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Holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry and also a Ph. D in Sociology (Applied Demography). He was in Indian Revenue Service as an Income Tax Officer from July 1977 to July 1979 and later joined the Indian Administrative Service.

He has more than three decades of experience in administrative services in various departments like District Administration, Civil Supplies, Revenue, Health and Family Welfare, Environment and Pollution control, Industries and retired in September 2012. During his services to the Government, he had held various offices such as Sub-Collector, Regional Manager of Tamilnadu Civil Supplies Corporation, Chairman and Managing Director of State Industries Corporation (SIPCOT), District Collector of Kanniyakumari and Tiruchirapalli, Managing Director of Tamilnadu Text Book Society, Director of Handlooms & Textiles, Secretary of State Election Commission, Officer on Special Duty in Chief Minister’s Office, Secretary to the Chief Minister, Secretary of Health and Family Welfare Department, Director of Guidance Bureau, Secretary of Revenue Department, Chairman of Tamilnadu Pollution Control Board, Secretary of Forests and Environment Department, Commissioner of Revenue Administration, Principal / Additional Chief Secretary of Industries Department, CMD of TIDCO, Tamilnadu Mineral Ltd. (TAMIN), Tamilnadu Industrial Explosives Ltd., Chairman of Tamilnadu Cements Corporation Ltd., and Director of Chennai Metro Rail and TANGEDCO.

He is at present director of The State Trading Corporation of India Limited, Jansons Industries Limited, Ascendas IT Park (Chennai) Limited, TIDEL Park Coimbatore Limited, Tamil Nadu Water Investment Company Limited, Tamilnadu Petroproducts Limited and Information Technology Park Limited