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A retired IAS officer from UP cardre, T.S.R. Subramanian had his primary education in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu and college education in Kolkata, West Bengal. He then obtaines a diploma from the Imperial college of Science in London, and later a Masters degree from Harvard University. He joined the IAS in 1961. after working in a series of field assignments, he moved into posts in the state secretariat at Lucknow and had stints in the Commerce and Textile ministries of the Government of India at New Delhi. He was chief secretary of U.P. in the period immediately after the Babri Masjid incident. He rose to the post of Cabinet Secretary in Government of India, the highest civil service position in the government, and worked under three prime ministers in this capacity. TSR has also worked for five years as senior adviser in the International Trade Centre, Geneva, a U.N. Organization. Currently he can be spotted frequently on a golf course.