T. V. Somanathan
{{Short description|Indian government official}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = T. V. Somanathan, IAS
| image = TV Somanathan IAS.jpg
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1965|05|10}}
| birth_place = Tamil Nadu, India
| nationality = Indian
| alma_mater = Panjab University (BCom) (M.A)
University of Calcutta (PhD Economics)
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (Chartered Accountant)
| office = 33rd Cabinet Secretary of India
| appointer1 = Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
| term_start = 30 August 2024
| term_end =
| primeminister = Narendra Modi
| predecessor = Rajiv Gauba
| successor =
| appointer = Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
| minister1 = Nirmala Sitharaman
| occupation = IAS officer
| office2 = Expenditure Secretary of India
| termstart2 = {{Start date|2019|12|13|df=yes}}
| termend2 = 30 August 2024
| predecessor2 = Girish Chandra Murmu
| office1 = Finance Secretary of India
| termstart1 = {{Start date|2021|04|28|df=yes}}
| termend1 = 30 August 2024
| predecessor1 = Ajay Bhushan Pandey
| successor1 = Tuhin Kanta Pandey
| residence = 12, Mother Teresa Crescent, New Delhi, 110011
}}
T. V. Somanathan (born 10 May 1965) is an Indian bureaucrat and IAS officer who is serving as the Cabinet Secretary of India since 30 August 2024.{{Cite web |title=Senior IAS Officer T V Somanathan Appointed Cabinet Secretary |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/senior-ias-officer-t-v-somanathan-appointed-cabinet-secretary-6308186 |access-date=2024-08-11 |website=NDTV.com}} Before this, he served as the Finance Secretary of India (Department of Expenditure).{{Cite web|title=Business-Standard: Somanathan Appointed as Finance secretary|date=29 April 2021 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/t-v-somanathan-named-finance-secy-in-place-of-ajay-bhushan-pandey-121042900056_1.html}}{{Cite news|title=Economic Times|date=28 April 2021 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/expenditure-secretary-t-v-somanathan-designated-finance-secretary/articleshow/82295758.cms}}{{Cite web|title=NDTV: TV Somanathan appointed as Finance Secretary|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/expenditure-secretary-tv-somanathan-appointed-finance-secretary-2423906}} Prior to this appointment, he served as Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). He also worked as Director at the World Bank Group, Washington D.C., where he initially joined under its Young Professionals Program. He is a 1987 batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre.{{Cite web|title=Dr. T. V Somanathan Executive Record sheet|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?PageId=}}
Education
Somanathan holds a Ph.D. in economics from Calcutta University,{{Cite web|title=Ideas For India|url=https://www.ideasforindia.in/profile/tv.html}}{{Cite web|title=Money Control|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/new-finance-secretary-tv-somanathan-an-articulate-economic-voice-trusted-by-the-top-leadership-6832171.html}} an Executive Development Program diploma from Harvard Business School, Master of Arts and Bachelor of Commerce degrees from Panjab University. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales (FCA), the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, London, the Institute of Chartered Secretaries, London, the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, London, the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and the Institute of Cost Accountants of India. Somanathan has published numerous articles and papers on economics, finance, governance and public policy in academic journals and in the Hindu, Business Standard, Business Line, Indian Express, Fortune India, Yojana, Kurukshetra etc. He also was a [https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/careers/programs-and-internships/young-professionals-program Young Professional for the World Bank Group] (1996).
Career
Somanathan appeared for the 1987 Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) Civil Services Examination and secured an All India Rank of 2nd behind Amir Subhani, who was the topper of the 1987 UPSC Civil Services Examination. Somanathan joined Indian Administrative Service getting posted in the Tamil Nadu Cadre.{{Cite news|title=Chennai’s ‘metro man’ to one of Modi’s most trusted, TV Somanathan is more economist than generalist|publisher= The Print|date= 5 April 2025 |url=https://theprint.in/india/governance/chennais-metro-man-to-one-of-modis-most-trusted-tv-somanathan-is-more-economist-than-generalist/2578154/?amp}}
Somanathan has served in various positions for both the Government of India and the Government of Tamil Nadu, including as Secretary to the Chief Minister, Managing Director of the Chennai Metro Rail Corporation, Principal Secretary in Special Initiatives department and Planning & Development department, Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Additional Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO), Commissioner for Commercial Taxes, Tamil Nadu and served as the Finance Secretary of India.{{Cite web|title=Dept Of Expenditure : Ministry of Finance|url=https://www.doe.gov.in/whoswho/dr-t-v-somanathan}}
= Cabinet Secretary of India =
T.V Somanathan took charge as Cabinet Secretary from Rajiv Gauba on 30 August 2024 after serving as Officer on Special Duty in the Cabinet Secretariat.
Publications
- {{Cite book |last=Somanathan |first=T. V. |title=Derivatives |publisher=McGraw Hill Education |year=1998 |isbn=1108402712}}{{Cite web|title=Amazon|url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-T-V-Somanathan/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AT.+V.+Somanathan}}
- {{Cite book |last=Somanathan |first=T. V. |title=Public Institutions in India Chapter entitled Civil Service An Institutional Perspective |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2005}}
- Somanathan, T. V. & Anantha Nageswaran, V (2015). [https://www.amazon.in/Economics-Derivatives-T-V-Somanathan/dp/1107091500/ref=sr_1_3?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.n1y0MkWAA8K5d6f2N19UDQBC3JK2RnA0jjeXcqIqEDnGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.tUVsukdARYjB_56laNLYLx1ZhbJZ2zeLnEtSEmpVWWs&dib_tag=se&qid=1723277963&s=books&sr=1-3 The Economics of Derivatives, Cambridge University Press].
References
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