T. K. A. Nair

Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Ayappan Nair (born in 1939)[1] is a career civil servant who formerly served as Adviser to the Prime Minister of India[2] with the rank of the Minister of State. He also previously served as Principal Secretary to Prime Minister of India.

He is a 1963 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from Punjab Cadre.[1] He also presently serves as Member of Board of Governors of Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode and Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh. He formerly served as Chairman of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation.

Early life and education

Nair was born in Ayroor, Kerala to Krishna Pillai and Bharathy Amma.[3] He graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History from the University College, Trivandrum.[3]

Career

He later served as the Chief Secretary of Punjab.[3] and Secretary to Government of India in the Ministry of Environment & Forest. Later he served as Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office during the terms of I.K.Gujral and Atal Bihari Vajpaayee. Subsequently, he was Chairman of the Public Enterprises Selection Board which selects Chief Executives of India’s Public Sector Undertakings. He served as Principal Secretary and later as Advisor to Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh from 2004 to 2014. Presently, he is the Managing Trustee of Citizens India Foundation – a charitable trust – and Executive Vice President of Kerala Blood Bank Society.

Awards and honours
Year of Award or HonorName of Award or HonorAwarding organizationRef.
2015 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Government of Japan. [4]
2011 Excellence in Bureaucratic Service World Malayalee Council. [5]
2010 Mar Gregorios Award Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios Foundation. [6]
2010 A.K. Nair Memorial Award A.K. Nair Memorial Endowment Committee and North Malabar Chamber of Commerce. [7]
2009 K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award Sri Chettur Sankaran Nair Trust. [8][9]

See also

References
  1. "All the PM's men : A profile of his A-team - TKA Nair, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, The team builder". India Today. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  2. "List of Officers of the Prime Minister's Office of India". India: Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  3. "T.K.A. Nair has his roots in Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
  4. "2015 Spring Imperial Decorations". Embassy of Japan in India. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
  5. "World Malayalee Council announces 2010 awards". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. "Mar Gregorios award presented to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  7. "Vice-President Hamid Ansari presents the A.K. Nair Memorial Award to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  8. "K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  9. "K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award for T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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