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Parameswaran Iyer
Parameswaran Iyer | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 April 1959 Srinagar |
| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | The Doon School St. Stephen's College, Delhi |
| Occupation | Civil Servant |
| Known for | Leading the Swachh Bharat Mission |
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.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[4]
Early life[edit]
Iyer was born in Srinagar and his father was an Indian Air Force officer.[5] He was educated at The Doon School in Dehradun, and then attended St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[6] He then got a one-year exchange scholarship at Davidson College in North Carolina.[7]
Career[edit]
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.[8] He has been a columnist with the Indian Express.[9]
Swacch Bharat Mission[edit]
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.[10] Iyer's modus operandi to achieve the strict goals under the mission (building 110 million toilets in 5 years) was unconventional and "non-bureaucratic".[1]
In 2020, Iyer resigned from the position and returned to the United States to join the World Bank and be close to his family.[11]
Bibliography[edit]
- Iyer, Parameswaran. Method in the Madness. Harper Collin. ISBN 978-9390327560.[12]
- Iyer, Parameswaran (2019). The Swachh Bharat Revolution: Four Pillars of India's Behavioural Transformation. Harper Collin. ISBN 978-9353572679.[13]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dhingra, Sanya (January 31, 2021). "Parameswaran Iyer, Modi's IAS man for Swachh Bharat, reveals how the mission was achieved".
- ↑ "How Swachh Bharat Mission's Parameswaran Iyer Got His Dream Job". www.news18.com. February 26, 2021.
- ↑ "Parameswaran Iyer". World Economic Forum.
- ↑ Chitravanshi, Ruchika (July 27, 2020). "Modi's Swachh Bharat man, Param Iyer calls it a day as sanitation secy" – via Business Standard.
- ↑ Bamzai, Kaveree (October 6, 2019). "Modi's favourite Parameswaran Iyer belongs to the cult of super IAS officers like TN Seshan".
- ↑ December 20, Raj Chengappa New Delhi; December 30, 2019 ISSUE DATE; December 23, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 16:12. "The Swachh Yogi". India Today.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ Iyer 2021, p.1
- ↑ "Parameswaran Iyer | Indian Economy". indianeconomy.columbia.edu.
- ↑ "Parameswaran Iyer". October 30, 2019.
- ↑ Sharma, Aman. "Modi trump card behind swachh mission, says former secretary Parameswaran Iyer" – via The Economic Times.
- ↑ "Swachh Bharat key player Parameshwaran Iyer quits government". July 27, 2020 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ↑ "Method in the Madness". HarperCollins Publishers India.
- ↑ "The Swachh Bharat Revolution". HarperCollins Publishers India.