M. K. Vellodi

M. K. Vellodi
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
In office April 1947 – August 1947
Preceded by	Samuel Runganadhan
Succeeded by	V. K. Krishna Menon
1st Chief Minister of Hyderabad
In office 26 January 1950 – 6 March 1952
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Burgula Ramakrishna Rao
Indian Ambassador to Switzerland
In office 20 June 1958 – 5 January 1962
Preceded by	Mohan Sinha Mehta
Succeeded by	Mohamed Abdul Rauf
3rd Cabinet Secretary of India
In office 1 August 1957 - 4 June 1958
Preceded by	Y. N. Sukthankar
Succeeded by	Vishnu Sahay
Personal details
Born	1896 Kottakkal in Madras Presidency, British Raj (Present-day Malappuram district of Kerala)
Died	1987 (aged 90–91) Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
Spouse	Kunhikav Kovilamma

Mullath Kadingi Vellodi CIE, ICS (1896–1987) was the appointed Chief Minister of Hyderabad state^[1][2] by the Government of India after the fall of the Hyderabad State ruled by the Nizam.^[3]

A member of the Indian Civil Service, he was the Textile Commissioner and ex-officio Joint Secretary in the Department of Industries and Civil Supplies during the British Raj. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1944 Birthday Honours list.^[4] He was a senior civil servant in the Government of India. He served as the Cabinet Secretary and Secretary of the Planning Commission from 1957 to 1958.^[5]