Nalini Netto

Nalini Netto
Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala
In office
April 2017  August 2017
GovernorP. Sathasivam
Chief MinisterPinarayi Vijayan
Preceded byS. M. Vijayanand IAS
Succeeded byDr. K. M. Abraham IAS
Personal details
Born (1957-08-19) 19 August 1957
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
SpouseDesmond Netto IPS
Alma materUniversity of Kerala
OccupationBureaucrat

Nalini Netto is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service. She served as State Chief Secretary and took office on 1 April 2017, from incumbent S. M. Vijayanand. She is the 42nd head and 4th women head of the state bureaucracy. Before becoming the chief secretary she had been in the post of Chief Electoral Officer and Home secretary. Nalini Netto was in news when she filed a case against the Transport minister Neelalohithadasan Nadar in 2000 when she was the Transport Secretary.