| 词条 | N. Vittal |
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Early life and educationA Thanjavur Maharashtrian, he was born in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, and was educated in Tiruchirapalli and Madras (now Chennai), graduating with a BSc (Hons.) in Chemistry from Loyola College in 1958. After a short time as a lecturer in Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirapalli, he joined the Indian Administrative Service on 16 May 1960, and was allotted to the Gujarat Cadre. CareerVittal was part of the Indian Administrative Service's 1960 intake.[2] In his career of more than 35 years, he has held a number of positions at the State Government and Central Government level, primarily in the fields of industrial administration, science and technology, and security, as well posts within public-private sector joint enterprises. He worked as Development Commissioner tasked with reviving the Port of Kandla Special Economic Zone, for the Department of Commerce for the Government of India. For the Gujarat State government he served as Industries Commissioner, in which post he was responsible for Gujarat becoming the first state in the country to be fully covered with District Industries Centres;{{clarify|date=December 2016}} setting up the single window service for industry promotion bureau (IndexTB) which was adopted later by other states; and setting up the Entrepreneurship Development Centre. He later served as Food and Civil Supplies Secretary, setting up the Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation; Chairman of the Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation; and Health and Family Welfare Secretary. He then served as Managing Director of Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers Company (GNFC), overseeing its emergence not only as an efficient business enterprise but also as a model for what a public sector body can do to spur development in poor areas. GNFC was a zero pollution plant. before returning to the Gujarat State government to serve as Additional Chief Secretary (Home), where he initiated proposals for setting up the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation. From there he switched to positions working for the Government of India, serving as Additional Secretary at the Department of Atomic Energy, then Secretary at the Department of Electronics, where he initiated policies for boosting software, setting up software technology parks and strategic alliances with the industry. He made the Department of Electronics a frontrunner in adjusting to the new industry-friendly policy, encouraging Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from IBM, Motorola and others, and expanding the technology park scheme for electronic hardware, creating special economic zones around India.[2] He then became Chairman of the Telecoms Commission, where he initiated the process of liberalisation in the telecom sector and played a key role in delivering the National Telecom Policy of 1994,[2] and Secretary at the Department of Telecommunications. He followed this with a stint as Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board, where he initiated measures for greater transparency and speed in the functioning of the PESB, and also headed the Committee on Guidelines for the Public Sector (1997), under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, Department of Public Enterprises, which resulted in the cancellation of 696 obsolete guidelines hampering the autonomy of the PSEs. His final post was Central Vigilance Commissioner. Over the course of his career he has also been the Chairman of many committees, expert groups and task forces, including:
He attended the 1989 Fall Senior Executives Programme at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States. Awards and honoursN. Vittal received the Padma Bhushan in 2012. Among other honors, he received the following:
Great Maratha Award for Lifetime achievement by The Maharashtra Association, Chennai (2005)
Personal life and interestsMarried, he has a son and a daughter. Interested in reading, writing, classical South Indian music and long walks. He is actively interested in management and cultural activities and has membership in the following social / cultural / professional associations: –
Books and publicationsWidely traveled, he is also interested in application of management principles in organisation in the public and private sector. He has written more than 400 articles on various subjects relating to management, public relations, human resources development, management of technology, public sector management and so on, in many journals and magazines. These include Economic and Political Weekly, The Financial Express, The Times of India, Business India, and the Journals of the IIMA, LBS National Academy of Administration, HCPS, RIPA, IIFT and others. He is a regular columnist for The Economic Times and the Web magazine "Rediff on the Net."[2] Books written by him include:
He also edited Export Processing Zones in Asia -Some Dimensions, published by the Asian Productivity Organization in 1977.[2] References1. ^{{cite news|agency=Press Information Bureau - Government of India|date=25 January 2012|accessdate=28 December 2016|title=Padma awards announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881}} {{Authority control}}{{PadmaBhushanAwardRecipients 2010–19}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Vittal, N.}}2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 {{cite web|title=Profile of Shri N. Vital |url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwdc2004/vittal.pdf |website=isical.ac.in |accessdate=28 December 2016 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413180035/http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwdc2004/vittal.pdf |archivedate=13 April 2013 |df= }} 11 : Indian civil servants|20th-century Indian non-fiction writers|1938 births|Loyola College, Chennai alumni|Living people|Recipients of the Padma Bhushan in civil service|Indian Administrative Service officers|Writers from Thiruvananthapuram|University of Madras alumni|Indian technology writers|21st-century Indian non-fiction writers |
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