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KJ Alphons, an effective administrator and a man of integrity, has always hit the newspaper headlines for his professionalism and outspoken manners.

An IAS officer of the 1979 cadre, he cleansed the polluted world of bureaucracy with his sagacious administrative skills.

Refusing to play subservience to the politicians and ministers, Alphons demonstrated that even India's red-tape bound bureaucracy could deliver the goods regardless of the odds.
Listed as one of top 100 young global leaders by Time magazine in 1994, he disproved the widespread belief that corruption is pervasive and so is difficult to do away with.

He says, "corruption is not a government policy and therefore I am free to criticize it."