Madhavan Nambiar specializes in the policy and practice of infrastructure development innovation ecosystems for emerging technologies and industries and the design and management of Government-Industry partnerships.
His 36 years record of Public Service as an Officer of the Indian Administrative Service culminating in his appointment as Secretary to the Government of India at the Ministry of Civil Aviation has seen policy programme and regulatory work across key infrastructure and industrial sectors Following his tenure in public service Mr. Nambiar’s work in the private sector has focused on strengthening enterprise governance in technology finance healthcare and aviation sectors.
As Secretary, Civil Aviation, Mr. Nambiar led the redevelopment of India’s largest airports at Delhi and Mumbai in doing so he directed the design and deployment of some of India’s largest public-private infrastructure projects The core financial and coordination frameworks he helped formulate for this effort helped establish the national policy standard As Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Tamil Nadu State Government’s apex industrial development agency TIDCO Mr Nambiar conceptualized and commissioned the State’s first Public Private Toll Road Project Information Technology Park and Biotechnology Park. Mr Nambiar has also developed policy ecosystems for innovation in emerging technologies and industries At the Department of Information Technology Government of India he led the formulation of India’s first Semiconductor Policy (and accompanying programmes) Policy Development for Electronics Hardware Manufacturing the reworking of National Law and Regulation to facilitate a growing IT industry and the establishment of India’s first National Cyber Security and Emergency Response Agency (CERT-IN).
Mr Nambiar is the Advisor to Executive Chairman Tata Sons. As Chairman of the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala IIITM-K, he has helped establish the Institute’s Advanced Electronics Manufacturing Start-Up Incubator ‘Maker Village’. He is an Independent Director of Tamil Nadu Industrial Development Corporation (TIDCO). He is also the Independent Director of Larsen Toubro, Rediff,.com Loyal Textiles Limited and Kannur International Airport Limited. He taught public policy for several years at the School of International Public Affairs (SIPA), Columbia University. He was also a Fellow at the Judge Business School’s Entrepreneurship Centre at the University of Cambridge. He is a Member of the Advisory Board at the School of Systems and Enterprises at the Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey.
Mr. Nambiar holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Faculty of Management Studies Delhi and a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from Loyola College, Madras University