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{{Short description|Indian bureaucrat}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = S. Krishnan
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| image = S Krishnan.jpg
| caption =
| office1 = [[Secretary to the Government of India|Secretary in]] [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology]], [[Government of India]]
| minister1 = [[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
| predecessor1 = Alkesh Kumar Sharma
| successor1 =
| term_start1 = 11 September 2023<ref>{{cite news |title=Two senior IAS officers serving in T.N. headed to Centre |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-senior-ias-officers-serving-in-tn-headed-to-centre/article67260602.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 September 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref>
| office2 = [[Chief Secretary (India)#Additional Chief Secretary|Additional Chief Secretary of]] [[Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu)|Department of Industries, Tamil Nadu]]
| appointer2 = [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| term_start2 = 31 March 2020
| term_end2 = 31 August 2023
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|06|29|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[India]]
| alma_mater = ([[Bachelor of Arts|B.A]]) [[St. Stephen's College, Delhi]]<br>[[Delhi University]]<ref name="a">{{cite news |title='PPPs are not a panacea': S. Krishnan, IAS |url=https://www.iimb.ac.in/ppp-are-not-panacea-krishan-ias |access-date=23 August 2025 |work=www.iimb.ac.in |publisher=[[Indian Institute of Management Bangalore]] |date=30 September 2020}}</ref>
| spouse =
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]]
| profession = [[Civil service|Civil servant]]
| native_name =
| awards =
}}
'''S. Krishnan''' is an [[Indian Administrative Service|Indian Administrative Service officer]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] cadre who is serving as the [[Secretary to the Government of India]] since August 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Aryan |first1=Aashish |title=S Krishnan appointed as new MeitY secretary |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/s-krishnan-appointed-as-the-new-it-secretary/articleshow/103265948.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=1 September 2023}}</ref> He has previously worked as [[Chief Secretary (India)#Additional Chief Secretary|Additional Chief Secretary]], [[Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu)|Department of Industries in Tamil Nadu Government]] from March, 2020 to August, 2023.<ref>{{cite news |title=T.N. committed to creating 1.5 lakh new job opportunities in EV sector in five years: Industries Minister |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tn-committed-to-creating-15-lakh-new-job-opportunities-in-ev-sector-in-five-years-industries-minister/article66977232.ece |work=The Hindu |date=16 June 2023 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Prior to his present assignment, Krishnan held some key positions in the Government of Tamil Nadu, such as, Additional Chief Secretary, [[Department of Industries (Tamil Nadu)]] and Principal Secretary in [[Department of Housing and Urban Development (Tamil Nadu)]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tamil Nadu government likely to implement Bus Rapid Transit System |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2018/Feb/16/tamil-nadu-government-likely-to-implement-bus-rapid-transit-system-1774154.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=16 February 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Fund Management company plans to raise $1 billion |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/tamil-nadu-infrastructure-fund-management-company-plans-to-raise-1-billion-115082400377_1.html |work=Business Standard |date=24 August 2015}}</ref> He was also the inaugural CEO of Tamil Nadu Infrastructure Development Board and chairman of the Fifth Tamil Nadu State Finance Commission.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fifth State Finance Commission constituted |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/fifth-state-finance-commission-constituted/article6660812.ece |work=The Hindu |date=4 December 2014 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref name="a"/>

==Activities undertaken as secretary==

He oversees critical initiatives such as:

*The India Semiconductor Mission and enactment of the [[Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023|Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act]] and the [[Information Technology Rules, 2021|Digital India Act]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Anoop |first1=Verma |title=S Krishnan, named MeitY secy, will oversee implementation of semiconductor mission, DPDP Act |url=https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/digital-india/s-krishnan-named-meity-secy-will-oversee-implementation-of-semiconductor-mission-dpdp-act/103286359 |work=ETGovernment.com |date=1 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
*Scaling up indigenous electronics production and the [[Artificial intelligence in India#IndiaAI Mission and compute facility|India AI Mission]] to create a scalable AI-compute ecosystem.<ref>{{cite news |title=India open to sharing AI models with Global South, says MeitY secretary S Krishnan |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/technology/india-open-to-sharing-ai-models-with-global-south-says-meity-secretary-s-krishnan-article-13327141.html |access-date=23 August 2025 |work=moneycontrol.com |date=25 July 2025}}</ref>
* Increasing value addition in electronics within India. (mobile phones domestic value addition, targeting growth from ~20% to 35–40%)<ref>{{cite news |title=India should go up the value chain in electronics components manufacturing: MeitY Secy |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/electronics/india-should-go-up-the-value-chain-in-electronics-components-manufacturing-meity-secy/articleshow/106127439.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=19 December 2023}}</ref>
* Launch of silicon photonics R&D and products at [[IIT Madras]], including the [[Centre of Excellence]] for [[Silicon Photonics]] (CoE‑CPPICS), Fiber-Array Unit attachment tools, and a [[quantum random number generator]] (QRNG) module deployed at SETS Chennai.<ref>{{cite news |title=Silicon photonics products indigenously developed at CoE-CPPICS IIT Madras launched |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/silicon-photonics-products-indigenously-developed-at-coe-cppics-iit-madras-launched/article69533930.ece |work=BusinessLine |publisher=[[The Hindu]] |date=3 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>
*Commissioning of the NIELIT Centre of Excellence in Chip Design at Noida to conduct VLSI & chip-design research and training.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shri. S. Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, inaugurates NIELIT Centre of Excellence in Chip Design at Noida |url=https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2099967 |work=pib.gov.in |publisher=[[Press Information Bureau]] |date=5 February 2025}}</ref>
*Encouraging accessible digital opportunity through multilingual technologies such as [[Bhashini]] and [[internationalized domain names]] (IDNs).<ref>{{cite news |title=Inclusion in technology access must be prioritised: MeitY secy S Krishnan |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/inclusion-in-technology-access-must-be-prioritised-meity-secy-s-krishnan/articleshow/119643728.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=28 March 2025}}</ref>
* Emphasizing collaboration among government, industry, and academia to accelerate India’s tech progress.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meity secretary calls for greater collaboration among govt, industry, academia |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meity-secretary-calls-for-greater-collaboration-among-govt-industry-academia/articleshow/122119542.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=28 June 2025}}</ref>

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