxation and higher education in Delhi Government. He is credited with working extensively for the
welfare of the people of Delhi. He was the leader of the opposition for ten years from 1998 to
2008.
Some of the notable achievements credited to Prof. Jagdish Mukhi's name were banning of lottery
trade etc in Delhi in 1994, when he was the minister of finance. He because of his keen interest and
strict initiative in bringing a bill, could contain the consumption of alcohol in Delhi. As the
minister of Higher Education, Prof. Mukhi had established the self funded University namely Guru
Gobind Singh Indraprastha University in Delhi. He was also honoured as the best finance minister of
the nation and also received best MLA award in Delhi Vidhan Sabha for two times.
He represented Janak Puri constituency continuously from 1980 and won seven times from the same
constituency. Jagdish Mukhi was born to Late J.R Mukhi and Late Laxi Devi Mukhi on 1st December
1942.