# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nikhil-kumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:18:17.543Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nikhil-kumar"
name: "Nikhil Kumar"
slug: "nikhil-kumar"
description: "Nikhil Kumar is a retired IPS officer and statesman from Bihar, India, who was Governor of Nagaland from 2009 to 2013 and Governor of Kerala from 2013 to 2014. One of country's well knownIPS officers of the 1963 batch from the AGMUT Cadre, Kumar also served as DGP of the National Security Guards, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, Railway Protection Force and Commissioner of Delhi Police. He was elected member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India from 2004 to 2009, representing the Aurangabad constituency in Bihar as a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He also served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Information Technology."
tagline: "Indian politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nikhil_Kumar_Nagaland_Governor_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1941-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.77
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.585749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "نکھل کمار (گورنر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil_Kumar_(governor)"
    title: "Nikhil Kumar (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "निखिल कुमार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "നിഖിൽ കുമാർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0"
    title: "निखिल कुमार"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil_Kumar_(governor)"
    title: "Nikhil Kumar (governor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "நிகில் குமார்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1897475"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump