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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Parameswaran Iyer
| office =
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = hindi
| image = File:The Secretary, Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Shri Parameswaran Iyer addressing at the National Review Meeting of National Rural Drinking Water Programme.jpg
| caption =
| known_for = Leading the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]]
| predecessor =
| successor =
| termend =
| termstart =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1959|4|16}}
| birth_place = Srinagar
| death_date =
| death_place =
| nationality = India
| spouse =
| alma_mater = [[The Doon School]]<br />[[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]
| occupation = [[Civil Servant]]
| other_names =
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
}}
'''Parameswaran Iyer''' (born 16 April 1959) is an Indian [[civil servant]] who led the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]], the country-wide sanitation campaign initiated by the [[Government of India]] in 2014.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/india/parameswaran-iyer-modis-ias-man-for-swachh-bharat-reveals-how-the-mission-was-achieved/595169/|title=Parameswaran Iyer, Modi's IAS man for Swachh Bharat, reveals how the mission was achieved|first=Sanya|last=Dhingra|date=January 31, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/opinion/looking-to-recruit-domain-expert-not-necessarily-generalist-from-ias-how-parameswaran-iyer-got-the-dream-job-3477296.html|title=How Swachh Bharat Mission's Parameswaran Iyer Got His Dream Job|date=February 26, 2021|website=www.news18.com}}</ref> He entered the [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1981 and took a voluntary retirement in 2009 to join the water and sanitation initiatives at the [[World Bank]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.weforum.org/people/parameswaran-iyer/|title=Parameswaran Iyer|website=World Economic Forum}}</ref> In 2016, he returned to India and was appointed by the government to head the drinking and sanitation department, and lead the Swachh Bharat Mission.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/modi-s-swachh-bharat-man-param-iyer-calls-it-a-day-as-sanitation-secy-120072701686_1.html|title=Modi's Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy|first=Ruchika|last=Chitravanshi|date=July 27, 2020|via=Business Standard}}</ref>

==Early life==
Iyer was born in [[Srinagar]] and his father was an [[Indian Air Force]] officer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/modi-man-parameswaran-iyer-belongs-to-cult-of-super-bureaucrats-like-tn-seshan/301816/|title=Modi's favourite Parameswaran Iyer belongs to the cult of super IAS officers like TN Seshan|first=Kaveree|last=Bamzai|date=October 6, 2019}}</ref> He was educated at [[The Doon School]] in Dehradun, and then attended [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/anniversary-issue/story/20191230-the-swachh-yogi-1629595-2019-12-20|title=The Swachh Yogi|first1=Raj Chengappa New Delhi|last1=December 20|first2=2019 ISSUE DATE|last2=December 30|first3=2019UPDATED|last3=December 23|first4=2019 16:12|last4=Ist|website=India Today}}</ref> He then got a one-year exchange scholarship at [[Davidson College]] in North Carolina.<ref>Iyer 2021, p.1</ref>

==Career==
Iyer joined the Indian Civil Services in 1981. In 2009, he took a voluntary retirement to become the water resources manager at the [[World Bank]]. Before he joined the Ministry of Drinking
Water and Sanitation, Government of India, in 2016, he worked in Vietnam, China, Egypt, Lebanon and Washington for the World Bank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianeconomy.columbia.edu/directory/parameswaran-iyer|title=Parameswaran Iyer | Indian Economy|website=indianeconomy.columbia.edu}}</ref> He has been a columnist with the ''[[Indian Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/profile/author/parameswaran-iyer/|title=Parameswaran Iyer|date=October 30, 2019}}</ref>

===Swacch Bharat Mission===
In 2016, he was appointed by the [[Government of India]] to implement [[Swachh Bharat Mission]], the country-wide sanitation campaign to eliminate [[open defecation]] and improve [[solid waste management]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/modi-trump-card-behind-swachh-mission/articleshow/80437574.cms|title=Modi trump card behind swachh mission, says former secretary Parameswaran Iyer|first=Aman|last=Sharma|via=The Economic Times}}</ref> Iyer's [[modus operandi]] to achieve the strict goals under the mission (building 110 million toilets in 5 years) was unconventional and "non-bureaucratic".<ref name="auto"/>

In 2020, Iyer resigned from the position and returned to the [[United States]] to join the World Bank and be close to his family.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/swachh-bharat-key-player-parameshwaran-iyer-quits-government/article32206406.ece|title=Swachh Bharat key player Parameshwaran Iyer quits government|date=July 27, 2020|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

==Bibliography==
*{{cite book |last=Iyer |first=Parameswaran |author-link= |date= |title=Method in the Madness |url= |location= |publisher=Harper Collin |page= |isbn=978-9390327560}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/product/method-in-the-madness/|title=Method in the Madness|website=HarperCollins Publishers India}}</ref>
*{{cite book |last=Iyer |first=Parameswaran |author-link= |title=The Swachh Bharat Revolution: Four Pillars of India's Behavioural Transformation |year=2019 |url= |location= |publisher=Harper Collin |page= |isbn=978-9353572679}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://harpercollins.co.in/product/the-swachh-bharat-revolution/|title=The Swachh Bharat Revolution|website=HarperCollins Publishers India}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.weforum.org/people/parameswaran-iyer Parmeswaran Iyer - World Economic Forum]

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