Joy Vazhayil, known as VP Joy, is an Indian poet, writer, researcher, and

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. He is also known for books and research papers on the energy policy and also on philosophy of education, mind and metaphysics. He has published several literary works in Malayalam language, mainly poetic compositions. During his official career spanning more than three and a half decades, he has held important assignments in the Government of India as well as in the State Government of Kerala, India known by his official name V. P. Joy. Joy took charge as the Chief Secretary of State of Kerala, India on 28 February 2021. He is from the batch of 1987 of Indian Administrative Service

Life

Academic profile

He was born in

Ernakulam Ernakulam () is the Central Business District of the city of Kochi in Kerala, India and has lent its name to the Ernakulam district. Many major establishments, including the Kerala High Court, the office of the Kochi Municipal Corporation a ...

district, Kerala (Parents: V. V. Pathrose and Aleyamma). After his early education, he graduated in Electronics & Communication Engineering from the

College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram The College of Engineering Trivandrum, commonly known as CET, is the first engineering college in Kerala, situated in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. It was founded in 1939 during the reign of the Travancore King, Chithira Thiru ...

. Later he did M.B.A. from the University of Birmingham, UK and subsequently completed his M.Phil. from the University Panjab, Chandigarh. He was awarded doctoral degree from the

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi is a public institute of technology located in New Delhi, India. It is one of the 23 IITs created to be Centres of Excellence for training, research and development in science, engineering and technolo ...

on Optimization of India’s Energy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation. He was selected as a Giorgio Ruffolo Post-doctoral Research Fellow in the Sustainability Science Program of Harvard University in 2014.

Career

Joy Vazhayil joined the

Vikram Sarabhai Space Center The Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is a major space research centre of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), focusing on rocket and space vehicles for India's satellite programme. It is located in Thiruvananthapuram, in the India ...

as Scientist/Engineer in 1985 and worked on the control and guidance of launch vehicles. Later he joined the

Indian Administrative Service The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India. Considered the premier civil service of India, the IAS is one of the three arms of the All India Services along with the Indian ...

in 1987 and held various positions in the Government of Kerala and the Government of India.

Literary Contributions

Joy Vazhayil has published twelve poetic works and two novels in Malayalam. His book ‘''Raamanuthapam''’ has been translated to Hindi by Dr. H. Balasubramanian which has won the translation award of Ministry of Culture, Government of India.

Awards and honors

S. K. Pottekkatt Sankarankutty Kunjiraman Pottekkatt (14 March 1913 – 6 August 1982) was an Indian writer of Malayalam literature and a politician from Kerala, India. He was also a great traveller among the Keralites, who wrote many travelogues for the peopl ...

Award for the Poetry collection ‘Nimishajalakam’ * Akshaya Literary Award * Pazhassi Raja Sahityapratibha Puraskaram, 2019 * The research paper, "A framework for equitable apportionment of emission reduction commitments to mitigate global warming" published in the International Journal of Energy Sector Management was the Highly Commended Award Winner of the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2012. * Appreciation award for Anti-tobacco activities in Kerala State by the Regional Cancer Association, 2001.

Research Papers

* Vazhayil, J.P., Balasubramanian., R, 2010. Copenhagen commitments and implications: A comparative analysis of India and China. Energy Policy 38, 7442-7450 * Vazhayil, J.P., Balasubramanian, R., 2013. A Log frame Analysis of India's Climate Change Mitigation Policies and Technology Implications. In Sundaresan, J. ; Sreckesh, S., ; Ramanathan, A.L. ; Sonnenschen, Lenand ; Boojh, Ram, Climate Change and Environment, Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur, India. * Vazhayil, J.P., Sharma, V.K., Balasubramanian, R., 2011. A framework for equitable apportionment of emission reduction commitments to mitigate global warming. International Journal of Energy Sector Management 5, 381-406 * Vazhayil, J.P. Balasubramanian, R. 2012. Hierarchical Multi-Objective Optimization of India's Energy Strategy Portfolio for Sustainable Development, International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Vol. 6 Iss: 3, pp.301-20 * Vazhayil, J.P., Balasubramanian, R., 2013. Optimization of India's Power Sector Strategies Using Weight Restricted Stochastic Data Envelopment Analysis, Energy Policy, Vol 56, pp. 456-465. * Vazhayil, J.P., Balasubramanian, R., February 2014. Optimization of India's Electricity Generation Portfolio Using Intelligent Pareto-Search Genetic Algorithm, International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems 55, 13-20. * Narasimhan, Ravichandran, Vazhayil, J.P., Narayanaswami, Sundaravalli, 2018,.Employees' provident fund organization: Empowering members by digital transformation, DOI: 10.1002/pa.1844 Journal of Public Affairs.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vazhayil, Joy Malayalam-language writers 1963 births Living people 21st-century Indian poets People from Ernakulam district Indian male poets Indian male novelists Poets from Kerala Novelists from Kerala Indian Administrative Service officers Indian government officials Indian Space Research Organisation people