Ramachandru Tejavath

Ramachandru Tejavath, born on 9 September 1953, is from Collector Thanda of Warangal district.

Education

He is an Electronics and Communication Engineer from Osmania University and Management Graduate from IIM Ahmedabad. He has also gotten a Diploma in Public Administration from Syracuse University, NY, USA.

He worked for IBM-CMC (1978-83) before joining IPS (1983) and then IAS in 1984. He has vast corporate and administrative experience, both at Odisha State and Government of India, spanning over a period of 35 years. Administrative experience during various assignments, inter alia, includes Collector and District Magistrate, Divisional Commissioner for ten Districts, General Manager DIC, Additional Director of Industries, Director of Industries, Director of Technical Education and Training, Director of Textiles and Hand looms, Additional Secretary Industries, Principal Secretary Industries, Secretary to the Chief Minister Odisha, Secretary to Governor Odisha., Director International Cooperation in DeFence, Joint Secretary for Ordnance Factories and Missiles Production in Ministry of Defence.

His main forte is in promotion and development of Industries, mainly in electronics and Defence products, steel, ferro alloys, aluminum, power, cement etc. He was instrumental in private sector participation in Defence production. He encouraged SMEs and large Indian Industries to take up Defence production by issuing industrial licenses to them.

During service coordinated with UN Agencies, World Bank, development Banks like IDBI, SIDBI and NABARD, Industries Federations like CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM. He led several international delegations in Defence and security matters, handled AbOUT 50 very high level Defence delegations and finalized about dozen Memoranda of Understanding and Protocols.

He was on the Boards of State PSUs, a Defence PSU, IIT Bhubaneswar and Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar as Director, Chairman and CMD.

He is a Member of All India Management Association (AIMA), President of Cuttack Management Association (1999-2005, 2011-2013). He won Young Managers Award in 1982 at national level, instituted by AIMA.

References

Kudidhi Srinivas