Shri K. N. Shrivastava, IAS (Retd.) from 1978 batch is currently Director of India International Centre. He has held several important positions in Government of India. He successfully managed some major PSUs. He served as CMD of Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Ltd. and as Chairman of all the four Power Distribution companies of Karnataka State (2002-04). In the Government of India, he worked as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Culture (2000-02), Joint Secretary (Airports) (2006-08) in the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Director General of Archaeological Survey of India (2008-09), Additional Secretary and Financial Adviser in the Ministry of External Affairs (2009-12). During his tenure as Joint Secretary (Airports), most of the Greenfield and Brownfield airport development projects were taken up in the country. He also served as Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation from August 2012 to December 2013.