Shaffi Mather is an Indian, who served as the Economic Advisor to the Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy, of Kerala"s Congress led, Union for French Democracy Government.
Education
Shaffi, completed his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Mahatma Gandhi University in 1990. He went on to obtain an Master of Business Administration in Finance, from the University of Bridgeport in 1992. Following this he completed an Master of Business Administration in General Administration from the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh in 1993.
He then obtained an Bachelor of Laws Degree from the School of Legal Studies at the Cochin University of Science & Technology in 2003 and, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard.
He was a Mason Fellow in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, in 2008. He is a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics, where he was also a Chevening Senior Scholar in 2004.
Shaffi Mather is a TEDIndia fellowship
Career
He also worked, for a short period, as an advisor to Rahul Gandhi. He is a lawyer In his capacity as Economic Advisor, he was responsible for bringing the World Economic Forum community retreat, to be held in November 2013 to Kochi. Shaffi is a part of the Ambulance Access for All(American Automobile Association)team that started the, which provides ambulance services in Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab and Bihar.
The 1298 Ambulance services is operated by Ziqitza Healthcare of which Shaffi Mather is the Chairman.
Other social initiatives in which Shaffi is involved in include, Bribe Busters, which is an Anti-Corruption fee based, BPO service. Shaffi Mather, resigned from the position of Economic Adviser to the Master in Surgery of Kerala, on 18 July 2013.
Following his resignation as the Chief Economic Advisor to the Master in Surgery, Shaffi also resigned from other public posts that he held, such as the 35th National Games Sponsorship and Rights Committee and from the board of Prateeksha Business Shelters Kerala Limited as well as Ashwas Public Amenities Kerala Limited.
