Captain Manivannan Ponnaia
Captain Manivannan Ponnaia | |
|---|---|
Manivannan Ponnaia | |
| IAS from Karnataka [1] | |
| Assumed office 7 September 1998 | |
| Captain at Indian Army [2] | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2014 | |
| Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation [3] | |
| In office 1999–2006 | |
| Commissioner of the Shivamogga[4] | |
| In office 2007–2010 | |
| Managing Director of BESCOM [5] | |
| In office 2010–2013 | |
| "Chief Project Officer" for KSHIP[6] | |
| In office 2013–2018 | |
| Managing Director of KUWSDB [7] | |
| In office 2015–2018 | |
| Secretary of State for Social Welfare Department [8] | |
| In office 2016–2017 | |
| Secretary of State for Department of Information and Public Relations | |
| In office 2017–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 November 1972 TamilNadu, Madurai, India |
| Spouse(s) | Salma Fahim |
| Children | two |
| Residence | Bengaluru, Karnatka, India |
Manivannan Ponnaiah, a senior Indian Administrative Service officer, is pursuing his Mid-career Masters in Public administration at Harvard University. He is an officer in the Indian state of Karnataka and best known as a transparent administration officer who installed CCTVs in his chamber and made their feed online- 100% Transparency [9] and the drive against unauthorized constructions, violations of building laws, and illegal encroachments that brought him the sobriquet “Demolition Man”. And it is precisely that reputation that has had politicians, developers and other land sharks in Mysore served 20 years in Indian Administrative Services and exposed corruption in the departments he was posted in.[10][11]
He is a whistleblower of several scams that took place under OBC Hostels, Social welfare department ,as a Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC) demolition of unauthorized structures Manivannan got transfer letter to his hands as a result of this The Dharma Singh Government has bowed to pressure from the public to retain P. Manivannan.[12]
Career[edit]
He is a 1998 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka Cadre. He has been repeatedly transferred by various state governments in his cadre of Karnataka after he exposed corruption in the departments he was posted in, he has got transferred 15 times in his 18 years service! In some cases, he was shifted out after a mere three months. In one instance, he served as DC Uttara Kannada district for a paltry 13 days.[13] [14][15][16]
Positions held[edit]
- Commissioner of the Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation (HDMC)
- Member-secretary of the Karnataka state pollution control board
- District Commissioner of Mysore
- Commissioner for Sericulture development and director of Sericulture
- Managing director of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company (BESCOM)
- Chief Project Officer Karnataka State Highway Development Project (KSHDP)
- Secretary, Social Welfare Department at Government of Karnataka
- Secretary, Information and Public Relations at Government of Karnataka
Honours, awards[edit]
P Manivannan bagged the Namma Bengalurean of the Year award in the year 2013 [17] [18]
References/Notes and references[edit]
- ↑ "IAS Details". DPAR Karnataka. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ↑ "Manivannan joins Territorial Army". TOI. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
- ↑ "`Demolition man' sets an example". thehindu. Retrieved 29 Aug 2005.
- ↑ "Manivannan moved to Shimoga as DC". timesofindia. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
- ↑ "No IAS officer is this transparent". bangalor emirror. Retrieved 1 Feb 2011.
- ↑ "Social media route to save highway trees". Deccan herald. Retrieved 24 Mar 2014.
- ↑ "Karnataka water supply body sets up control room to help affected in Chennai". uni india. Retrieved 3 Dec 2015.
- ↑ "What went into organising the Ambedkar Conference". Bengaluru citizenmatters. Retrieved 7 Aug 2017.
- ↑ "P Manivannan: Mr Transparent". thesundayindian. Retrieved 18 Dec 2011.
- ↑ "Demolition campaign ends in Hubli". thehindu. Retrieved 28 Jun 2005.
- ↑ "ಕನ್ನಡದ ಖಡಕ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ – ಮಣಿವಣ್ಣನ್. (IAS)". Logical Kannadiga. Retrieved 8 Sep 2017.
- ↑ "Govt. bows to pressure, rescinds transfer". thehindu. Retrieved 25 Jun 2005.
- ↑ "Manivannan moved to Shimoga as DC". timesofindia. Retrieved 13 Mar 2013.
- ↑ "Karnataka Govt Transfers 11 IAS Officers". udayavani. Retrieved 5 Aug 2017.
- ↑ "DC Manivannan transferred". inmysore. Retrieved 22 May 2008.
- ↑ "State govt transfers 24 IAS officers at one go". Deccanherald. Retrieved 22 Jul 2016.
- ↑ "Awards for Bescom MD, TOI journalist". Times of India. Retrieved 17 Mar 2013.
- ↑ "ಮಣಿವಣ್ಣನ್ `ವರ್ಷದ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿಗ'". Prajavani. Retrieved 17 Mar 2013.
External links[edit]
Manivannan IAS Facebook Manivannan IAS on Quora
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