K. M. Chandrasekhar

K. M. Chandrasekhar (born 20 February 1948) is a retired Indian civil servant, who was the 29th Cabinet Secretary of the Republic of India. He is now the Vice-Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board.

K M Chandrasekhar
29th Cabinet Secretary of India
In office 14 June 2007 – 14 June 2011
Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh
Preceded by	B. K. Chaturvedi
Succeeded by	Ajit Seth[1]
Personal details
Born	K M Chandrasekhar 20 February 1948 Kerala, India
Nationality	Indian
Spouse(s)	Jaya Chandrasekhar
Alma mater	University of Delhi University of Leeds

He is a 1970 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Kerala Cadre.[2]

Early life and education

K. M. Chandrasekhar was born in Kerala to Ittyanath Thangamani from Ittyanath family Villadom, Thrissur and Kesava Menon, who was Chairman of the Railway Service Commission. He is the nephew of I. K. K. Menon who has served as the Secretary to the Election Commission of India (ECI). After graduating from college, he got an MA in history from the University of Delhi. He then earned his M.A. in Management Studies from the University of Leeds.

Career

Chandrasekhar earlier served as the Revenue Secretary of India and also India's Ambassador to WTO in Geneva before which he was a Joint Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce.[3] Chandrasekhar was the first IAS officer at Director of Fisheries in Kerala and Managing Director(MD) of Civil Supplies in Ernakulam.

He was appointed as the Vice Chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board with Cabinet rank on 15-June-2011, two days after he retired as Cabinet Secretary.

Personal life

K. M. Chandrasekhar is married to Jaya Chandrasekhar.

References

1. Ajit Seth
2. http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&contentType=EDITORIAL&sectionName=TheWeek%20COVER%20STORY&programId=1073755753&contentId=6259391
3. "KM Chandrasekhar is new cabinet secretary- Hindustan Times".