Achyut Madhav Gokhale

Indian civil servant (1946–2021)

Achyut Madhav Gokhale
Born	3 January 1946 India
Died	18 April 2021(2021-04-18) (aged 75) Pune
Alma mater	University of Mumbai
Occupation	IAS officer
Employer	Government of India
Organization	Indian Administrative Service
Awards	Padma Shri

Achyut Madhav Gokhale (3 January 1946 – 18 April 2021) was an Indian civil servant (former Indian Administrative Service officer), writer and a former Secretary to the Government of India at the Ministry of Non Conventional Energy Sources, known for his contributions towards the government initiatives such as Village Development Boards and Jawahar Rozgar Yojana.^[1]

Biography

He was an executive director of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation,^{[citation needed]} a former Chief Secretary of the state of Nagaland^[2] and a former chairman of the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests.^[3] Born on 3 January 1946, Gokhale graduated with a degree in physics from the University of Mumbai in 1965, entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1968 from the Nagaland cadre and served various government offices until his superannuation in January 2006.^[4] During his tenure with the Government of Nagaland, he is known to have launched a people's programme, Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPED), which had reported success in getting the involvement of the people of Nagaland.^[5] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri in 1990.^[6]

Gokhale died on 18 April 2021, aged 75, due to COVID-19.^[7]

References

^ "Foreword by Padmashree Achyut Gokhale". Aneesh Books. 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ "Nagaland ex-CS Gokhale visits Bamboo Resource Center". Web India 123. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "India gives go-ahead to GM crops". New Scientist. 28 March 2002. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "Change Makers profile". Change Makers. 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
^ "Nagas revere this bureaucrat from the mainland". India Together. 23 May 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
^ "Former Nagaland chief secretary AM Gokhale passes away; Neiphiu Rio condoles his demise". Northeast Now News. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 18 April 2021.