List of current Indian governors

Several governors, lieutenant governors and administrators pose with the President of India at the ‘2024 Governors Conference’, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, in New Delhi on 3 - 4 August 2024.

In the Republic of India, according to the Article 154 of the Constitution of the Republic of India, a governor is the constitutional head of each of the twenty-eight states. They rank 4th in the order of the precedence of India. The governor is appointed by the President of the Republic of India for a term of five years, and holds office at the president's pleasure. They also may not have the 5 years term and is seen very rarely.

The governor is de jure head of the state government; all its executive actions are taken in the governor's name. However, the governor must act on the advice of the popularly elected council of ministers, headed by the chief minister, which thus holds de facto executive authority at the state-level. This situation is analogous to that of the President and the Prime Minister at the national level. The Constitution of India also empowers the governor to appoint or dismiss a ministry, recommend president's rule, or reserve bills for the president's assent. ^[1]

List of current governors

State (past governors)	Name	Governor	Took office (tenure length)	Ref
Andhra Pradesh (list)		Syed Abdul Nazeer	24 February 20233 years, 13 days
Arunachal Pradesh (list)		Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik	16 February 2023 3 years, 21 days
Assam (list)		Lakshman Acharya	30 July 2024 1 year, 222 days
Bihar (list)		Arif Mohammad Khan	2 January 2025 1 year, 66 days
Bihar (list)		Syed Ata Hasnain (governor- designate)	13 March 2026 −4 days	[2]
Chhattisgarh (list)		Ramen Deka	31 July 2024 1 year, 221 days	[3]
Goa (list)		Ashok Gajapathi Raju	26 July 2025 226 days	[4]
Gujarat (list)		Acharya Dev Vrat	22 July 2019 6 years, 230 days
Haryana (list)		Ashim Kumar Ghosh	21 July 2025 231 days	[4]
Himachal Pradesh (list)		Kavinder Gupta (governor- designate)	13 March 2026 −4 days
Jharkhand (list)		Santosh Kumar Gangwar	31 July 2024 1 year, 221 days
Karnataka (list)		Thawar Chand Gehlot	11 July 2021 4 years, 241 days	[5]
Kerala (list)		Rajendra Arlekar	2 January 2025 1 year, 66 days
Madhya Pradesh (list)		Mangubhai C. Patel	8 July 2021 4 years, 244 days	[6]
Maharashtra (list)		Jishnu Dev Varma (governor- designate)	13 March 2026 −4 days
Manipur (list)		Ajay Kumar Bhalla	3 January 2025 1 year, 65 days
Meghalaya (list)		C. H. Vijayashankar	30 July 2024 1 year, 222 days
Mizoram (list)		V. K. Singh	16 January 2025 1 year, 52 days
Nagaland (list)		Nand Kishor Yadav (governor- designate)	6 March 2026 3 days
Odisha (list)		Kambhampati Hari Babu	3 January 2025 1 year, 65 days
Punjab (list)		Gulab Chand Kataria	31 July 2024 1 year, 221 days
Rajasthan (list)		Haribhau Bagade	31 July 2024 1 year, 221 days
Sikkim (list)		Om Prakash Mathur	31 July 2024 1 year, 221 days
Tamil Nadu (list)		Rajendra Arlekar (additional charge) (additional charge governor- designate)	12 March 2026 −3 days
Telangana (list)		Shiv Pratap Shukla (governor- designate)	13 March 2026 −4 days
Tripura (list)		N. Indrasena Reddy	26 October 2023 2 years, 134 days
Uttar Pradesh (list)		Anandiben Patel	29 July 2019 6 years, 223 days	[7]
Uttarakhand (list)		Gurmit Singh	15 September 2021 4 years, 175 days	[8]
West Bengal (list)		R. N. Ravi (governor- designate)	12 March 2026 −3 days

Records

1. Acharya Devvrat, the Governor of Gujarat, is currently the longest-serving officeholder.
2. One governor is currently holding additional charge of one different state. Rajendra Arlekar, the governor of Kerala is holding additional charge of Governor of Tamil Nadu.
3. Anandiben Patel, the Governor of Uttar Pradesh (aged 84 years) is the oldest whereas Kavinder Gupta, the Governor of Himachal Pradesh (aged 65 years) is the youngest.
4. The only governor who served for more than 2 terms in Gujarat Governor Acharya Devvrat. He bagan as a governor on August 12, 2015. His second term began on August 12, 2020 and his third and incumbent term began on August 12, 2025.
5. Governors of Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh were appointed by Former President Ram Nath Kovind.
6. Governors of the rest states (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, West Bengal and Tripura) were appointed by incumbent President of India Droupadi Murmu.
7. Since 1985, the Governor of Punjab is the also the ex-officio Administrator of Chandigarh.

See also

1. List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators

2. List of current Indian chief ministers

3. List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

4. List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

5. List of current Indian opposition leaders

6. List of current Indian chief justices

7. List of presidents of India

8. List of governors-general of India

9. List of Prime Ministers of India

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN   978-81-8038-559-9. p. 237, 241–44.
2. "बिहार को मिलने जा रहा नया राजभवन प्रमुख, 13 मार्च को लेफ्टिनेंट जनरल सैयद अता हसनैन लेंगे राज्यपाल पद की शपथ!r". News4Nation. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
3. "रामेन डेका को छत्तीसगढ़ का नया राज्यपाल बनाया गया". ABP Live (in Hindi). 28 July 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
4. "Haryana, Goa get new governors, J&K ex-Deputy Chief Minister given Ladakh charge". India Today. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
5. "Thawar Chand Gehlot sworn in as Governor of Karnataka". The Hindu. 11 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
6. "Mangubhai C. Patel sworn in as Governor of Madhya Pradesh". The Hindu. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
7. "Anandiben Patel sworn in as Governor of Uttar Pradesh". The Hindu. 29 July 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
8. "Lt Gen Gurmit Singh sworn-in as Governor of Uttarakhand". Indian Express. Retrieved 15 September 2021.