Rameshwar Thakur

Rameshwar Thakur (28 July 1925 – 15 January 2015) was a politician and former union minister of India, he also served as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 2009 to 2011, Governor of Odisha from 2004 to 2006, Governor of Andhra Pradesh from 2006 to 2007 and Governor of Karnataka from 2007 to 2009. He was a Chartered Accountant. He was also President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India from 1966 to 1967.

Thakur was born in the village of Thakur Gangti, Godda District, Jharkhand. He had participated in Quit India movement. He served as President of the Bharat Scouts and Guides from November 1998 to November 2001, and again after November 2004. Thakur was sworn in as the 15th Governor of Karnataka on 21 August 2007.

He was married to Narmada Thakur and they had two sons and two daughters: Mridula, Sangeeta, Sushil and Anil Thakur.

He was transferred to Governor Madhya Pradesh for the remainder of his gubernatorial term on 24 June 2009. Thakur took over from Balram Jakhar on the end of the latter's term on 30 June. He left office on 7 September 2011.

He was the governor of Odisha during the year 2004 to 2007. He was promoter of Information Technology (IT). He was supportive of one of the earliest conferences on IT called OITS International Conference on Information Technology (OCIT), which was formerly known as ICIT or CIT. OCIT 2023 was held at NIT Raipur during December 2023.

Rameswar died on 15 January 2015 at Delhi.