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BIO
After his MA History, he joined the Indian Administrative Service from July 1975, retiring as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Agriculture. He held senior positions in both Government of India and Government of Kerala. These include Secretary in the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Director of the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie and Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Human Resource Development, all in the Central Government. He was also the Principal Secretary (Forest and Wildlife), Secretary (Rural Development) and District Collector of Thrisshur. He served as Member (Administrative) in the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bangalore Bench, Bangalore, from October 2013 to June 2017.
His areas of specialization include Human resource development (including both education and training), agriculture and animal husbandry, rural development, and adjudication in service matters. He has been engaged by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in Rome, the National Dairy Development Board in Anand, and the Union Ministry of Food Processing in New Delhi as a consultant. He has participated in international negotiations at various forums including the World Intellectual Property Organization (Geneva), Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (Rome) and IFAD (Rome). He has also participated in bilateral negotiations with several nations.