Retired IAS officer Dr. Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar has recently assumed charge as the new Director General of the Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI). Dr. Kumar, a retired 1982-batch Andhra Pradesh cadre IAS officer, has held various prominent positions throughout his distinguished 34-year career.
Officer Kumar had served as the Joint Executive Officer and Executive Officer of the renowned Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Additionally, he was the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes and the Principal Secretary of the Agriculture & Cooperation, Marketing, and Housing Department. From 2006 to 2009, he also held the role of Secretary, Finance.
It is pertinent to mention that Dr. Kumar served as the Principal Secretary and later as Special Chief Secretary to the Governor of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana from 2009 to 2016, a critical period during which the State of Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated. After retiring, he took on the role of State Election Commissioner for the newly formed state of Andhra Pradesh, serving from 2016 to 2021.
The ASCI is an institution of excellence of national importance which was established in 1956. It is an autonomous, self-supporting, public-purpose institution with the objectives of a think-tank for policy inputs and to build the capacities of practising professionals in the management of government and business enterprises.
