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'''Achyut Madhav Gokhale''' (3 January 1946 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian civil servant (former Indian Administrative Service officer), writer and a former Secretary to the [[Government of India]] at the [[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy|Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources]], known for his contributions towards the government initiatives such as Village Development Boards and [[Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana|Jawahar Rozgar Yojana]].<ref name="Foreword by Padmashree Achyut Gokhale">{{cite web | url=https://aneeshbooks.wordpress.com/foreword-by-padmashree-achyut-gokhale-ias-nagaland-cadre/ | title=Foreword by Padmashree Achyut Gokhale | publisher=Aneesh Books | date=2015 | accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref><br />
==Biography==<br />
He was an executive director of the [[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation]],{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} a former Chief Secretary of the state of [[Nagaland]]<ref name="Nagaland ex-CS Gokhale visits Bamboo Resource Center">{{cite web | url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/articles/India/20131105/2278189.html | title=Nagaland ex-CS Gokhale visits Bamboo Resource Center | publisher=Web India 123 | date=5 November 2013 | accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref> and a former chairman of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Ministry of Environment and Forests]].<ref name="India gives go-ahead to GM crops">{{cite web | url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn2105-india-gives-go-ahead-to-gm-crops/ | title=India gives go-ahead to GM crops | publisher=New Scientist | date=28 March 2002 | accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref> Born on 3 January 1946, Gokhale graduated in Physics from the [[University of Mumbai]] in 1965, entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1968 from the [[Nagaland]] cadre and served various government offices till his [[superannuation]] in January 2006.<ref name="Change Makers profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.changemakers.com/sites/default/files/Gokhale's%20Resume.doc | title=Change Makers profile | publisher=Change Makers | date=2015 | accessdate=25 September 2015}}</ref> During his tenure with the Government of Nagaland, he is known to have launched a people's programme, ''Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development'' (NEPED), which had reported success in getting the involvement of the people of Nagaland.<ref name="Nagas revere this bureaucrat from the mainland">{{cite web | url=http://indiatogether.org/gokhale-government | title=Nagas revere this bureaucrat from the mainland | publisher=India Together | date=23 May 2009 | accessdate=24 September 2015}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of [[Padma Shri]] in 1990.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |accessdate=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archivedate=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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Gokhale died on 18 April 2021, aged 75, due to [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Nagaland chief secretary AM Gokhale passes away; Neiphiu Rio condoles his demise|url=https://nenow.in/north-east-news/nagaland/former-nagaland-chief-secretary-am-gokhale-passes-away-neiphiu-rio-condoles-his-demise.html|publisher=Northeast Now News|date=18 April 2021|accessdate=18 April 2021}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana]]<br />
* [[MS Swaminathan Research Foundation]]<br />
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