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Dr K Jayakumar

Education

Dr Jayakumar did his graduation in B.E. (Mech. Engineering.) from Madras University, and his post graduation from IIT Madras in M. Tech. (Management). He has a P.G.Diploma. RT&M from Institute of Rail Transport, Delhi; P.G. Ind. Dev. From Delft University, Holland and is a PhD from Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu. He is a M.I.E of Institute of Engineers and Member of the International Institute of Law, Delhi.

Political Career An active member of the Indian National Congress since 1977, he was a Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee from 1998 – 2002. Dr Jayakumar became a member of the AICC in 1996, and is a member of the AICC National Advisory Council on SC/ST.

Dr Jayakumar was the Congress candidate for Lok Sabha elections from Rasipuram in 1996 and Sriperumbudur in 1998, and secured the highest and second highest votes among Congress candidates in these elections respectively.

He was a MLA from Namakkal in the Tamil Nadu Assembly for two terms from 2011 – 2011. During his term, he singlehandedly obtained a waiver of loans upto Rs 80 crores for people from weaker sections of society from TAHDCO, a state government organisation. Namakkal being a drought prone area, Dr Jayakumar implemented an Rs 125 crore government integrated drinking water scheme to eradicate water scarcity.

Dr Jayakumar was the founding member of the National SC/ST Officers Forum in 1990 that addressed issues pertaining to the development of weaker sections with the government and other agencies. He was instrumental in bringing about the 77th Amendment to the Constitution to nullify the adverse impact on weaker sections of society by the Supreme Court judgement on Mandal Commission Report. He secured a reservation for SC, ST and OBCs in the Central Government quota for admission in state government medical colleges through entrance examinations.

Current Responsibilities

Dr Jayakumar is an AICC Secretary since July 2004.

Other Interests

An able administrator, eloquent orator and effective organiser, Dr Jayakumar has been a senior bureaucrat for 27 years in government organisations. He started as a senior manager in EXIM Bank, subsequently General Manager for National SC&ST Fin. & Dev. Corporation, and rose to be its Director as well as Director for National Insurance Company. During his term as GM and Director of NSFDC, he introduced unique and innovative schemes to enable individuals from weaker sections establish projects with investment up to Rs 130 lakhs per project.

His specialisation is in finance, economics and industrial development; higher education and skill development; poverty alleviation and social development. He was selected as banking expert for African Development Bank, Ivory Coast in 1990.