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	'''Nagarajan Vittal''' (born 31 January 1938) is an ~~[[India]]n~~ [[civil servant]], who has held a number of senior positions in the [[Government of India]], most prominently that of [[Central Vigilance Commission]]er. Over 35 years, he has held a number of positions at the State Government and Central Government level, primarily in the fields of industrial administration, science and technology, and security, as well as posts within [[Public Private Partnership in India\|public-private sector joint enterprises]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian award, in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|agency=Press Information Bureau - Government of India\|date=25 January 2012\|access-date=28 December 2016\|title=Padma awards announced\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Old-ideas-in-bold-letters/article12550177.ece\|title = Old ideas in bold letters\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 8 October 2012\|last1 = Subramanian\|first1 = K.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/n-vittal-writes-book-for-managment-students-106042701063_1.html\|title = N Vittal writes book for managment students\|newspaper = Business Standard India\|date = 27 April 2006}}</ref>		'''Nagarajan Vittal''' (born 31 January 1938) is an Indian [[civil servant]], who has held a number of senior positions in the [[Government of India]], most prominently that of [[Central Vigilance Commission]]er. Over 35 years, he has held a number of positions at the State Government and Central Government level, primarily in the fields of industrial administration, science and technology, and security, as well as posts within [[Public Private Partnership in India\|public-private sector joint enterprises]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian award, in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|agency=Press Information Bureau - Government of India\|date=25 January 2012\|access-date=28 December 2016\|title=Padma awards announced\|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Old-ideas-in-bold-letters/article12550177.ece\|title = Old ideas in bold letters\|newspaper = The Hindu\|date = 8 October 2012\|last1 = Subramanian\|first1 = K.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/n-vittal-writes-book-for-managment-students-106042701063_1.html\|title = N Vittal writes book for managment students\|newspaper = Business Standard India\|date = 27 April 2006}}</ref>

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'''Nagarajan Vittal''' (born 31 January 1938) is an [[India]]n [[civil servant]], who has held a number of senior positions in the [[Government of India]], most prominently that of [[Central Vigilance Commission]]er. Over 35 years, he has held a number of positions at the State Government and Central Government level, primarily in the fields of industrial administration, science and technology, and security, as well as posts within [[Public Private Partnership in India|public-private sector joint enterprises]]. He was awarded the [[Padma Bhushan]], India's third highest civilian award, in 2012.<ref>{{cite news|agency=Press Information Bureau - Government of India|date=25 January 2012|access-date=28 December 2016|title=Padma awards announced|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=79881}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/books/Old-ideas-in-bold-letters/article12550177.ece|title = Old ideas in bold letters|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 8 October 2012|last1 = Subramanian|first1 = K.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/n-vittal-writes-book-for-managment-students-106042701063_1.html|title = N Vittal writes book for managment students|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 27 April 2006}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==

A [[Thanjavur Marathi people|Maharashtrian]] [[Deshastha|Deshastha Madhwa Brahmin]],<ref>{{cite news|title=Three surveyors who contributed to our knowledge of India|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/Three-surveyors-who-contributed-to-our-knowledge-of-India/article16896164.ece1|work=The Hindu|access-date=17 December 2016}}</ref> he was born in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital of [[Kerala]], and was educated in [[Tiruchirapalli]] and Madras (now [[Chennai]]), graduating with a BSc (Hons.) in Chemistry from [[Loyola College, Chennai|Loyola College]] in 1958. After a short time as a lecturer in [[Jamal Mohamed College]], Tiruchirapalli, he joined the [[Indian Administrative Service]] on 16 May 1960, and was allotted to the Gujarat Cadre.

== Career ==

Vittal was part of the [[Indian Administrative Service]]'s 1960 intake.<ref name="isical">{{cite web|title=Profile of Shri N. Vital |url=http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwdc2004/vittal.pdf |website=isical.ac.in |access-date=28 December 2016 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413180035/http://www.isical.ac.in/~iwdc2004/vittal.pdf |archive-date=13 April 2013 }}</ref> He worked as Development Commissioner tasked with reviving the [[Kandla#Economy|Port of Kandla Special Economic Zone]] for the Indian Government's Department of Commerce. He served as Industries Commissioner for the Gujarat State government, in which post he was responsible for Gujarat reaching full coverage with District Industries Centres;{{clarify|date=December 2016}} setting up the single window service for the industry promotion bureau (IndexTB), later adopted by other states; and setting up the Entrepreneurship Development Centre. He later served as Food and Civil Supplies Secretary, setting up the Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation; Chairman of the Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation; and Health and Family Welfare Secretary. He then served as Managing Director of [[Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers]] Company (GNFC), before returning to the Gujarat State government to serve as [[Additional Chief Secretary (India)|Additional Chief Secretary]] (Home), where he initiated proposals for setting up the Gujarat Police Housing Corporation.

From there he switched to positions working for the [[Government of India]], serving as Additional Secretary at the [[Department of Atomic Energy]], then Secretary at the Department of Electronics, where he initiated policies for boosting software, setting up software technology parks and [[special economic zones]], and strategic cooperation with industry, including [[Foreign Direct Investment]] (FDI) from IBM, Motorola and others.<ref name="isical"/> He then became Chair of the Telecoms Commission, where he worked on liberalisation of the telecom sector and was involved in the National Telecom Policy of 1994,<ref name="isical"/> and Secretary at the [[Department of Telecommunications]]. He followed this with a stint as Chair of the Public Enterprises Selection Board, heading the Committee on Guidelines for the Public Sector (1997), under the auspices of the Ministry of Industry, Department of Public Enterprises, which removed 696 regulations hampering the autonomy of PSEs. His final post was [[Central Vigilance Commission]]er.

Over the course of his career he chaired a number of committees, expert groups and task forces, including:
* Expert Group on IT in Government, Department of Personnel, Government of India
* Task Force on Technology Exports, [[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]], Government of India
* Task Force on Telecom and Information Technology, [[Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry]]
* Expert Committee on Tamil Nadu Institute of Information Technology, Government of Tamil Nadu.

He attended the 1989 Fall Senior Executives Programme at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT) in the United States.

== Awards and honours ==
N. Vittal received the Padma Bhushan in 2012. Among other honors, he received the following:
* Honorary Fellow, Computer Society of India (1992)
* Honorary Fellow of the IETE<ref name="isical"/>
* Citation of gratitude from Electronic Component Industry Association (ELCINA), New Delhi
* Dataquest IT Man of the Year 1993
* Honorary Fellow, Asia Electronics Union (1995)
* Honorary Fellow, Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (1997)
* The hidden talent of India award by the Organisation for Industrial, Spiritual and Cultural Advancement (OISCA) International, a UN Status Category I NGO
* The Great Son of the Soil Award 1998 by All India Conference of Intellectuals
* For the Sake of Honour, Rotary's highest Award (April 1999)
* Honorary Member, Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering (December 1999)
* Honour of "Desa Seva Ratnam", conferred by Jagadguru Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam (April 2001)
* H H Sri Paramacharya Man of the Year Award (2000), awarded by the Centenarian Trust, Chennai. (April 2001)
* V Krishnamurthy Award For Excellence (June 2001) – by the Centre for Organisation Development, Hyderabad
* Giants International Award for public administration (September 2001)
* Great Maratha Award for Lifetime achievement by The Maharashtra Association, Chennai (2005)
* Tamil Nadu Governor Late Dr M Chenna Reddy Award (March 2002) for outstanding service by Federation of Doctors, Hospitals & Health Care Industry (FEDDHI)
* Included in the list of "Fifty men and women who shaped the economy" in the fifty years after India’s independence by the Business Today magazine (August 1997)<ref name="isical"/>

== Personal life and interests ==
Vittal is married and has a son and a daughter.

He is actively interested in management and cultural activities and has membership in the following social, cultural, and professional associations:
* President (1994–1997) Loyola Alumni Association (North India Chapter), New Delhi
* President (1991–1997) Shri Shanmukhananda Sangeetha Sabha, New Delhi
* Member (1991–1998) Board of Governors, Academy of Human Resource Development, Ahmedabad

== Books and publications ==
Vittal has written more than 400 articles on various subjects relating to management, public relations, human resources development, management of technology, public sector management and so on, in many journals and magazines. These include ''[[Economic and Political Weekly]]'', ''[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]]'', ''[[The Times of India]]'', ''[[Business India]]'', and the Journals of the [[Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad|IIMA]], LBS National Academy of Administration, HCPS, RIPA, [[Indian Institute of Foreign Trade|IIFT]] and others. He is a regular columnist for ''[[The Economic Times]]'' and the Web magazine "Rediff on the Net."<ref name="isical"/>

His bibliography include:

*India Incorporated: Reflections on the Indian Electronics Industry (1994)<ref name="isical"/>
*The Vicious Cycle of Vittal's Law (1994)<ref name="isical"/>
*The Red Tape Guerrilla (1995)<ref name="isical"/>
*Fighting Corruption and Restructuring Government (2000)<ref name="isical"/>
*Public Sector Management & Governance (2001) – with S. Mahalingam
*Information Technology: India's Tomorrow (2001)<ref name="isical"/>
*Ideas for Action (2002)
*Vittal’s Vital Management Mantra (2004)
*Maharastrians in Tamil Nadu (2004)
*Musings on Governance, Governing and Corruption (2004)
*Technology and a Vision for the future (2004)
*More musings on Governance, Governing and Corruption (2005)
*Roots of Effective Governance (2007)
*Corruption in India : The Road block for national prosperity (2002)
*Roots of effective governance (2007)

He also edited ''Export Processing Zones in Asia -Some Dimensions'', published by the Asian Productivity Organization in 1977.<ref name="isical"/>

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