Radhakrishnan no longer health secy, city corpn gets new chief
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Chennai:17.02.2019

J Radhakrishnan, after seven years as health secretary, was on Saturday transferred as principal secretary, transport, in a major bureaucratic reshuffle. Beela Rajesh is the new health secretary.

Radhakrishnan was in a spot recently when counsel for the Justice A Arumughaswamy commission, probing the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, alleged that he colluded with Apollo Hospitals in providing inappropriate treatment. There was a huge outcry, with ministers and MLAs joining in, before the IAS Officers’ Association complained to the chief minister to rein in his ministerial colleagues.

Among the other changes, an order from chief secretary Girija Vaidyanathan said, inspector general of registration J Kumaragurubaran will be director of disaster management, while commercial taxes secretary K Balachandran will additionally be inspector general, registration. Municipal administration commissioner G Prakash has been posted as commissioner of Greater Chennai Corporation in place of D Karthikeyan who will now helm municipal administration.

S Sivarasu is the new Trichy collector in place of Rajamani who has been posted in Coimbatore, replacing T N Hariharan. Hariharan is now special secretary, municipal administration and water supply department. P Uma Maheswari is Pudukottai collector, replacing Ganesh who is now director of Indian Medicine and Homeopathy. T Anand is Tiruvarur collector in place of L Nirmalraj who is now joint managing director, TWAD Board.

Sravan Kumar Jatavath was named Coimbatore corporation commissioner, replacing K Vijayakarthikeyan who is now director, Tamil Nadu Institute of Urban Studies, Coimbatore. S Visakan is now Madurai corporation commissioner, repalcing S Aneesh Sekhar who has been made TIDCO executive director.

Tuticorin corporation commissioner Alby John Varghese becomes regional deputy commissioner (south) of Greater Chennai Corporation vice S Gopala Sundara Raj, who has been posted as joint managing director of slum clearance board and project director of World Bank and Asian Development Bank projects. V P Jeyaseelan becomes Tuticorin corporation commissioner.

Pollachi sub-collector Gayathri Krishnan is the new joint commissioner (enforcement), commercial taxes, Coimbatore. Health and family welfare additional secretary S Nagarajan will hold full additional charge as project director, Tamil Nadu Health Systems Project. Teachers Recruitment Board chairperson S Jayandhi is the new managing director of TN Text Book Corporation.

Subodh Kumar is Tangedco joint managing director of Tangedco, replacing P N Sridhar, now Greater Chennai Corporation regional joint commissioner (central).

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2,600 students receive degrees Convocation ceremony of KL deemed university

TNN | Feb 15, 2019, 02.30 PM IST

VIJAYAWADA: 2,600 students received their degrees at the eighth Convocation ceremony of KL deemed university in Guntur, in Wednesday. Infosys founder Narayana Murthy was conferred with an honourrary doctorate by the university.

Giving the keynote address, Murthy said, "Never before in the last several hundred years did India receive respect from the world community like she does today. Never before did the world think India had something to contribute to the global community other than spices. Our economy is growing at 7 to 7.5 percent this year. India has become the software development center of the world."

"However, we have another India steeped in deep poverty, illiteracy, ill health and malnutrition, and without hope and confidence in the future, for no fault of hers. We have the largest mass of illiterates in the world. About 350 million Indians cannot read or write. More than 200 million Indians do not have access to safe drinking water," he said.

Murthy, said that the government has to become more citizen-friendly and remove all obstacles to entrepreneurs to create larger and larger number of jobs. "Our economic policies have to be less populist and more based on expertise. We have to shun jingoism. Finally, we have to put in tremendous hard work and make short-term sacrifices for long-term glory. We have to be optimistic and courageous. Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody," he said and urged the students to practice good human values and work hard towards achieving their goals.

Rythu Nestham Foundation chairman Y Venkateswara Rao received honorary doctorate from the university. Addressing the students, he said, ", wherever you go, whichever job you do and wherever you settle never forget the farmers. Always strengthen your thoughts to support the farmers who feed the country by their self-sacrifice across the seasons of the year through sweat and hard work. In the way possible you try your level best to enhance the living standards of the farmers."