Anil Kumar Lakhina is an Indian civil servant and a former Indian Administrative Service officer, known for his administrative reforms which has since come to be known as the Lakhina pattern.[1][2] He is credited with the urban planning of Navi Mumbai, besides the commissioning of several other major projects.[3] The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1986.[4]
Lakhina served as the Commissioner of Food and Drug Administration and as the Export Commissioner of India before superannuating from the government service.[5] Later, he founded a non governmental organization, Forum for the Advancement of Solar Thermal (FAST) for promoting grid based solar thermal power generation.[9] He is associated with Genesys International Corporation Limited, Dun & Bradstreet Tangram Advisory Services Private Limited, the SunBorne Energy group of companies[10] and Lanco Amarkantak Power Limited as a director.[5]
The Government of India awarded the civilian honour of Padma Shri to Lakhina in 1986.[4] He is also a recipient of the National Real Estate Award, which he received in 2013.[9]
^ ab"Padma Awards"(PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original(PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.