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John Mathai Biography
Dr. John Mathai was an Educationist, Economist and jurist of India. John Mathai was born on 10 January 1886 in a wealthy family in Trivandrum city. In 1948, John Mathai was served as first Indian Railway minister as well as Finance minister after the first budget.
John Mathai Education
His early education was in Trivandrum . After this he got education in Madras Christian College . After receiving the degrees of BA and BL, he went to London and obtained a B-leit degree from Oxford University . He then received the DS-C degree from the University of London .
John Mathai Career
From 1910 to 1918, he was a lawyer of the Madras High Court. From 1920 to 1925 , he serves Professor of Economics at the Presidency College of Madras . From 1922 to 1925, he was a member of the Indian Legislative Council of Madras Legislative Council and from 1925 to 1931. In 1935, he was appointed General Director of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. He got a holiday on January 10, 1940.
After being the Director of Tata Sons Limited from 1944 to 1946 , he became the Transport Minister at the Center. After that, he took over the charge of Finance Minister till 1950 and then resigned from here, he was again appointed as Director of Tata Sons Limited. From July 1, 1955 to September, 1956, he was the Chairman of Board of Directors of the State Bank of India . Meanwhile, he was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Mumbai and then from 1958 to 1959 as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kerala . In 1959, the Indian government honored him with the title of Padma Vibhushan . He died in 1959.
John Mathai Books
(1) Village Government in British India
(2) Agricultural Cooperation in India
(3) Excise and Liquor Control.