A. Padmanabhan (born 14 December 1928) [1] is an Indian former civil servant and politician who was a member of the Indian Administrative Service. He is also a former Governor of the state of Mizoram and a former chief secretary of the government of Tamil Nadu. Having had a career in the governments of Tamil Nadu and the government of India, he now focuses on providing help to the needy by partnering with organizations like the Foundation For Academic Excellence and Access (FAEA) where he is a member of the governing council. He was born in 1929 and did his BA and MA from Pachaiyappa's College in Chennai.
Padmanabha worked 31 years in Indian Administrative Service (IAS) between 01-05-1956 and 30-06-1987. [1] He served as:
Padmanabha was instrumental in setting up healthcare and industries in the state of Tamil Nadu. He along with Dr. MGR was instrumental in setting up private educational institutes in Tamil Nadu.
A. Padmanabhan was posted as Governor of Mizoram State between 2 May 1998 and 30 November 2000 after Dr. Arun Prasad Mukherjee. [7]
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Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan was an Indian civil servant, bureaucrat who served with the Indian Administrative Service and as a politician. After serving in various positions in Madras and in various ministries of the Central Government, he served as the 18th Cabinet Secretary of India in 1989. He was appointed the 10th Chief Election Commissioner of India (1990–96) and became known for his electoral reforms. He won the Ramon Magsaysay Award for government service in 1996. After retirement as the CEC, he contested the 1997 Indian presidential election and lost to K.R. Narayanan after which he unsuccessfully contested 1999 Gujarat assembly election from Gandhinagar constituency under Indian National Congress.
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Rajesh B Lakhoni is the CMD of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board and TANGEDCO, and chairman of TANTRANSCO in place of Pankaj Kumar Bansal, changed from the position of Principal Secretary/Commissioner of Archives and Historical Research Department. He was previously the Principal Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department. An IAS officer who formerly acted as the collector of Theni district and then he was changed to Kanyakumari district to seek good acts for the district after the Tsunami attack. He replaced M P Vijayakumar to take up the position of Corporation Commissioner in Chennai.
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