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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K M Chandrasekhar
| image = File:The Cabinet Secretary, Shri K. M. Chandrasekhar holding a Press Conference on National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) and on various e-services offered under the programme, in New Delhi on July 16, 2010 (cropped).jpg
| birth_place = [[Kerala, India]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|02|20|df=y}}
| order =
| office = 29th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]] 
|term_start = 14 June 2007
|term_end = 14 June 2011
|primeminister = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|predecessor = [[B. K. Chaturvedi]]
|successor = [[Ajit Seth]]<ref>[[Ajit Seth]]</ref>
|birthname = K M Chandrasekhar
|nationality = Indian
|alma_mater = [[University of Delhi]] [[University of Leeds]]
|spouse = Jaya Chandrasekhar
}}
'''K. M. Chandrasekhar''' (born 20 February 1948) is a retired Indian [[civil servant]], who was the 29th [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]] of the [[Republic of India]] from 2007 to 2011 for a four year term under which he directly reported to the Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh|Dr. Manmohan Singh]].

He is a 1970 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] from [[Kerala]] Cadre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?BV_ID=@@@&contentType=EDITORIAL&sectionName=TheWeek%20COVER%20STORY&programId=1073755753&contentId=6259391|title=The Week}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
K. M. Chandrasekhar was born in Kerala to Ittyanath Thangamani from Ittyanath family Villadom, Thrissur and Kesava Menon, who was Chairman of the Railway Service Commission. He is the nephew of [[I. K. K. Menon]], the eminent Malayalam writer who also served as the Secretary to the [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI). After graduating from college, he got an MA in history from the University of Delhi. He then earned his M.A. in Management Studies from the [[University of Leeds]].

== Career ==
Chandrasekhar worked in the [[Indian Administrative Service]] from 1970 to 2011. During the last four years of his career, he held the highest position achievable in the Indian civil services, that of Union [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]], reporting directly to Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]]. After his retirement in 2011, he was offered a position equivalent to [[Cabinet Minister (India)|Cabinet Minister]] in his home State, [[Kerala]], as Vice Chairman of the State Planning Board,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chandrasekhar nominated Kerala planning board V-C|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/policy/Chandrasekhar-nominated-Kerala-planning-board-V-C/article20255533.ece|access-date=2021-07-08|website=@businessline|language=en}}</ref> which he held for the next five years until 2016. He has been [[Revenue Secretary]] in the [[Ministry of Finance (India)|Ministry of Finance]], [[Government of India]], and Finance Secretary in his State Government. In the [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Ministry of Commerce]], he has worked as Chairman of the [[Spices Board of India|Spices Board]]( of which he was founder chairman), as [[Joint secretary to the Government of India|Joint Secretary]] ( Trade Policy Division) in the Ministry and in two diplomatic assignments abroad.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} He is on the Boards of ten companies, eight of them in the [[Tata Group]] and the others in the health care sector<ref>{{Cite web|title=Tata Power - Board Committees|url=https://www.tatapower.com/corporate/board-committees.aspx|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.tatapower.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Tata Power ropes in ex-Cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/tata-power-ropes-in-ex-cabinet-secretary-k-m-chandrasekhar/articleshow/58521897.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2021-07-08}}</ref> He has been Chairman of the Federal Bank, President of a medical research institute and hospital under the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India( the Sri Chithra Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum ) and currently chairs, in an elected capacity, an economic think tank, teaching and research institution, the Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, affiliated to the [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]], New Delhi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chairman {{!}} Centre for Development Studies|url=https://cds.edu/chairman/|access-date=2021-07-08|language=en-US}}</ref> He is also Honorary Adviser to an Ayurvedic institution, the Arya Vaidya Sala, Kottakkal. His memoirs are awaiting publication with Harper Collins India and he is now working on his second book.<ref>{{cite news|title = KM Chandrasekhar is new cabinet secretary- Hindustan Times | url= http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?sectionName=NLetter&id=de011ee7-440f-49c2-ba81-3e04547e49a6&Headline=KM-Chandrasekhar-is-new-cabinet-secretary }}{{dead link|date=August 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=KM Chandrasekhar Blog|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/author/km-chandrasekhar/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=Times of India Blog|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-06-17|title=K.M. Chandrasekhar|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/columnist/k-m-chandrasekhar/|access-date=2021-07-08|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Chandrasekhar is married to Jaya, who taught English language and literature. They have a daughter.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2021-05-20|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Compassion must be cornerstone of government policy, former bureaucrats tell Modi|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/covid-19-compassion-must-be-cornerstone-of-govt-policy-former-bureaucrats-tell-pm/article34608721.ece|access-date=2021-07-08|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==References==
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