Dr. C. V. Ananda Bose (born 2 January 1951) is an Indian politician and former civil servent. He became the governor of West Bengal in November 2022. Before that, he was advisor of Government of Meghalaya.
Bose is a retired Indian Administrative Service officer of 1977 batch from Kerala cadre. He has been secretary in various departments and ministries of the Government of India and the state of Kerala.
Early life
Childhood
Bose was born on 2 January 1951 at Kottayam, a village in Indian state of Kerala. He spent his childhood over there. His parents were P K Vasudevan Pillai and C Padmavaty Amma.
Education
Bose holds a Ph.D from BITS Pilani; B.A in KE College and M.A in English Language and Literature from Kerala University.
Career
As civil servant
Bose has worked as Vice Chancellor in National Museum Insttitute. He served as Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister, Chairman of central public sector undertaking Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and District Collector in Kerala. He also served the Chairman of the Habitat Alliance, in consultative status with the United Nations.
Bose has represented India in the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN), Geneva and International Fusion Energy Organisation (ITER), France. He was the chairman of the Atomic Energy Education Society.
He was the head of the prestigious Supreme Court Committee on the treasures of ‘Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple’ Kerala.
He also worked during Modi government.
As Governor
Bose was appointed as 22nd governor of West Bengal by President of India Draupadi Murmu on November 2022. He succeeded La. Ganesan.
Personal life
Bose has married with L S Lakshmi. He has a son and a daughter. He has published 32 books in English, Malayalam.