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Sudeep Jain

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Education:

    • B.E. (Hons) Electrical & Electronics Engineering from BITS, Pilani
    • M.B.A. (Marketing/Finance) from JNV University, Jodhpur
    • Hubert Humphrey Fellow from University of Washington, USA
    • Pursuing PhD from llT Madras on lnterplay of Technology and Policy in Solar Energy

An IAS officer of 1994 batch, Sudeep has held numerous challenging assignments with the Government of Tamil Nadu including Sub Collector/Collector of various districts,  City Commissioner, Monoging Director: Electronics Corporation of Tamil Nadu, Monaging Director: Tamil Nadu lndustrial Explosives, Member Secretary: Sports Development  Authority of Tamil Nadu, Specral Officer: Entrepreneurship Development lnstitute, Choirmon & Managing Director: Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency, Sr Deputy Election  Commissioner, Election Commission of lndia, etc. He is currently working as AdditionalSecretary, MNRE.

Achievements:

  • As SeniorDeputy Election Commissioner at Election Commission of lndia since June 2015 to Dec 2021- he was incharge of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during when he oversaw ramping up of production capacities at ECIL and BEL to manufacture 40 lakh machines in one year which was larger than cumulative production of EVMs in last 25 years since introduction of EVMs. He was also incharge of Electoral Roll and lT and brought about revamp of lT architecture significantly strengthening the security while making the entire process most user friendly. He was also DEC incharge for conduct of elections in L0 out of the 29 States. He smoothly managed the toughest electionsof West Bengal and Keralain 2021.
  • He headed the Renewable Energy sector in Tamil Nadu as Chairman and Managing Director, Tamilnodu Energy Developmen tAgency (TEDA). Under his stewordship TEDA become the pioneer in rolling out grid tied solar rooftops with net-metering. TEDA instolled j lokh solor rooftops ond 1 lakh solor streetlights in 4 yeors opart from promoting lorge scale odoption by privote sector.
  • As Managing Director, Tamil Nadulndu striol Explosivesltd., in 2008 in short span of 75 days he turned around the sick company surpassing its highest ever productivity achieved 12 years ago by 52%.
  • lncreased profits ol Electronics Corporotion of Tomil Nadu (ELCOI/ as its Managing Director by 24 times in 2003-2004 while simultaneously working with real estate developers to create additional lT Office Space of 25milllion sq. ft. in Chennai and improving the ranking of Chennoi os lT Destinotion f rom 6th to 2nd by 2005. As MD ELCOT he also won a Notionol e-governance Awdrd in making ELCOT Paperless.
  • Chosen to make a presentation on Good GovernancetoPrime Minister of lndia, in 2005 as District Collector of Dharmapuri.
  • As Collector he designed and managed, Mego Free Rice ond Free Lunch distribution projects covering 3 lakh families for 3 months in the drought hit Nagapattinam District in 2002, and also led a team to create a Guinness World Record in tree plantation at Nagapattinam in Dec 2002.
  • ln Jan 2005 he promoted 8lT Sunomi – a Tsunami Rehabilitation Trust of BITS Pilani Alumni Association which adopted two villages in Nagapattinam for a $1m lntegrated Development Project. Eitsunom,along with District Administration re-wrote the previous6uinness WorldRecord in lree plantation (surpassing it by 3 times) in memory of Tsunami victims globally.
  • He regularly volunteers with Adinath Jain Trust, Chennai in organising mega free Artificial Limb camps which have benefitted 35,000 differenty abled in last 10 years.
  • He won the 525,000 First Prize in the prestigious alniversity of Washington’s Globol Business Plan Competition , in 2007 .
  • Passionately promotes Ultimate Players Association of lndia
  • I ln 2010 as Special Officer, EntrepreneurshipDevelopmentlnstitute he challenged the way entrepreneurship is taught by enrolling 50 students selected from 50 colleges for a month long residential Entrepreneurship Boot Camp at llT Madras in collaboration.
  • As MD TAMIN initiated several measures to turn around the hugely loss making state PSU and achieved operational volits in 2o22-z3,laid the foundation for TAMIN’s entry into Rare Earths by initiating a JV with IREL, and finalised a 4 times expansion cum purification proposal for graphite plant.
  • Joined as Additional Secretary in the Ministry of New & Renewable Energy on 28.11.2023.