Dr KN Raghavan IRS took over charge as the Executive Director of the Rubber Board on Monday. He was working as Principal Commissioner of GST and Central Excise, Mumbai Central.

Dr Raghavan, a native of Kochi, completed his MBBS from Calicut Medical College in 1988. He joined Indian Revenue Service in the year 1990. He served the Government in various capacities which include Commissioner of Customs Kochi, Deputy Director, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Calicut; Managing Director of Kerala Co-operative Rubber Marketing Federation; CEO, Co-operative Medical College, Kochi and CEO of NORKA ROOTS.

He was First Secretary (Commerce) in High Commission of India, Singapore. He was also an international cricket umpire and authored several books in the field of cricket, history etc.

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