S. Machendranathan IAS, is a retired Indian civil servant who hails from Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu. After completing an MBA from Cochin University, he joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1977 and thereafter the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1979.
An IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre, Shri S. Machendranathan held several positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu and in the Central Government of India.
In the Government of Tamil Nadu, he worked as Collector of Thanjavur district; Commissioner/Secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Departments of Transport, Food, Cooperation and Consumer Protection; Chairman of Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.
In the Government of India, he worked as a leader of VOC Port Trust, Tuticorin; Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor in the Ministry of Steel as well as in the Ministry of Civil Aviation and finally as Secretary (Coordination) in Cabinet Secretariat, before superannuating from the Government Service in March, 2014.
He has also served as Government Director in several Public Sector companies such as Air India, Airports Authority of India, Steel Authority of India Limited, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited and Metallurgical & Engineering Consultants (India) Limited.
Executive Profile Sl.NoExecutive Record Sheet Generator (IAS Officers Designation Department/Office From To 1Sub CollectorChidhambaram01/08/198101/06/1983 2Under Secretary01/06/198301/07/1984 3Deputy SecretaryFood01/07/198401/04/1988 4Director01/04/198801/06/1988 5CollectorThanjavur01/06/198801/10/1989 6Joint Chief Electoral Officer01/10/198901/12/1989 7Director01/12/198901/02/1991 8Joint Chief Electoral Officer01/02/199101/07/1991 9DirectorTamil Nadu Tourism Development Corporation01/07/199101/09/1992 10Joint SecretaryPWD01/09/199201/09/1993 11Managing DirectorPOOMPUHAR SHIPPING CORPORATION01/09/199301/03/1995 12DirectorRaffles & Small Savings01/03/199501/07/1995 13Commissioner Town Panchyats01/07/199501/05/1996 14Commissioner Fisheries01/06/199606/12/1996 15ChairmanTuticorin Port Trust06/12/199605/12/2001 16Commissioner Disabled Welfare Deptt01/01/200201/07/2002 17Special SecretaryCo-operation, Food & Consumer Protection Deptt16/07/200216/05/2006 18Principal SecretaryCo-operation, Food & Consumer Protection Deptt16/05/200605/11/2007 19ChairmanTNEB05/11/200726/11/2008 20Principal SecretaryState Transport Authority of Tamil Nadu26/11/200824/05/2010 21Additional Secretary & Financial AdvisorMinistry of Steel, New Delhi24/05/201013/07/2012 22Additional Secretary & Financial AdvisorMinistry of Civil Aviation, New Delhi13/07/201211/01/2013 23Special Secretary & Financial AdvisorMinistry of Civil Aviation, New Delhi11/07/201219/11/2013 24Secretary (Coordination and Public Grievances)Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi20/11/201331/03/2014
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