Mohan Kanda (born 4 September 1945) is an Indian civil servant. He is an

Indian Administrative Service The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the Public administration, administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. The IAS is one of the three All India Services along with the Indian Police Service (IPS) and the Indian ...

officer of the 1968 batch. He retired as Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh in 2003. He also served as a Member of National Disaster Management Authority.

Early life

He was born in

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, in a

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Brahmin family to the High Court judge Mr. Bhimsankaram Kanda and Mrs. Papayamma, a prominent social reformer. He was the youngest child of his parents, who had ten children in total. He did his schooling from All Saints High School, Hyderabad and his Bachelors and Masters in Mathematics from

Nizam College The Nizam College is a constituent college of Osmania University established in 1887 during the reign of Mir Mahbub Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VI, in Basheerbagh, Hyderabad, Telangana. History The Nizampur University College was originally the "Mirsa ...

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. He was awarded Ph.D in Mathematics by

for his thesis. His nephew was the former

Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electora ...

General Secretary,

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, who died on 12 September 2024. He has acted in a few Telugu films as a

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with the screen name "Master Mohan." They include ''

Pelli Chesi Choodu ''Pelli Chesi Choodu'' () is a 1952 Indian satirical comedy film directed by L. V. Prasad and produced by Nagi Reddi and Chakrapani under their company Vijaya Productions. The film was made simultaneously in Telugu and Tamil, the latter ti ...

'' a comedy film of 1952 directed by

L. V. Prasad Akkineni Laxmi Vara Prasada Rao (17 January 1907 – 22 June 1994), known professionally as L. V. Prasad, was an Indian film director, producer, actor, and businessman. He was one of the pioneers of Indian cinema and is the recipient of the Da ...

. He acted in the song drama ''Amma Noppule Ammamma Noppule''.

Career

Mohan Kanda started his career with State Bank of India as an Probationary Officer. After becoming an IAS Officer he began working with the

Government of Andhra Pradesh The Government of Andhra Pradesh, abbreviated as GoAP, is the Administrative division, state government and the administrative body responsible for the governance of the States of India, Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Amaravati is the capital ...

. He was also Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India and served as Member, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA). He worked as a Secretary in the Union Ministry of Agriculture before working as Chief Secretary in Chandrababu Naidu's government and later with Y.S.Rajasekhara Reddy government. He is a Member of the Steering Committee on Agriculture and Allied Sectors for the formulation of the 12th Five Year Plan (2012–17) for Planning Commission. He was made head of a committee that would look into the problems faced by the Coastal Andhra riots in declaring a Crop Holiday.

Personal life

Mohan Kanda is married to Usha.

References

External links

Official Profile

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