Nalini Netto

Nalini Netto
Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala
In office
April 2017 – August 2017
GovernorP. Sathasivam
Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan
Preceded byS. M. Vijayanand IAS
Succeeded byDr. K. M. Abraham IAS
Personal details
Born (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957 (age 67)
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
SpouseDesmond Netto IPS
Alma materUniversity of Kerala
OccupationBureaucrat

Nalini Netto is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service. She served as State Chief Secretary and took office on 1 April 2017, from incumbent S. M. Vijayanand. She is the 42nd head and 4th women head of the state bureaucracy.[1] Before becoming the chief secretary she had been in the post of Chief Electoral Officer and Home secretary. Nalini Netto was in news when she filed a case against the Transport minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar in 2000 when she was the Transport Secretary.[2]

  1. ^ Correspondent, Special. "Nalini Netto is new Chief Secretary". The Hindu. Retrieved 30 April 2017. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ "Battle Of The Atoms". outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 30 April 2017.