Academic Qualification  :         M.A in English Language & Literature  from  Kerala University and Ph.D. from Karnataka        University, in The faculty of Philosophy on the topic ‘Religion and World Peace a Study’

Work Experience:        

• Joined Indian Administrative Services in 1963.
• After IAS training, worked as Sub-divisional Officer and Magistrate at Kundapur (Udipi)
• Joint Director Food Supplies, Bangalore City.
• Registrar (Evaluation) of Mysore University, Mysore.
• District Collector and Magistrate, Dharwad District, Karnataka.
• Director of Agriculture Marketing, Karnataka State.
• Managing Director of Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC)
• Chairman, Central Coir Board, Cochin. (on deputation to the Govt. of India)
• Chairman, Karnataka State Housing Board, Karnataka State Slum Clearance Board, Karnataka State Finance Corporation, Mysore Sales International Ltd, Bangalore Development Authority.
• Chairman & Managing Director of Mangalore Chemical & Fertilizers, Mangalore.
• Chairman, Bangalore Water Supply & Sewerage Board.
• Chairman, Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB).
• Chairman, National Association of Warehousing Corporations of India.
• Commissioner, Bangalore City Corporation
• Excise Commissioner, Karnataka State.
• Secretary to Government, Social Welfare, Labour & Employment, Health, Home, Revenue, Industries and Commerce, Development and Finance.
• Additional Chief Secretary and Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka
• Lecturer in English in a first grade college of Kerala University.