Education

• Opened 120 Rural Schools with active public participation.
• Organized inter school parliament and computer literacy programs.
• Introduced Foster Parent Scheme, Star Schools, Job Oriented Courses.
• Ensured improvement of standards in Tribal Schools.
• Recruited 15,000 teachers and introduced school cluster system.

Pragamtic Approach

His PhD Thesis was implemented by Government of Tamil Nadu to form a new Department for regulating unregistered nursery and matriculation schools.

DISTRICT ADMINISTRATION

• Prevented communal clashes by forming peace committees
• Released and rehabilitated 200 bonded labourers
• Computerized records in 906 villages in Thanjavur District and received commendation from Hon’ble Chief Minister
• Formed grievance redressal cells in all Taluk Offices
• Issued 10,600 house site pattas for the homeless poor
• Braille watches, hearing aids, calipers, etc. to 1500 the   differently abled

• Organized coaching classes for SC/ST Students
• Successfully conducted two Elections (Parliamentary and Assembly)
• 8500 Kisan Credit Cards
• Eye surgery for 900 needy people
• Developed Manora, a historical monument as a tourism destination
• Modernized Saraswathy Mahal Library, Thanjavur

DISASTER MANAGEMENT

Successfully managed both Drought and Flood situations in Thanjavur District,Tsunami Relief,Mobilization of funds for Thane cyclone.

DISTINCTION

“Received the Best Collector Award“
“Raised the performance of Thanjavur District from
20th Position to the 1st position “

RELIGIOUS ENDOWMENT

• Mass marriages for 1000 couples from under-privileged society
• Digitalized temple records
• Retrieved 399 acres from encroachers
• Instrumental for Annathanam Scheme in Temples
• Renovated over 300 temples in SC/ST habitations
• Implemented Nithya Pooja in all remote village temples
• Renovation 120 temples in dilapidated condition
• Kumbhabhishekam (Consecration) in more than 1000 temples
• Rejuvenation Camps for Temple Elephants
• Renovated 100 Temple Tanks
• Renovated / Replaced 500 old Temple Cars
• Removal of non-believers acting as Fit Persons in Temples

SLUM CLEARANCE

• Constructed 15,600 tenements to re-habilitate slum dwellers
• Entrepreneur training to 7369 Slum women (SC/ST)
• Settled major industrial disputes viz. Ashok Leyland, Larson & Toubro, Hindustan Motors, IOC, etc.
• Organized Lok Adalats and settled 425 claims & received commendation from Hon’ble Chief Justice of Madras High Court
• Constructed 499 houses for Beedi workers
• Instrumental for pension scheme for construction workers
• State action plan to eliminate child labour and made it as a social movement
• Resolved the problems of the Tea Plantations as a Member of Inter-Ministerial Committee on Plantations

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

• Computerization of all the 6522 Panchayats and 385 Block Panchayats
• Relief measures in Tsunami affected districts and received commendation from Government
• Established 626 kiosks for farmers
• Constructed 38,990 houses for the poor
• Retrieved 112 acres of Bhoodhan land from encroachers
• Awards under Nirmal Gram Purashkar

HOUSING

• Retrieved Government lands worth Rs.378.60 crore from encroachers
• Re-engineered the Tamil Nadu Housing Board and made it ‘Debt Free’

TOURISM

• Topped in accessing Central Government funds in the country
• Established Medical Tourism Information Centre
• Popularized lesser known tourist destinations
• Introduced tourist friendly measures / tourist friendly autos and Hop On Hop off Bus Services
• Increased gross profit of Tamil Nadu State Tourism Corporation by 64%
• Identified new tourist destinations in the State

INDUSTRY

• Achieved 100% production in all the units for the 1st time in TANCEM
• Increased the net profit by 300% in TANCEM
• Planted trees in abandoned mining areas as a green cover

TRANSPORT

• Enabled Tamil Nadu to be the first state in the country:
             – National Permit Scheme for trucks
             – Software to take action on drunken drivers
             – E-Lot system for granting of EV permits for                              other State vehicles
             – Online registration of applications for Learners’                     License
             – SMS service for the Citizens to know the tax                            payment of the vehicles
             -Speed Governors for School/College Vehicles
• Permitted alteration of two wheelers with retro fitment kits         to  suit the differently abled persons

LANGUAGE

• Translated to English/Other languages & published
           – Several Tamil Classics/Rare Tamil Books of 17th,                    18th and 19th Centuries
           – Glossary of Tamil Administrative works
• Created 56 Awards for Tamil Scholars

INFORMATION

• Digital Audio work Station in Information Department
• Republic Day Celebrations Awards, New Delhi
• Data Bank on all Government schemes up to block level
• Ten memorials for freedom fighters