Dr. Sudhir Krishna, Former Secretary, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India, has joined the Governing Council of IMRT as the Honorary Chairman. A former bureaucrat, Dr. Krishna was the belongs to the Karnataka Cadre of IAS (1977 Batch). He was Additional/Special Secretary in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Government of India prior to taking over as the Secretary of Min. Of Urban Development.
Dr. Krishna also served as Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fertilizers and in the Central Finance Commission, Senior Deputy Director in the LBS National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie, Principal Secretary, Public Works, Ports & Inland Water Transport, Karnataka, Metropolitan Commissioner, Bangalore, Commissioner of Commercial Taxes, Karnataka, Divisional Commissioner, Gulbarga, Chief Secretary, Dharwar Zilla Parishad, Deputy Commissioner, Dakshin Kannada (Mangalore), Director of Sugar, Karnataka, etc. He holds a Master Degree in Physics from Banaras Hindu University, another Master Degree in Public Management from the Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburg (USA) and PhD in Public Finance from the Centre of Federal Studies, Jamia Hamdard, Delhi.
