V. J. Kurian

V.J.Kurian IAS
Born (1957-02-23) 23 February 1957
Kottayam, Kerala, India
Residence Kochi, Kerala, India
Occupation Addl. Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala and Managing Director, Cochin International Airport.
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s) Mariamma Kurian
Children Two
Parent(s) V.J.Joseph, Aleykutty Joseph

Vattavayalil Joseph Kurian is the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala in India and the Managing Director of Cochin International Airport. He belongs to the 1983 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Kerala cadre.

Personal life

V. J. Kurian was born to V. J. Joseph, Vattavayalil House and Aleykutty Joseph, Pamblani House at Palai in Kottayam District, Kerala. He is married to Mariamma Kurian and has one son and one daughter. V. Joseph Thomas is his brother. He currently lives in Cochin, Kerala and serves as the Managing Director of the Cochin International Airport Limited.[1] Under his leadership, the airport won the distinction of being the world's first solar powered airport[2][3][4]

Education

He has a Master's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[5]

Career

He joined the Kerala cadre of the Indian Administrative Service in 1983 and has held various positions in the bureaucracy. Notably, he has been the Managing Director(MD) of 'Oushadhi' a state run pharma company, Spices board Chairman and MD of Roads and Bridges Corporation. He was the collector of Ernakulam where his role was instrumental in setting up the first Public Private Partnership airport of India, Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL).[6][7] He has had three terms as the MD of CIAL.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "CIAL". cial.aero. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  2. ↑ Menon, Supriya (2015-10-09). "How is the world's first solar powered airport faring?". BBC News. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  3. ↑ Balachandran, Manu. "Kerala, India has the world's first solar-powered airport". Quartz. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  4. ↑ Mullen, Jethro. "The first world's first solar-powered airport is in Cochin, India". CNNMoney. Retrieved 2018-02-11.
  5. ↑ "IAS Officers' Civil List Information System". civillist.ias.nic.in. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  6. ↑ "Kurian's Cochin airport success story is B-school case study nowShaju Philip - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
  7. ↑ "A Perfect Landing". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2016-05-30.
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