V. J. Kurian

Vattavayalil Joseph Kurian was the Additional Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala in India and the Managing Director of Cochin International Airport. He belongs to the 1983 batch of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Kerala cadre.

V. J. Kurian
Born (1957-02-23) 23 February 1957
Kottayam, Kerala, India
OccupationFormer Addl. Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala

Managing Director, Cochin International Airport.

Managing Director, Kerala inland waterways
Years active1983–present
Spouse(s)Mariamma Kurian
ChildrenTwo
Parent(s)V.J.Joseph, Aleykutty Joseph

Personal life

V. J. Kurian was born to V. J. Joseph, Vattavayalil House and Aleykutty Joseph, Pamblani House at Edamattom, Palai in Kottayam District, Kerala. He is married to Mariamma Kurian and has one son and one daughter. V. Joseph Thomas IPS is his elder brother. He currently lives in Cochin, Kerala and serves as the Managing Director of the Cochin International Airport Limited.[1] Under his leadership, the airport won the distinction of being the world's first solar powered airport[2][3][4] He received champion of the earth award from UN for contributions to the field of sustainable energy

Education

He has a Master's degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi.[5]

Career

He joined the Kerala cadre of the Indian Administrative Service in 1983 and has held various positions in the bureaucracy. Notably, he has been the Managing Director(MD) of 'Oushadhi' a state run pharma company, Spices board Chairman and MD of Roads and Bridges Development Corporation Kerala. He was the collector of Ernakulam where his role was instrumental in setting up the first Public Private Partnership airport of India, Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL).[6][7] He has had three terms as the MD of CIAL[1] and was awarded the prestigious M. K. K. Nair Award[8] in 2017.[9]

References
  1. "CIAL". cial.aero. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  2. Menon, Supriya (9 October 2015). "How is the world's first solar powered airport faring?". BBC News. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  3. Balachandran, Manu. "Kerala, India has the world's first solar-powered airport". Quartz. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. Mullen, Jethro. "The first world's first solar-powered airport is in Cochin, India". CNNMoney. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  5. "IAS Officers' Civil List Information System". civillist.ias.nic.in. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  6. "Kurian's Cochin airport success story is B-school case study nowShaju Philip - Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  7. "A Perfect Landing". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 30 May 2016.
  8. "M K K Nair Award for V J Kurian | Destination Kerala". www.destination-kerala.com. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. "Honour for V. J. Kurien". The Hindu. Special Correspondent. 31 October 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 20 June 2020.CS1 maint: others (link)
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