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Ex-IAS officer Skandan Krishnan is fourth Adviser to Governor

JAMMU: Retired IAS officer Skandan Krishnan will be the fourth Adviser to Governor Satya Pal Malik.

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Tribune News Service

Jammu, January 22

Retired IAS officer Skandan Krishnan will be the fourth Adviser to Governor Satya Pal Malik.

According to an official spokesperson, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday conveyed approval of the competent authority to appoint Skandan Krishnan as the Adviser to the Governor. The formal orders of his appointment as the Adviser and other terms and conditions will be notified separately.

Krishnan has done postgraduation in political science from Christian College, Madras University, and has a degree from Madras Law College. He joined the IAS in 1982 and was allotted the Tamil Nadu cadre.

He has held senior positions in Tamil Nadu and served in the state for 25 years before joining the Central government services.

Some of the important assignments that he held in Tamil Nadu include the first Registrar of Dr MGR Medical University in 1988, Special Officer and the Collector of Nagapattinam district from 1991-93 and the first Member Secretary of the Financial Commission for Panchayats from 1994-95.

He served as the Director, Agriculture, and the Director, Sericulture, from 1995 to 1997 and was the Commissioner, Industries and Commerce, during 2001-02.

He was the Secretary, Industries, in 2002-03 and formulated the Special Economic Zone policy for Tamil Nadu during this period.He was also the Chairman of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and introduced innovative strategies to reduce the transmission losses in the power sector and boost the revenue.

He was also the CMD of Tamil Nadu News Print Limited in 2003 and played an important role in the modernisation of the unit and export marketing of its products. He also served as the Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Corporation for Development of Women.

In the Central government, he was the Joint Secretary in charge of the Centre-State division, Kashmir division, from 2007 to 2012 and was assigned charge of the Additional Secretary, Centre-State division, from 2012.

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