B ViswanathanDr. B. Viswanathan is currently Additional Director (Monitoring) in the Special Programme Implementation Department, Secretariat, Government of Tamil Nadu, Chennai. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Statistics from the Universities of Madrasand Bharatiyar in 1983 and 1985 respectively. He obtained his M.A. (Economics) degree from Annamalai University in 1997 and Ph.D. (Economics) from Bharatiyar University in 2007. Dr. Viswanathan joined the Tamil Nadu Statistical Service in 1994 as Assistant Director of Statistics. He has served in the Department of Commercial Taxes and State Planning Commission, Government of Tamil Nadu in various capacities. His areas of research interest include indirect taxes, Centre-State financial relations and planning. Read More Read Less