T. K. A. Nair

Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Ayyappan Nair (born 1939) is a career civil servant who formerly served as adviser to the Prime Minister of India 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. 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 Ayappan Nair was born in Ayroor to Krishna Pillai and Bharathy Amma. He graduated with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in History from the University College, Thiruvananthapuram.

Career He later served as the Chief Secretary of Punjab. 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 Inder Kumar Gujral and Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

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 which is a charitable trust and Executive Vice President of Kerala Blood Bank Society.

Awards and honours Year of award or honor Name of award or honor Awarding organization Ref. 2015 Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star Government of Japan. 2011 Excellence in Bureaucratic Service World Malayalee Council. 2010 Mar Gregorios Award Archbishop Benedict Mar Gregorios Foundation. 2010 A.K. Nair Memorial Award A.K. Nair Memorial Endowment Committee and North Malabar Chamber of Commerce. 2009 K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award Sri Chettur Sankaran Nair Trust.

T. K. A. Nair

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