S. Krishnan
S. Krishnan | |
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| Secretary in Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India | |
| Assumed office 11 September 2023[1] | |
| Minister | Ashwini Vaishnaw |
| Preceded by | Alkesh Kumar Sharma |
| Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamilnadu | |
| In office 31 August 2023 – 31 March 2020 | |
| Senior Advisor, Office of the Executive Director for India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Bhutan, International Monetary Fund | |
| In office 15 March 2007 – 31 January 2011 | |
| 5th Chairman, Tamil Nadu State Finance Commission | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 June 1967 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | (B.A) St. Stephen's College, Delhi Delhi University[2] |
| Occupation | IAS officer |
| Profession | Civil servant |
S. Krishnan is a 1989 batch Indian Administrative Service officer of Tamil Nadu cadre who is serving as the Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology since August 2023.[3] He has previously worked as Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Government of Tamilnadu from March, 2020 to August, 2023.[4]
Prior to his present assignment, Krishnan held some key positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu, such as, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu) and Principal Secretary in Department of Housing and Urban Development (Tamil Nadu).[5][6] He was also the inaugural CEO of Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board and chairman of the Fifth Tamil Nadu State Finance Commission.[7][2]
Activities undertaken as secretary
[edit]He oversees critical initiatives such as:
- The India Semiconductor Mission and enactment of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act and the Digital India Act.[8]
- Scaling up indigenous electronics production and the India AI Mission to create a scalable AI-compute ecosystem.[9]
- Increasing value addition in electronics within India. (mobile phones domestic value addition, targeting growth from ~20% to 35–40%)[10]
- Launch of silicon photonics R&D and products at IIT Madras, including the Centre of Excellence for Silicon Photonics (CoE‑CPPICS), Fiber-Array Unit attachment tools, and a quantum random number generator (QRNG) module deployed at SETS Chennai.[11]
- Commissioning of the NIELIT Centre of Excellence in Chip Design at Noida to conduct VLSI & chip-design research and training.[12]
- Encouraging accessible digital opportunity through multilingual technologies such as Bhashini and internationalized domain names (IDNs).[13]
- Emphasizing collaboration among government, industry, and academia to accelerate India’s tech progress.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Two senior IAS officers serving in T.N. headed to Centre". The Hindu. 1 September 2023.
- ^ a b "'PPPs are not a panacea': S. Krishnan, IAS". www.iimb.ac.in. Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. 30 September 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ Aryan, Aashish (1 September 2023). "S Krishnan appointed as new MeitY secretary". The Economic Times.
- ^ "T.N. committed to creating 1.5 lakh new job opportunities in EV sector in five years: Industries Minister". The Hindu. 16 June 2023.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu government likely to implement Bus Rapid Transit System". The New Indian Express. 16 February 2018.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management company plans to raise $1 billion". Business Standard. 24 August 2015.
- ^ "Fifth State Finance Commission constituted". The Hindu. 4 December 2014.
- ^ Anoop, Verma (1 September 2023). "S Krishnan, named MeitY secy, will oversee implementation of semiconductor mission, DPDP Act". ETGovernment.com.
- ^ "India open to sharing AI models with Global South, says MeitY secretary S Krishnan". moneycontrol.com. 25 July 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ^ "India should go up the value chain in electronics components manufacturing: MeitY Secy". The Economic Times. 19 December 2023.
- ^ "Silicon photonics products indigenously developed at CoE-CPPICS IIT Madras launched". BusinessLine. The Hindu. 3 May 2025.
- ^ "Shri. S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, inaugurates NIELIT Centre of Excellence in Chip Design at Noida". pib.gov.in. Press Information Bureau. 5 February 2025.
- ^ "Inclusion in technology access must be prioritised: MeitY secy S Krishnan". The Economic Times. 28 March 2025.
- ^ "Meity secretary calls for greater collaboration among govt, industry, academia". The Economic Times. 28 June 2025.