kolkatakochi c v ananda bose a former bureaucrat belonging to the kerala cadre will be the new bengal governorthe 71yearold will replace la ganesan governor of manipur who was given additional charge of bengal after jagdeep dhankhar stepped down in july to be later elected the vicepresident of india the president of india is pleased to appoint c v ananda bose as regular governor of west bengal the appointment will take effect from the date he assumes charge a rashtrapati bhavan communique issued on thursday evening saidthe governordesignate spoke to toi after getting the news he fondly recalled his deep atmik connection with bengal and how he began his career as a state bank of india probationary officer posted in kolkatai would love to be in bengal and serve its people he said his initial reaction after learning of the appointment was of happiness i will work within the ambit of the constitution and for the people of bengal bose addedi used to work out of offices in chowringhee and shyambazar while in kolkata and used to stay on rashbehari avenue i believe i had tonnes of k c das rasagollas then bose recalled the governordesignate also said he was invited to kolkata recently to speak on lowcost and environmentfriendly housing back when i worked with the kerala government former bengal chief minister jyoti basu had been to kerala and wanted me to show him the lowcost housing models we were working on he saidthe trinamool congress which shared an uneasy relationship with dhankhar gave a guarded initial response the people of bengal will accept him if he works within the ambit of the constitution veteran mp saugata roy hoped he would work for bengal as per the constitutionthe bengal bjp which has been consistently demanding a fulltime governor for bengal was happy with the development bengal bjp president sukanta majumdar congratulated bose we look forward to welcoming him and working with him for the betterment of the people and the state wishing him a successful tenure ahead he addedc v ananda bose unlike his predecessor jagdeep dhankhar has never been in politics but he is known to be one of the key persons the bjp central leadership turns to for independent feedback about politics and the bjp in kerala bose joined the civil services in 1977 after completing his ma in english from kerala university and phd in habitat and environment from bits pilani bose during his 34year career has worked as the secretary to the kerala cm and as principal secretary in various departments like education forest and environment labour general administration and revenue board he has also been a university vicechancellor bose was part of pm narendra modis working group that prepared the road map for the allindia rollout of the scheme for affordable housing for all indians bose said he was eager to share whatever little i know on housing with the people of bengal he was appointed to the singlemember commission for framing a policy