Vishnu Sahay (22 November 1901 – 3 April 1989)[1][2] was a former ICS officer and Cabinet Secretary of India who served as Governor of Assam and Nagaland following his retirement.
[3] Vishnu Sahay studied at the SM College, Chandausi and at the Oxford University.
He served as Cane Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh and Sugar Controller for India,[7] and as Secretary of Agriculture to the Government of India in which post, impressed by the Kaira Cooperative, he helped Verghese Kurien of Amul get a scholarship to study dairying in New Zealand.
[10][11] Sahay was a two time Governor of Assam serving from 12 November 1960 to 13 January 1961 and from 7 September 1962 to 17 April 1968.
[12][13] As Governor of Assam, Sahay signed the Ceasefire Agreement with the Naga insurgents in 1964.