B.Sc (HONS) in Agriculture from Rajasthan Agriculture University and MBA in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA). Member of the Indian Administrative Service since 1990. Allotted to Kerala Cadre; Worked as Sub-collector in Devikulam Sub Division Idukki; Additional Director General Tourism and Director, Kerala Institute of Tourism and Travel Studies (KITTS); General Manager, Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation; District Collector Thrissur & Malappuram; Special Secretary & Director Tourism and Managing Director of Kerala Tourism Development Corporation. Joined as Private Secretary to the Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation, Government of India in June, 2004. Worked with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) as the National Project Director, Urban Development and Urban Poverty Alleviation Project from February 2007 to June 2009. Worked as Secretary (Industries & Industrial Promotion) GoK and Managing Director, Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation from July 2009 to September 2012. Worked as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Government of India from September 2012 to October 2015. Also held charge of Chairman Indian Highways Management Company Ltd; worked as CEO & MD Delhi Mumbai Industrial Corridor Development Corporation Ltd. from October 2015 to September 2019. Also holding additional charge as Member Secretary and CEO of National Industrial Corridor Development and Implementation Trust. Back in Kerala, worked as Additional Chief Secretary (Industries, Special Projects- Infrastructure) GoK and Managing Director, Kochi Metro Rail Ltd. and CEO of Cochin Smart Mission Ltd. from September 2019 to March 2021. Areas of interests include Urban Development & Poverty Alleviation; Skills & Livelihoods Development; Sustainable Industrial Infrastructure Development; Gender Mainstreaming; Community Empowerment and Participatory Governance; Sustainable Natural Resources Management; Industrial Infrastructure and Integrated Smart Industrial Townships Development; Logistics, Transport & Connectivity Infrastructure; Planning and execution of Mega Infrastructure projects; Planning, design and implementation of sustainable Smart City Projects; and Integrated city Transport planning and implementation in a sustainable manner.
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