Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran | |
|---|---|
| 8thGovernor of Goa | |
| In office 16 January 1998 – 18 April 1998 | |
| Appointed by | President of India(then,K. R. Narayanan) |
| President | K. R. Narayanan |
| Prime Minister | I. K. Gujral |
| Chief Minister | Pratapsingh Rane |
| Preceded by | P. C. Alexander |
| Succeeded by | J. F. R. Jacob |
| 7thPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India | |
| In office 12 June 1996 – 30 June 1997 | |
| Prime Minister | H. D. Devegowda |
| Preceded by | A. N. Varma |
| Succeeded by | N. N. Vohra |
| Chief Secretary of Karnataka | |
| In office December 1983 – October 1987 | |
| Chief Minister | Ramakrishna Hegde |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran (1929-04-14)April 14, 1929 |
| Died | September 12, 2009(2009-09-12) (aged 80) |
| Spouse | 1 (wife) |
| Children | 2 |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan (2005) |
Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran (14 April 1929[1] – 12 September 2009) was aPadma Bhushan–winning 1953 batch[2]Indian Administrative Service officer ofKarnataka cadre, who served as theGovernor of Goa and also served as the 7thPrincipal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India, theChief Secretary of Karnataka andPower Secretary of India.
Satishchandran had agraduate honours (BSc honours) degree inphysics fromMysore University,[1] apostgraduate diploma inelectrical engineering fromIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore,[1] and a degree insocial administration from theLondon School of Economics.[1]
Satishchandran served in a number of important and key positions in the Government of Karnataka and theGovernment of India includingChief Secretary ofKarnataka, Secretary (Industries), Director (Industries) anddeputy commissioner and district magistrate ofdistricts in theKarnataka government;[1] and as theUnion Power Secretary, asecretary in theCabinet Secretariat, Advisor (Energy) in thePlanning Commission, director of the National Institute of Community Development and as a director in the now-erstwhile Ministry of Community Development in theIndian government.[1]
Satishchandran was appointed the Power Secretary of India by theAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC); during his tenure as secretary in the now-erstwhile Ministry of Energy, Satishchandran was elected the president ofWorld Energy Conference,[1][3][2] a first for an Indian.[2]
Satishchandran was appointed theChief Secretary ofKarnataka by theChief Minister of Karnataka; he assumed the office of chief secretary in December 1983,[2][4] and demitted it—whilst simultaneously retiring from service—in October 1987, after getting an extension of service from theGovernment of India of six months,[2][4] following a request by the then-Karnataka chief minister,Ramakrishna Hegde,[2][4] thus serving as the state's top bureaucrat for almost four years.
After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Satishchandran was appointed the director ofInstitute for Social and Economic Change;[1][2][5] Satishchandran was later elevated to the position of the institute's chairperson.[5]
Satishchandran was appointed byprime minister,H. D. Deve Gowda, through theAppointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), as hisprincipal secretary;[2] Satishchandran assumed the office of principal secretary in June 1996,[6] and demitted it in June 1997.[6]
Satishchandran was appointed theGovernor of Goa by thePresident of India in January 1998,[2] succeeding another formerIAS officerP. C. Alexander; Satishchandran resigned from the position of the state of Goa's governor in April 1998, after a change in government.[2]
Satishchandran died of an illness on 12 September 2009.[7] On Satishchandran's death, formerprime minister,H. D. Deve Gowda said, "I am deeply saddened and shocked to learn about the passing away of Mr Satish Chandran";[7] whereas the then-leader of opposition inKarnataka Legislative Council, V. S. Ugrappa said that the best way to pay tribute to a visionary such as Satishchandran was to follow the examples set by them.[7] The council observed a minute's silence in the memory of Satishchandran and S. Rudrappa, a freedom fighter and formermember of Karnataka legislative assembly, who also died in 2009.[7]