(National Institute of Rural Development)

  SHRI MATHEW C KUNNUMKAL, IAS, HAS TAKEN OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL, NIRD, HYDERABAD.

SHRI MATHEW C KUNNUMKAL, IAS (KL:76), WHO WAS FORMERLY SPECIAL SECRETARY & FINANCIAL ADVISER, MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILISERS, GOVT OF INDIA, HAS TAKEN OVER AS DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT.

SHRI MATHEW C KUNNUMKAL HAS HELD MANY IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENTS IN GOVERNMENT OF INDIA AS WELL AS IN HIS PARENT CADRE IN KERALA. HE WAS THE FIRST DISTRICT COLLECTOR OF PATHANAMTHITTA DISTRICT IN KERALA WHEN IT WAS FORMED IN 1981. HE IS THE FOUNDER DIRECTOR OF THE PRESTIGEOUS KERALA INSTITUTE OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATION. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF GREATER COCHIN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND FUNCTIONED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR OF VARIOUS PUBLIC SECTOR UNDERTAKINGS. HE WAS SECRETARY IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS LOCAL ADMINISTRATION, POWER, SOCIAL WELFARE AND FOOD & CIVIL SUPPLIES. HE ALSO HELD THE POST OF PRINCIPAL SECRETARY IN THE DEPARTMENTS LIKE AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, PUBLIC WORKS, AND WAS AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION COMMISSIONER, KERALA.

SHRI MATHEW C KUNNUMKAL EARLIER DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND HAS PUBLISHED A FEW VOLUMES ON RURAL TECHNOLOGIES.

Contact Details

National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD)
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, AP, India
Phone : 040-24008441(O),040-24015277 (Tele-Fax)

E-mail:  dg@nird.gov.in , dgnird@gmail.com

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