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Revision as of 17:55, 3 July 2021 by Laplorfill (talk | contribs) (→Career: Copy edit)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)V. Irai Anbu is an IAS Officer, writer, educator, social activist and motivational speaker. He is the current Chief Secretary of Tamil Nadu Government .
Childhood
Iraianbu born at Kattur village in Salem district on 16 June 1963. Born in a middle- class family, he wanted to live a well- intentioned life since his schooldays. His father's name is Venkatasalam and Mother's name is Saroja .He has a brother named Thiruppugal who works as IAS Officer in Gujarat. He also has two sisters namely Paingili and Insuvai. The former is an College Professor whereas, the latter is a writer and English Professor.
Career
- Iraianbu began his career as Deputy collector of Nagapattinam district. He played a main role in flood relief works.
- During his tenure as deputy collector in Nagapattinam district, he took all efforts to control riots in the district. As a measure to prevent riots during Kanthuri festival in Nagore Dargah, he stayed in the Dargah for a whole night. Also, during Ganesh Chaturti procession, he too walked with the procession as a step to prevent violence
- During his tenure as Additional collector in Cuddalore district, he took steps to provide skill development training to prisoners who were in Cuddalore central prison It was seen as a great step towards reforming Prisoners.
- He also took steps to provide houses houses under Distric Decentralisation plan to Narikuravas in erstwhile South Arcot district.
- He was also appointed as a special officer for conducting 8th World Tamil Conference in Thanjavur at 1995. He served as coordinator for all committees during the conference
- He also served as deputy commissioner of municipal administration, Director of Information and Public Relations Department, District Collector of Kanchipuram district, Additional secretary to Chief Minister's secretariat, Secretary of Department of Information and Tourism,Secretary of Department of Tourism and Culture, Secretary of Department of Environment and Forests, Principal Secretary of Department of Economics and Statistics, Director of Entrepreneureship development Institute, Principal secretary of Department of Human Resources development and Director of Anna Institute of Management.
- On 7 May 2021, he was appointed as new Chief Secretary to Tamil Nadu Government.
Writer and Motivational Speaker
Irai Anbu has been a motivational speaker and hosted a show named Kalloori Kaalangal ( Tamil : கல்லூரி காலங்கள் ) in DD Pothigai in which he shared his experiences about his college life. He has written more than 80 books.
References
- Jesudasan, Dennis S. (7 May 2021). "Irai Anbu made Chief Secretary; 4 Secretaries to assist CM". The Hindu.
- "இரு மகன்களையும் ஐஏஎஸ் ஆக்கிய சாமானியர்.. தலைமைச் செயலாளர் இறையன்புவின் தந்தைக்கு ராயல் சல்யூட்". Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd (in Tamil). Retrieved 2021-06-07.
- "About Irai Anbu IAS @youtube/ABP Nadu".
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Irai Anbu to fine tune TN administration?". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
- "From Agricultural Officer to Tamil Nadu's New Chief Secretary...Life journey of V Irai Anbu IAS!". The New Stuff. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2021-07-03.