Former Finance Secretary KP Geethakrishnan Dies at 86
- Indian Masterminds Bureau
- Published on 22 Dec 2021, 3:05 pm IST
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- 1958 batch IAS officer, KP Geethakrishnan, who served as the Union Finance Secretary dies at 86.
- KP Geethakrishnan IAS
Former Union Finance Secretary and India’s representative at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the 1990s, KP Geethakrishnan, passed away on Monday, 20 December.
Mr. Geethakrishnan, a Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officer of 1958 batch, spent a major part of his career with the Finance Department of the Tamil Nadu government, and later served as one of the top bureaucrats in the Union Finance Ministry.
He also served as the Expenditure Secretary in the Chandra Shekhar government in the 1990s. In 1991, Geethakrishnan became the Finance Secretary in charge of the Revenue Department during the PV Narasimha Rao government.
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