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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar<br />
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| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], India<br />
| occupation = Energy expert<br>Corporate executive<br>Civil servant<br />
| known for = Energy<br />
| website = {{Url|http://sankartl.in/profile|Website}}<br />
| awards = [[Padma Bhushan]]<br />
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'''Thiruvengadam Lakshman Sankar''' (1928-2014) is an Indian energy expert, civil servant, corporate executive and the former head of Asian Energy Survey of the [[Asian Development Bank]].<ref name="Executive Profile">{{cite web | url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=13448335&privcapId=46477666 | title=Executive Profile | publisher=Bloomberg | date=2016 | access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> He is a former chairman of the Andhra Pradesh Gas Power Corporation Limited and [[Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="Business Leaders">{{cite web | url=http://www.4-traders.com/business-leaders/Lakshman-Sankar-Thiruvengadam-06VJD7-E/biography/ | title=Business Leaders | publisher=4 Traders | date=2016 | access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> Securing his MSc degree in physical chemistry from the [[University of Madras]] and MA degree in development economics from [[Wilson College (Pennsylvania)|Wilson College]], he entered the [[Indian Administrative Service]]<ref name="T. L. Sankar">{{cite web | url=http://zenithenergy.com/zenith/t-l-sankar/ | title=T. L. Sankar | publisher=Zenith Energy | date=2016 | access-date=2 June 2016 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611102639/http://zenithenergy.com/zenith/t-l-sankar/ | archive-date=11 June 2016 }}</ref> where he held positions such as the Secretary of the Fuel Policy Committee from 1970 to 1975 and the Principal Secretary of the Working Group on Energy Policy from 1978 to 1979.<ref name="Sankar, Thiruvengadam on Reuters">{{cite web | url=http://in.reuters.com/finance/stocks/officerProfile?symbol=KSKE.BO&officerId=1122015 | title=Sankar, Thiruvengadam on Reuters | publisher=[[Reuters]] | date=2016 | access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> In 2007, he headed a government committee, popularly known as the ''T. L. Shankar Committee'', which proposed ways of reforming Indian coal sector.<ref name="Shankar panel suggests recast of CIL">{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-business/shankar-panel-suggests-recast-of-cil/article1850203.ece | title=Shankar panel suggests recast of CIL | newspaper=[[The Hindu]] | date=1 June 2007 | access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> He is a non-executive chairman of ''KSK Energy Ventures''<ref name="Statement">{{cite web | url=http://globaldocuments.morningstar.com/documentlibrary/document/3b1cca319a16f7a5.msdoc/original | title=Statement | publisher=Morning Star | date=2016 | access-date=2 June 2016}}</ref> and a [[United Nations]] adviser on Energy to the governments of Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Jamaica, North Korea and Bangladesh. He is a former board member of [[Hindustan Petroleum Corporation]] and a former member of the Integrated Energy Policy Committee of the [[Planning Commission of India]]. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Bhushan]], in 2004, for his contributions to society. He passed on 26.12.2018 which was a tragic day for his family and people who had seen him work al these years. He had three sons - Ravi, Sachin and Nitin Sanker. <ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2016 | access-date=3 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Asian Development Bank]]<br />
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* {{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu79G2zFFJg | title=Retd IAS Officer T.L Sankar , International Oil & Energy Consultant | publisher=Hybiz.tv | work=[[YouTube]] video | date=18 October 2012 | access-date=2 June 2016}}<br />
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