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Mr. S Krishnan is posted as Secretary in the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India since 11th September 2023.
He has earlier served as Additional Chief Secretary, Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce Department, Government of Tamil Nadu during March 2020 to August 2023.
Of the 1989 batch of the Indian Administrative Service, he has also been Additional Chief Secretary in the Finance Department and Principal Secretary in the Housing and Urban Development and in the Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Departments. He was the founder CEO of the Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board. He has also served as the Chairman of the Fifth Tamil Nadu State Finance Commission.
He served as the Senior Advisor in the Office of the Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Bhutan in the International Monetary Fund (Washington DC) and represented the Government of India in the G20 Expert Groups on International Financial Architecture and Global Financial Safety Nets.
In the Government of India, he has been Deputy Director in the LBSNAA (Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration) for 4 years from 2000 to 2004 and Private Secretary to the Union Finance Minister.
He was District Collector of Virudhunagar District where he calmed a volatile situation and ensured implementation of development programmes in a 3 years tenure. He was also Deputy Secretary (Budget) in Finance Department for 4 years.
