Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar | |
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| Born | Tamil Nadu, India |
| Occupations | Energy expert Corporate executive Civil servant |
| Known for | Energy |
| Awards | Padma Bhushan |
Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar (1928–2018) was an energy expert, civil servant, corporate executive and the former head of Asian Energy Survey of theAsian Development Bank.[1] He also worked as a former chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation Limited andTransmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh.[2]
Securing his MSc degree in physical chemistry from theUniversity of Madras and MA degree in development economics fromWilson College, he entered theIndian Administrative Service[3] where he held positions such as the Secretary of the Fuel Policy Committee from 1970 to 1975 and the Principal Secretary of the Working Group on Energy Policy from 1978 to 1979.[4] In 2007, he headed a government committee, popularly known as theT. L. Shankar Committee, which proposed ways to reform the Indian coal sector.[5] He was a non-executive chairman ofKSK Energy Ventures[6] and aUnited Nations adviser on Energy to the governments of Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Jamaica, North Korea and Bangladesh.
He was a former board member ofHindustan Petroleum Corporation and a former member of the Integrated Energy Policy Committee of thePlanning Commission of India. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of thePadma Bhushan in 2004 for his significant contributions to society. He died on 26.12.2018. He had three sons - Ravi, Sachin and Nitin Sanker.[7]
