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{{short description|Indian civil servant (1929–2009)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = May 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran
| office = 8th [[List of Governors of Goa|Governor of Goa]]
| predecessor = [[P. C. Alexander]]
| successor = [[J. F. R. Jacob]]
| term_start = 16 January 1998
| term_end = 18 April 1998
| office1 = 7th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]]
| predecessor1 = [[Amar Nath Verma]]
| successor1 = [[Narinder Nath Vohra|N. N. Vohra]]
| prime_minister = [[I. K. Gujral]]
| prime_minister1 = [[H. D. Devegowda]]
| term_start1 = 12 June 1996
| term_end1 = 30 June 1997
| office2 = [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary of Karnataka]]
| term_start2 = December 1983
| term_end2 = October 1987
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata3 = [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
| birth_name = Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran
| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|04|14}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2009|09|12|1929|04|14}}
| birth_place = [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />(now, [[Karnataka]], [[India]])
| spouse = 1 (wife)
| children = 2
| death_place = [[Bangalore]], [[Karnataka]], India
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]] (2005)
| appointer = [[President of India]] {{small|(then, [[K. R. Narayanan]])}}
| president = K. R. Narayanan
| 4blankname = Chief Minister
| 4namedata = [[Pratapsingh Rane]]
}}

'''Tumkur Ramaiah Satishchandran''' (14 April 1929<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://ienblc.org/personality/chandan.HTM|title=T R Satish Chandran|website=[[Institution of Engineers (India)]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025219/http://ienblc.org/personality/chandan.HTM|archive-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> – 12 September 2009) was a [[Padma Bhushan]]–winning 1953 batch<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/28184/satishchandran-civil-servant-model-kind.html|title=Satishchandran: Civil servant of a model kind|last=Jairaj|first=K.|date=October 1, 2009|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|oclc=185061134|access-date=July 30, 2024}}</ref> [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer of [[Karnataka]] cadre, who served as the [[Governor of Goa]] and also served as the 7th [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India]], the [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of Karnataka and [[Secretary to Government of India|Power Secretary]] of India.

== Education ==
Satishchandran had a [[Honours degree|graduate honours]] ([[Bachelor of Science|BSc honours]]) degree in [[physics]] from [[University of Mysore|Mysore University]],<ref name=":0"/> a [[postgraduate diploma]] in [[electrical engineering]] from [[Indian Institute of Science|Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore]],<ref name=":0" /> and a degree in [[Social Administration|social administration]] from the [[London School of Economics]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==

=== As an IAS officer ===
Satishchandran served in a number of important and key positions in the Government of Karnataka and the [[Government of India]] including [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of Karnataka|Karnataka]], Secretary (Industries), Director (Industries) and [[District collector (India)|deputy commissioner and district magistrate]] of [[List of districts of Karnataka|districts]] in the [[Google|Karnataka government]];<ref name=":0" /> and as the [[Secretary to Government of India|Union Power Secretary]], a [[Secretary to Government of India|secretary]] in the [[Cabinet Secretariat (India)|Cabinet Secretariat]], Advisor (Energy) in the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]], director of the National Institute of Community Development and as a director in the now-erstwhile Ministry of Community Development in the [[Indian government]].<ref name=":0" />

==== Power Secretary of India ====
Satishchandran was appointed the Power Secretary of India by the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] (ACC); during his tenure as secretary in the now-erstwhile Ministry of Energy, Satishchandran was elected the president of [[World Energy Conference]],<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/signposts/story/19831015-t.r.-satish-chandran-elected-president-of-world-energy-conference-771101-2013-07-18|title=T.R. Satish Chandran elected president of World Energy Conference|date=October 15, 1983|website=[[India Today]]|publisher=[[Aroon Purie]]|issn=0254-8399|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> a first for an Indian.<ref name=":1" />

==== Chief Secretary of Karnataka ====
Satishchandran was appointed the [[Chief secretary (India)|Chief Secretary]] of [[Government of Karnataka|Karnataka]] by the [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister of Karnataka]]; he assumed the office of chief secretary in December 1983,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/karnataka-chief-secretary-set-to-get-an-extended-fourmonth-term/article4820537.ece|title=Karnataka Chief Secretary set to get an extended four-month term|last=Rajendran|first=S.|date=June 17, 2013|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=August 9, 2018|publisher=[[N. Ram]]|publication-place=[[Bangalore]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119}}</ref> and demitted it—whilst simultaneously retiring from service—in October 1987, after getting an extension of service from the [[Government of India]] of six months,<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> following a request by the then-[[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Karnataka chief minister]], [[Ramakrishna Hegde]],<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> thus serving as the state's top bureaucrat for almost four years.

=== Post-IAS ===
After his retirement from the Indian Administrative Service, Satishchandran was appointed the director of [[Institute for Social and Economic Change]];<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2004/01/10/stories/2004011001341702.htm|title=S.L. Rao is ISEC Chairman|date=January 10, 2004|website=[[Business Line]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]|author=((Our Bureau))|issn=0971-7528|oclc=456162874|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> Satishchandran was later elevated to the position of the institute's chairperson.<ref name=":3" />

==== Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India ====
Satishchandran was appointed by [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]], [[H. D. Deve Gowda]], through the [[Appointments Committee of the Cabinet]] (ACC), as his [[Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India|principal secretary]];<ref name=":1" /> Satishchandran assumed the office of principal secretary in June 1996,<ref name="PMO PS TO PM">{{Cite web|url=http://www.pmindia.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/list-of-prlsecy-to-PM-along-with-their-tenure.pdf|title=List of Principal Secretaries to PM along with their Tenures|website=[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref> and demitted it in June 1997.<ref name="PMO PS TO PM" />

==== Governor of Goa ====
Satishchandran was appointed the [[List of governors of Goa|Governor of Goa]] by the [[President of India]] in January 1998,<ref name=":1" /> succeeding another former [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS officer]] [[P. C. Alexander]]; Satishchandran resigned from the position of the state of Goa's governor in April 1998, after a change in government.<ref name=":1" />

== Death ==
Satishchandran died of an illness on 12 September 2009.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/T.R.-Satish-Chandran-dead/article16513237.ece|title=T.R. Satish Chandran dead|date=September 12, 2009|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=August 9, 2018|publisher=[[N. Ram]]|publication-place=[[Bangalore]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119}}</ref> On Satishchandran's death, former [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]], [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] said, "I am deeply saddened and shocked to learn about the passing away of Mr Satish Chandran";<ref name=":4" /> whereas the then-[[leader of opposition]] in [[Karnataka Legislative Council]], V. S. Ugrappa said that the best way to pay tribute to a visionary such as Satishchandran was to follow the examples set by them.<ref name=":4" /> The council observed a minute's silence in the memory of Satishchandran and S. Rudrappa, a freedom fighter and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|member of Karnataka legislative assembly]], who also died in 2009.<ref name=":4" />

== Honours ==
* Satishchandran was conferred the ''[[Padma Bhushan]]'', India's third highest civilian honour, for [[civil service]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelcontent.aspx?relid=6751|title=Press Note : 96 Persons receive Padma Awards this year|date=January 25, 2005|website=[[Press Information Bureau]], [[Government of India]]|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/26/stories/2005012610660400.htm|title=10 from State figure in Padma awards list|date=January 25, 2005|website=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[N. Ram]]|author=((Our Special Correspondent))|publication-place=[[Bangalore]]|issn=0971-751X|oclc=13119119|access-date=August 9, 2018}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/padma-awards-2005/226328|title=Padma Awards 2005|date=January 25, 2005|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|access-date=August 9, 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [http://ienblc.org/personality/chandan.HTM Profile by Institution of Engineers (India)]

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