Mr. K.N. Shrivastava, IAS (Retd.) has been appointed  Director of India International Centre by the Board of Trustees. He took charge of the post on  1^st January, 2019.
 
Born on January 1^st, 1954 at Karahia Village in Ghazipur District of UP, he did M.Sc. (Physics)  in 1973  from Allahabad University.
 
He joined Indian Forest Service in 1976. Four months later, he was selected  for I.P.S.  and all Central Services.  He joined Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax) in July 1976.  Two years later in 1978, he was selected  to I.A.S.  and allotted Karnataka Cadre.
 
He held  several important  positions  in Government of Karnataka.  He worked as District Magistrate of 4 Districts  namely  Tumkur,  Bangalore,  Belgaum and Uttar Kannada  (Karwar).  His postings as DM of Belgaum and Uttar Kannada  Districts  were done specially to control the then prevailing communal disturbances  in those districts.
 
He successfully managed some very important PSUs.  He was posted as CMD  of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation  Ltd. and common Chairman of all the four Power  Distribution companies  of Karnataka State (2002-04).  As MD of  Krishna Bhagya Jala Nigam Ltd. (KBJNL) (1999-2000), he implemented  the Upper Krishna Irrigation and Power Project across river Krishna.   During his tenure,  the famous Almatti Dam Project  was completed  on river Krishna enabling the state to utilize its water share in Krishna River Basin.   As first MD  of Bangalore  Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.  (BMRCL) (2004-06), he got the Bangalore Metro Rail Project sanctioned  and started its implementation.  He worked as CMD  of Hutti Gold Mines Co.  (the only   gold  mining company  of the country)  (1994-99) for 5 years.  He also had an  eventful career as Director  of Bangalore  Dairy (1984-86).
 
In Government  of India,  he worked as Joint Secretary   in the Ministry   of Culture (2000-02), Joint Secretary  (Airports) (2006-08)  in the Ministry  of Civil Aviation,  Director General  of Archaeological  Survey of India (2009-10), Additional  Secretary and Financial Adviser  in the Ministry of External  Affairs (2010-12).  During his tenure of Joint Secretary (Airports), most of the Greenfield and Brownfield  airport development projects were started.
 
Mr. K.N. Shrivastava worked as Secretary in the Ministry  of Civil Aviation  from August 2012 to December 2013. He superannuated from Government Service on 31.12.2013.
 
Before joining as Director, IIC, he worked as Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) (March to July 2014)  and thereafter as a  Administrative Member in Central Administrative Tribunal (March 2015-December 2018).
 
We extend a warm welcome to Mr. K.N. Shrivastava.
 
 
 
   
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