John Mathai (civil servant)
John Mathai is a former Chief Secretary of Kerala, India. He belongs to the 1971 batch of Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He began his career as sub-collector of Thalassery. He was appointed Collector of Kottayam in 1978. He held various positions such as Managing Director of , , and Secretary for Industries, Power and Forests and Wildlife Departments before becoming the Principal Secretary of Industries in 1996. Subsequently, he was posted as Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and Commissioner of Excise. He was promoted as Additional Chief Secretary in 2005. Later in 2006 he was appointed as the Chief Secretary to V.S. Achuthanandan.[1] He is a graduate from the Regional Engineering College Calicut.[2] He is the youngest brother of Moran Cyril Mar Baselios, Catholicos of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
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- ^ "Archived copy". articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "John Mathai appointed Chief Secretary". The Hindu. 16 September 2006. Retrieved 21 September 2008.
- Living people
- Indian Administrative Service officers
- Syro-Malankara Catholics
- Indian Eastern Catholics
- National Institute of Technology Calicut