K.S. Subramanian, former director of Asian Development Bank, no more
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K. S. Subramanian, a former director of the Asian Development Bank, and a founder trustee of the National Agro Foundation (NAF) handed away at his dwelling in R.A. Puram on October 24 evening. The former Indian Railways Accounts Service officer was 83.
Born in 1937 in Tirunelveli district, he studied on the Ramakrishna Mission Students Home. He additionally accomplished his Masters in Physics and History from the University of Madras; a masters in Business Management from Ateneo de Manila University; and received his doctorate in Public Administration from the University of the Philippines.
A author and a well known particular person in literary circles, he has translated almost 40 Tamil works, which embody novels, novellas, and collections of short-stories, essays and poetry into English. His Tamil writings on literary, social and developmental themes have been revealed in seven volumes.
As Deputy Financial Advisor and Chief Accounts Officer within the Indian Railways, he was additionally concerned within the survey and undertaking formulation of initiatives. While working for the Asian Development Bank, his work lined city growth, transport infrastructure, training and well being sectors in a quantity of international locations in Asia and the South Pacific.
He had earlier been a member of the manager committee of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Chennai Kendra. He had additionally served as a member of the Tamil Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi for a time period of six years.