Chennai Port Trust gets new boss

By G Saravanan

Published in The New Indian Express, Chennai, on Aug 18, 2010:

CHENNAI: Ending the 13-month vacancy for the post of the Chennai Port Trust’s (CPT) permanent chairman, the Government of India on Tuesday appointed Atulya Misra, an IAS officer belonging to the Tamil Nadu cadre, to head the 130-year-old port often referred to as the ‘Gateway of South India.’

According to a release, Atulya Misra has been appointed for a period of five years.

However, his appointment to the post will be subject to the final outcome of the ongoing court case W P No 12259/09 in the Delhi High Court, the release stated.

He has been serving as Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Transport Department since May 2009.

Atulya Misra had also held posts like Member Secretary of Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) and Commissioner of Sugar and Chairman and Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Sugar Corporation Limited.

According to details available on Misra’s facebook page, he completed his schooling from The Scindia School and graduated from the Hindu College, Delhi.

It may be pointed out here that since the term of the then chairman K Suresh was not extended in May 2009, the deputy chairman of the port trust Capt Subhash Kumar took over as acting chairman of the port on June 30 last year.

Since then, Capt. Kumar had been discharging the duties of both the deputy chairman and chairman (in charge).