Mohandas Rajasekharan Moses, IAS

Education - St Paul's School, Rangoon Madras Christian College, University of Madras B.A.(1st class) Economics, Mathematics, Political Science, English Madras University, M.A.

In earlier years he regularly wrote book reviews.
His hobbies included playing chess, bird watching, collecting old and rare books. His library of some 3000 books have been donated to the NIAS library, Bangalore.

Mohandas Moses was a fitness person. He loved swimming and swam wherever he could in swimming pools, sea. He liked horse-riding and won equestrian prizes. He did mountain climbing. In Kashmir and Ladakh he climbed high peaks such as Kardung-la, Jozila Pass, the Zanskar monastery - without oxygen parapharnalia. Reintroduced ski-ing in Gulmarg and inaugurated it by ski-ing a few slopes.

Before passing away he gave donations to Ramakrishna Mission, Mother Teresa's Foundation and Home for the Aged.