Nalini Netto
Nalini Netto | |
|---|---|
| Chief Secretary, Government of Kerala | |
| In office April 2017 – August 2017 | |
| Governor | P. Sathasivam |
| Chief Minister | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Preceded by | S. M. Vijayanand IAS |
| Succeeded by | Dr. K. M. Abraham IAS |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 August 1957 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Spouse | Desmond Netto IPS |
| Alma mater | University of Kerala |
| Occupation | Bureaucrat |
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.