John Matthai is a former chief secretary of Kerala, India. He belongs to the 1971 batch of

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(IAS).

Career

Matthai began his career as sub-collector of

Thalassery Thalassery () (also called Tellicherry) is a city and municipality on the Malabar Coast in Kannur district in the state of Kerala, India, bordered by the districts of Mahe and Kozhikode. Thalassery municipality has a population of just under ...

. He was appointed Collector of

Kottayam Kottayam () is a city in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is the district headquarters of the district and is located about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. As per the 2011 Indian census, Kottayam has a population of ...

in 1978. He held various positions such as managing director of State Cooperative Marketing Federation, director of public instruction, and secretary for industries, power and forests and wildlife departments before becoming the principal secretary of industries in 1996. Subsequently, he was posted as commissioner of commercial taxes and commissioner of excise. He was promoted as

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in 2005. Later in 2006, he was appointed as the chief secretary to V. S. Achuthanandan.

Personal life

He is a graduate from the Regional Engineering College Calicut. He is the youngest brother of Moran Cyril Mar Baselios,

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of the

Syro-Malankara Catholic Church The Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, also known as the Malankara Syrian Catholic Church, is an Eastern Catholic '' sui iuris'' particular church that employs the West Syriac Rite and is in full communion with the worldwide Catholic Church posse ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mathai, John Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian Administrative Service officers Syro-Malankara Catholics Indian Eastern Catholics National Institute of Technology Calicut