During his civil service years , Padmanabhaiah headed several government committees , the first of which was during his tenure as the secretary at the Ministry of Urban Development in 1993 . In the wake of 1993 Latur earthquake which left 100,000 people dead and over 30,000 injured , and its devastation in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka , the Government of India appointed an '' Advisory Committee of International Experts '' under his chairmanship to study the losses and advise on rehabilitation of affected people and reconstruction of the infrastructure . Subsequently , the reconstruction and rehabilitation was carried out with the assistance from World Bank , and the report submitted by the Padmanabhaiah Committee served as guidelines for the disaster management efforts
1993 Latur earthquake
1993 Latur earthquake
K. Padmanabhaiah