Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India

Born in 1959, Dr. K.P. Krishnan studied Economics at St. Stephens College and Law at the Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi. In 2002, he obtained his PhD in Economics from IIM Bangalore. He joined the Indian Administrative Service in 1983, and has served in various positions in the Government of Karnataka, Government of India and World Bank.

Before becoming Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, he served as Special Secretary in the Department of Land Resources, Additional Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Secretary on the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, and Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.

Dr. Krishnan has authored a number of reports on the Indian financial sector and published many academic papers, primarily on urban development and financial sector issues. In 2012, he held the Bok Visiting Professorship focusing on Indian Capital Market Regulation, at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

In 2017, Dr. Krishnan received the Distinguished Alumni Award of IIM Bangalore.

He is a keen trekker, golfer and swimmer. He is a member of the Indian Mountaineering Foundation (which is by invitation only). He and his wife Sudha, who is also a senior government servant, have two children.