Shri. K S Sripathi is a Post Graduate in science as also in Business Administration. Having entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1975 he retired as the Chief Secretary of the Government of Tamilnadu in the year 2010. He had worked with the Government of India as Director and the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Urban Development. In those capacities, he had lead Indian delegations to several international conferences.
In Tamilnadu, before becoming the Chief Secretary he was the State Vigilance Commissioner. He was Secretary to the Government of Tamilnadu in several departments. Notable among them were Forests and Environment, Sports, urban infrastructure, Higher Education, Planning, Special Programs and Finance. He was the Chairman and Managing Director of two State Public Sector Undertakings. He was on the Boards of several SPSUs as also on the Boards of two private sector undertakings as the Government nominee and the Central Silk Board of the Government of India. He was instrumental in introducing office automation as early as in 1986 when the IT sector was still in its nascent stage.
In 2010 he became the State Chief Information Commissioner, which position he held till his retirement in April 2015.