caption years_active birth_place image_size nationality name birth_date spouse residence image article_title birth_name occupation
moosa raza 1958 -- present minambur , tamilnadu , india 250px indian padma bhushan moosa raza 27 february 1937 husnara raza chennai , india moosa raza.jpg moosa raza
 moosa raza civil servant , author
moosa raza

moosa raza is the chairman of the south indian educational trust -lrb- s.i.e.t. -rrb- , which runs six educational institutions ; he is also chairman of the executive committee of coastal energen pvt. ltd. .
raza has written a widely read book , `` of nawabs and nightingales '' .
moosa raza has been awarded the padma bhushan for the year 2010 .
he joined the indian administrative service in 1960 and rose to be the principal secretary to the chief minister of gujarat .
he then served as chief secretary of jammu and kashmir , advisor to the governor of uttar pradesh and , in delhi , as secretary to the government of india in the cabinet secretariat and in the ministry of steel .
