KP Krishnan

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K.P. Krishnan retired from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 2019, after serving for 37 years. He is currently an honorary senior fellow at the Isaac Centre for Public Policy.

Through his career, he has held various positions in the Government of Karnataka, the Government of India, and the World Bank. He has also held field positions such as District Collector Mangalore. During his time in the Government of India, he served as Secretary of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Additional Secretary of the Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Additional Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Secretary of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, and Joint Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance.

Krishnan has been actively involved in research and academia throughout his government career. He has been a visiting faculty member at various institutions, including IIM Bangalore, ISB, and Ashoka University, and was the Bok Visiting Professor of Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012-13. He served as the IEPF Chair Professor of Economics at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi and was an Honorary Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research (CPR) in New Delhi.