IAS SR Sankaran
A Humane Public Servant,
I met S.R. Sankaran on 6th October 2010 evening to finalize his programme to release K. Balagopal’s book on the occasion of first endowment lecture to be delivered by Aruna Roy at Warangal on 8th October, the first anniversary of Balagopal. Sankaran was looking forward to this occasion but in the course of more than an hour that I was with him, he did say that he was feeling feverish, and had body pains but assured me that he would be alright. I hardly realized that it was my last meeting with him.
- Prof. Haragopal
Mr. S. R. Sankaran was a saint among officials who fought for the welfare of Dalits, Girijans, and the poor, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan.
Condoling with the death of the retired IAS officer, Dr. JP said Mr. Sankaran was known for his lofty ideals and unimpeachable integrity and practicing what he preached. He was a rare humanist among senior officials of post-Independent India.
Dr. JP regretted that successive Governments and politicians had not given him due recognition and officials who should have emulated him became partisan in their functioning. Mr. Sankaran’s death was a loss not merely to the State but the entire country.
About Dr. S. R. Sankaran, I.A.S (Rtd) passed away quietly on the morning of 7th October 2010. A humble and unassuming man who laughed away all requests to write his autobiography, his life was an ideal to people from all walks of life – Bureaucrats, Academicians, Human Rights Activists and so on. This site has been setup as a memorial to him and to give people a chance to share their memories and pay tribute.
- Prof. Haragopal
Mr. S. R. Sankaran was a saint among officials who fought for the welfare of Dalits, Girijans, and the poor, said Lok Satta Party President Dr. Jayaprakash Narayan.
Condoling with the death of the retired IAS officer, Dr. JP said Mr. Sankaran was known for his lofty ideals and unimpeachable integrity and practicing what he preached. He was a rare humanist among senior officials of post-Independent India.
Dr. JP regretted that successive Governments and politicians had not given him due recognition and officials who should have emulated him became partisan in their functioning. Mr. Sankaran’s death was a loss not merely to the State but the entire country.
About Dr. S. R. Sankaran, I.A.S (Rtd) passed away quietly on the morning of 7th October 2010. A humble and unassuming man who laughed away all requests to write his autobiography, his life was an ideal to people from all walks of life – Bureaucrats, Academicians, Human Rights Activists and so on. This site has been setup as a memorial to him and to give people a chance to share their memories and pay tribute.
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