Achyut Madhav Gokhale

Achyut Madhav Gokhale
Born 3 January 1946
India
Occupation Civil servant
Writer
Awards Padma Shri

Achyut Madhav Gokhale is an Indian civil servant, writer and a former Secretary to the Government of India at the Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources, known for his contributions towards the government initiatives such as Village Development Boards and Jawahar Rozgar Yojana.[1] He is an executive director of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation,[2] a former Chief Secretary of the state of Nagaland[3] and a former chairman of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee pf the Ministry of Environment and Forests.[4] Born on 3 January 1946, Gokhale graduated in Physics from the University of Mumbai in 1965, entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1968 from the Nagaland cadre and served various government offices till his superannuation on January 2006.[5] During his tenure with the Government of Nagaland, he is known to have launched a people's programme, Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED), which had reported success in getting the involvement of the people of Nagaland.[6] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Foreword by Padmashree Achyut Gokhale". Aneesh Books. 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Zoom Info profile". Zoom Info. 2015. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Nagaland ex-CS Gokhale visits Bamboo Resource Center". Web India 123. 5 November 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. ↑ "India gives go-ahead to GM crops". New Scientist. 28 March 2002. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Change Makers profile". Change Makers. 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nagas revere this bureaucrat from the mainland". India Together. 23 May 2009. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
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