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Swamy assumes office of chairman of Kochi’s Coconut Development Board
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Saturday, 11 August, 2018, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, New Delhi
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Raju Narayana Swamy has taken over as chairman, Coconut Development Board, Kochi, which is under the aegis of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Government of India.
A graduate in computer engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, he is a Kerala-cadre Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer of the 1991 batch.
Swamy holds a post-graduate diploma in intellectual property rights from National Law School, Bangalore, and a professional diploma in public procurement from World Bank. He was also awarded a doctorate by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
He has served as the collector of five districts in Kerala, namely Thrissur, Kottayam, Idukki, Kasargod and Pathanamthitta. He has also been agriculture production commissioner and principal secretary (agriculture), Government of Kerala.
Swamy was director, fisheries and collegiate education; managing director, marketing federation, commissioner, civil supplies department, and the international observer for the general election that took place in Zimbabwe recently.
A prolific author, he has penned 28 books of different genres, and bagged the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for his travelogue, titled Santhimantram Muzhangunna Thazvaravil.
He has also won the Bhima Gold Medal and Kunhunni Award, both for children’s literature, and the prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship for his work in the field of cyber law.
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