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TSR Subramanian

movie Writer, Former cabinet secretary cake 11 December 1938
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Height

in centimeters- 168 cm in meters- 1.68 m in feet inches- 5’ 6”

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Age

79

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Nation

Indian

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Basic Information

Date of Birth: 11 December 1938
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
Nationality: Indian
Hometown: Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India

Family & Relationships

Marital Status: Not Known
Children: Not Known

Education

Schools: St Xaviers College, Calcutta University, Kolkata
Colleges: University of Calcutta, Kolkata Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Education: Master's degree in Mathematics Master's degree in Public Administration (Economics)

Lifestyle

Religion: Hinduism

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Some Lesser Known Facts About TSR Subramanian

  • Subramanian was born in a Tamil middle-class family.
  • He was a 1961 batch officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
  • He had served as the Secretary in the Ministry of Textiles.
  • In 1992, after the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, he was sent to Uttar Pradesh as Chief Secretary.
  • He had served as the Cabinet Secretary from August 1996 to March 1998 headed by then Prime Minister, H.D. Deve Gowda.
  • He served as Non-Executive Director at HCL Technologies Ltd. from September 1999 to November 2011.
  • He also headed many government committees.
  • He always gave impetus on education and environment and wrote many blogs related to it.
  • As an author, he wrote books, such as – “India at Turning Point: The Road to Good Governance”, “GovernMint In India: An Inside View”, “Journeys Through Babudom and Netaland: Governance in India.”
  • He had a strong stand against the interference of politicians in bureaucracy and filed a petition in The Supreme Court reguarding a fixed tenure for bureaucrats, to stop transfers of civil servants by politicians on regular intervals.
  • He began as ‘The Indian Express’ columnist in 2015.
  • After retiring, he lead a Committee to form national education policy which was presented to the NDA government in 2016, but was rejected.

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