Y. N. Sukthankar | |
Birth Date: | 24 August 1897 |
Death Date: | 16 June 1973 |
Order: | 6th |
Office: | Governor of Odisha |
Term Start: | 31 July 1957 |
Term End: | 15 September 1962 |
Predecessor: | Bhim Sen Sachar |
Successor: | Ajudhia Nath Khosla |
Office1: | 2nd Cabinet Secretary of India |
Term Start1: | 1953 |
Term End1: | 1957 |
Primeminister1: | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Predecessor1: | N. R. Pillai |
Successor1: | M. K. Vellodi |
Nationality: | Indian |
Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar, CIE (24 August 1897 - 16 June 1973)[1] was an Indian civil servant, the second Cabinet Secretary of India and a former Governor of Odisha.
Sukthankar was a member of the Indian Civil Service having completed his education at University of Bombay & University of Cambridge. After completion of his barrister at law in Cambridge, he joined the service on 30 October 1922 - the first batch of native ICS officers.[2] He was a part of the Finance and Commerce Pool, comprising specialist civil servants, that was constituted at the level of the Government of India during the Second World War. Sukthankar was a specialist in international trade[3] and he went on to serve as Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry[4] [5] and as Cabinet Secretary of India from May 14, 1953 to July 31, 1957.[6] He also served as secretary of the Planning Commission of India that formulated India's Second Five Year Plan.[7]
Upon retirement as Cabinet Secretary, he was appointed Governor of Orissa, a post he held from 31 July 1957 till 15 September 1962.[8] [9]