Service Uninterrupted - 16 Dec 2022

Discussion on the theme of the book

DEC

16

Service Uninterrupted: Memoirs of M.M.Rajendran

FRIDAY

6.00 PM, MMA Management Center

2022

M M RAJENDRAN, IAS (RETD) JUSTICE R SURESH KUMAR

Dr T V SOMANATHAN, IAS

MADRAS HIGH COURT

FINANCE SECRETARY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

H.H. NAWAB MOHAMMED ABDUL ALI PRINCE OF ARCOT, CHENNAI

MALLIKA SRINIVASAN

P SHANKAR, IAS (RETD)

TAFE LTD

FORMER CHIEF SECRETARY, TN & FORMER CHIEF VIGILANCE COMMISSIONER

AUTHOR & FORMER GOVERNOR OF ODISHA

SYNOPSIS

Mr M M Rajendran joined the IAS in 1957 as the topper of his batch and served with distinction in several key positions in Tamil Nadu, and subsequently as Joint Secretary in Government of India, developed the successful Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme which is now implemented nationwide. He was on the UNICEF Executive Board, Vice-Chairman of its Programme Committee and was a Senior Advisor in the UNICEF Headquarters in New York. On his return to the State, he became Chief Secretary of the State.

The book provides a detailed account of the author’s five eventful years as the Governor of Orissa.

He began his tenure in a turbulent time when the State was reeling under the impact of an unprecedented supercyclone the like of which Orissa had never experienced before and the State Government itself became rudderless. He fulfilled the mandate given to him by the Prime Minister to proactively guide the State Government particularly in organizing relief and rehabilitation work.

The author also illustrates how a Governor, as Chancellor of the Universities, could modernize and insulate them from political interference. If this book, at least in a small way, makes it known to the people of the country and may be even to present Governors, how Governors can function effectively even within constitutional limits without just being figureheads, it would have more than served its purpose.

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Registration & High Tea

6:00 PM

Welcome Address

Mr Suresh Raman President, MMA & Vice President & Regional Head Tata Consultancy Services Chennai

Launch of the book "Service Uninterrupted" by the Chief Guest & present a copy to Dignitaries

Hon'ble Mr Justice R Suresh Kumar Madras High Court

PROGRAMME

5:15 PM

Address by the Chief Guest Discussion on the theme of the book

Mr M M Rajendran, IAS (Retd) Author & Former Governor of Odisha H.H. Nawab Mohammed Abdul Ali Prince of Arcot, Chennai Ms Mallika Srinivasan Chairman & Managing Director, TAFE Ltd Mr P Shankar, IAS (Retd) Former Chief Secretary of Tamilnadu & Former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Kalaimamani Dr Cheyon, I.B.S. (R) Publisher of the Tamil Edition, Former Director, All India Radio & Founder Secretary, Mylai Thiruvalluvar Tamil Sangam, Chennai

Special Address (virtual)

Dr T V Somanathan, IAS Finance Secretary, Government of India

Q&A 7:30 PM

Vote of Thanks

Gp Capt R Vijayakumar (Retd), VSM Executive Director, Madras Management Association

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