Rajeev Sadanandan is a retired IAS officer and bureaucrat from Attingal, Kerala, who has contributed a lot towards Kerala’s rural and health sectors since the mid-1980s. He has been serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Department of Health and Family Welfare since 2016, and his efforts and effective measures towards the eradication of the Nipah virus outbreak in 2018, as well as the Kerala floods a few months later, made him a hero and also earned him the nickname ‘Nipah Rajeev.’
Rajeev Sadanandan – Kerala’s IAS Officer and Bureaucrat
Rajeev Sadanandan hails from Attingal of Thiruvananthapuram district and was born in 1959. After his studies, he started his administrative career as Sub-Collector of Kollam in 1985. Since then, he has worked in various departments of Kerala, and his work has mostly concentrated on health and rural development. He has served as a consultant to various departments and organizations, mostly in the government sector. He served as the District Collector of Malappuram and Thrissur districts during 1994–96. He retired from the government of Kerala in 2019.
Rajeev Sadanandan – Some interesting and lesser-known facts
1. While serving as a collector in the 1990s, he piloted a community-based Self-help group program in Malappuram, which later became the parent to the Kudumbashree program and also the National Rural Livelihood Mission.
2. He published a few works and papers on health and rural development programs.
3. As an administrator and health secretary, his efforts towards the state Government’s primary health care, the control of the Nipah outbreak, and the handling of the 2018 Kerala floods are phenomenal.
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