A role model for a generation of civil servants

It's not easy to forget the first time you met him. Yugandhar, who was a role model for a generation of civil servants, was that kind of an intense person who made a strong impression

It's not easy to forget the first time you met him. Yugandhar, who was a role model for a generation of civil servants, was the kind of intense person who made a strong impression.

My first meeting with him happened at the Mussoorie academy in 1972 where I reported for training as a young IAS recruit and he, 10 years my senior, was a deputy director. Barely a decade in service, he was already a legend by then for his deft and sympathetic handling of the Naxalite uprising in the tribal tracts of Srikakulam district in north coastal Andhra