Reorienting India’s Public Institutions

CASI Seminar
T.K.A. Nair
Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India
CASI, 3600 Market Street, Suite 560
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Mr. T.K.A. Nair is the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India.  He held this office in the last tenure of the UPA Government and even earlier when I.K. Gujral was India’s Prime Minister during 1997 to 1998.

From 1999 to 2004, Mr. Nair was Chairman of the Public Sector Board. He retired from the Indian Administrative Service in 1997, having held the key positions of Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests (1996 to 1997), and Special Secretary, Planning Commission (1995).

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Light refreshments will be served.

The Nand & Jeet Khemka Distinguished Lecture Series is an endowed public program of the Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI). Launched in the 2007-08 academic year, and made possible through the generous support of the Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation, the series brings renowned India specialists to the Penn community and serves as a critical forum for analyzing and understanding the complex economic, political, social, and cultural changes that the world’s largest democracy is experiencing, as well as the challenges that lie ahead.
The Saluja Global Fellows Program has been made possible by the generous gift from Vishal Saluja ENG’89 W’89. CASI was excited to launch the program during the 2022–23 academic year, coinciding with the Center’s 30th Anniversary. This new program enables CASI to invite eminent leaders and rising experts on contemporary India preferably from the fields of media, culture, law, and contemporary history to be in residence for one to two weeks at CASI.