Two Score and Ten
G.V. Ramakrishna
About the Book
Rarely does a civil servant have such a wide variety of assignments over a period of fifty years, that include key posts offered, after retirement, by four different Prime Ministers. Even more rare is to find an officer who has acted so independently and come out unscathed. This is the story of G.V. Ramakrishna, who held some of the sensitive and high profile jobs in the last twenty years of his service.Well known as the redoubtable Chairman of SEBI, he was a crusader for protecting the interests of the small investor. He took strong measures to ban badla.As the first Chairman of the Disinvestment Commission he charted the road map for successful disinvestments. He was the only one to have successfully thwarted Quattrochi in his efforts to grab a major project.Throughout his career G.V. Ramakrishna has upheld the best traditions of his service and has been acknowledged as the role model for others.
In this book G V Ramakrishna talks about : the scam of 1992, the HBJ pipeline, the Enron imbroglio, the Oman Gas pipeline, disinvestment issues, relations between politicians and civil servants, corruption, coalition governments and hung parliaments and much more ....
Praise for this book
In this book, Ramakrishna provides a first hand account of how Gov-ernment functioned at high levels in the States and at the Centre. The subtle methods of utilising Government institutions for unconstitutional, political and bureaucratic ends, have been brought out with modesty and sensitivity. “Intellectual Treat...”
— The Week
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
G.V. Ramakrishna (b. 1930) started his career as a biochemist with the Rockefeller Foundation doing research in Haematology in the Bowring Hospital in Bangalore, his home town. He opted for the civil service and joined the IAS in 1952.
He did his quota of service in the state of Andhra Pradesh for nearly 13 years, ending up as Chief Secretary in 1983. At the Centre he held positions at every level, ranging from Under Secretary to Secretary.
Early in his career he went to Harvard University for his MPA (Master in Public Administration) that included a business policy course at the Business School. He studied Economics under Galbraith, Ed Mason and other notable economists of the late fifties.
In his diplomatic assignments, he was minister of econo-mic affairs at the Embassy in Washington in 1972 and was later India’s Ambassador to the European Economic Community (European Union) in 1989.
In his varied career he worked for ten years with the Finance Ministry. He also worked in the Ministries of Industry, Steel, Coal and Petroleum. He was Adviser in the Planning Commission in 1981 and Member in 1994. He was the first Chairman of SEBI and also of the Disinvestment Commission.
Contents in Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of photographs / illustrations
1. Early Days
2. Finance Ministry
3. Washington
4. Hyderabad
5. Industry
6. Coal and Energy
7. Andhra Pradesh
8. Petroleum Ministry
9. Tamil Nadu
10. Brussels
11. SEBI
12. Planning Commission
13. Disinvestment Commission
14. Construction Industry Development Counsil
15. Epilogue
Articles
I. "Why Not Kill the Cow?"
II. The Solution to the Problem of Hung Parliaments
III. A Tale of Two Friends
IV. The Civil Servant in a Deregulated Economy
V. Scheme for Woman's Welfare
VI. The Truth about CNG
VII. New Dimensions in Disinvestment
VIII. The Zero Sum Game
Name Index
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2004 |
| Number of Pages | 370 |
| ISBN |
9788171883394 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
Rarely does a civil servant have such a wide variety of assignments over a period of fifty years, that include key posts offered, after retirement, by four different Prime Ministers. Even more rare is to find an officer who has acted so independently and come out unscathed. This is the story of G.V. Ramakrishna, who held some of the sensitive and high profile jobs in the last twenty years of his service.Well known as the redoubtable Chairman of SEBI, he was a crusader for protecting the interests of the small investor. He took strong measures to ban badla.As the first Chairman of the Disinvestment Commission he charted the road map for successful disinvestments. He was the only one to have successfully thwarted Quattrochi in his efforts to grab a major project.Throughout his career G.V. Ramakrishna has upheld the best traditions of his service and has been acknowledged as the role model for others.
In this book G V Ramakrishna talks about : the scam of 1992, the HBJ pipeline, the Enron imbroglio, the Oman Gas pipeline, disinvestment issues, relations between politicians and civil servants, corruption, coalition governments and hung parliaments and much more ....
Praise for this book
In this book, Ramakrishna provides a first hand account of how Gov-ernment functioned at high levels in the States and at the Centre. The subtle methods of utilising Government institutions for unconstitutional, political and bureaucratic ends, have been brought out with modesty and sensitivity. “Intellectual Treat...”
— The Week
About the Author(s) / Editor(s)
G.V. Ramakrishna (b. 1930) started his career as a biochemist with the Rockefeller Foundation doing research in Haematology in the Bowring Hospital in Bangalore, his home town. He opted for the civil service and joined the IAS in 1952.
He did his quota of service in the state of Andhra Pradesh for nearly 13 years, ending up as Chief Secretary in 1983. At the Centre he held positions at every level, ranging from Under Secretary to Secretary.
Early in his career he went to Harvard University for his MPA (Master in Public Administration) that included a business policy course at the Business School. He studied Economics under Galbraith, Ed Mason and other notable economists of the late fifties.
In his diplomatic assignments, he was minister of econo-mic affairs at the Embassy in Washington in 1972 and was later India’s Ambassador to the European Economic Community (European Union) in 1989.
In his varied career he worked for ten years with the Finance Ministry. He also worked in the Ministries of Industry, Steel, Coal and Petroleum. He was Adviser in the Planning Commission in 1981 and Member in 1994. He was the first Chairman of SEBI and also of the Disinvestment Commission.
Contents in Detail
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of photographs / illustrations
1. Early Days
2. Finance Ministry
3. Washington
4. Hyderabad
5. Industry
6. Coal and Energy
7. Andhra Pradesh
8. Petroleum Ministry
9. Tamil Nadu
10. Brussels
11. SEBI
12. Planning Commission
13. Disinvestment Commission
14. Construction Industry Development Counsil
15. Epilogue
Articles
I. "Why Not Kill the Cow?"
II. The Solution to the Problem of Hung Parliaments
III. A Tale of Two Friends
IV. The Civil Servant in a Deregulated Economy
V. Scheme for Woman's Welfare
VI. The Truth about CNG
VII. New Dimensions in Disinvestment
VIII. The Zero Sum Game
Name Index
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 2004 |
| Number of Pages | 370 |
| ISBN |
9788171883394 |
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