Bengaluru, Oct. 16 -- Sudha Yadav, a former Lok Sabha member and BJP Parliamentary Board member, was sworn in as the Governor of Karnataka at Raj Bhavan here on Friday, succeeding Thaawarchand Gehlot, whose tenure has ended.
Karnataka High Court Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru administered the oath of office in the presence of Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and other dignitaries.
Yadav was appointed Governor by President Droupadi Murmu as part of a wider reshuffle involving gubernatorial appointments in six states.
A former MP from Mahendragarh in Haryana, Yadav holds an MSc and a PhD in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee. She served on the National Commission for Backward Classes from 2019 to 2022 and has held several organisational positions in the ...