Raju Narayana Swamy took over as Chairman of the Coconut Development Board on Wednesday.
He has held several posts including Agriculture Production Commissioner and Principal Secretary (Agriculture), Kerala Government; Director of Fisheries and of Collegiate Education; Managing Director of Marketing Federation; and Commissioner in the Civil Supplies Department.
Recently, he was the International Observer for the Zimbabwe General Election.
Swamy is a 1991 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer and a graduate in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT, Madras.
He also holds a post-graduate Diploma in IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) from the National Law School, Bengaluru and also has a professional diploma in Public Procurement from the World Bank.