Satya Pal Malik, has been sworn in as the 13 Governor of Jammu and Kashmir succeeding Narinder Nath Vohra. He had arrived in Srinagar on Wednesday.
The oath of office was administered to Malik on Thursday by Chief Justice of Jammu Kashmir High Court Geeta Mittal at Raj Bhawan here.
He was received at the Srinagar international airport by the three advisers to the state governor – Vijay Kumar, BB Vyas and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai.
BVR Subrahmanyam, the state’s chief secretary, was also present when the governor-designate arrived at the airport.
Earlier on Tuesday, Malik was appointed as the new Governor of J&K by President of India Ram Nath Kovind.
