Mr A.Shahjahan IAS , studied in St.Xavier's College Thumba, later going on to  University College Thiruvananthapuram and University Centre Kariavattom, where he did his Post Graduation in  Literature & Masters in Communication and Journalism.

Immediately after the completion of MCJ, he joined up as reporter in a leading Malayalam daily and became its  Trivandrum Bureau Chief at the age of 25.

He has undergone training in Public Policy Planning at Duke University, North Carolina, United States and Educational Planning at International Institute
of Educational Planning(IIEP), Paris.

He is presently the  District Collector Kollam a post he has been holding since 2007.   Prior to this assignment he held a string of prestigious posts – he worked as Commissioner Rural Development, Director Urban Affairs, Director Lotteries and Insurance, Director of Institute of Land Management, Director of DPEP,  Director Kerala State IT mission, Secretary Kerala Women’s Commission, Co-ordinator  International Film Festival   of Kerala(IFFK).