Mr. IYR Krishna Rao is an IAS Officer of the 1979 Batch and a man endowed with
humanism and concern for the less privileged. During his career he worked for
transparency in administration simplification of procedures and a concern for the less
endowed.
Shri Rao worked as Collector, Khammam, Nalgonda Districts and was in the Finance
Department for a period of 5 years in different capacities and 2 years as Executive
Officer, TTD, as CCLA for a period of 1 year and finally retired as the Chief Secretary of
the State of Andhra Pradesh.
Shri Rao has served in the Government of Andhra Pradesh on various vital horizons like Finance, Agriculture Marketing, Endowments, Lands Administration and retired as chief secretary of Andhra Pradesh in Jan 2016. He has been instrumental in setting up the goals and structure of the development of AP (new state).