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'''Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Ayappan Nair''' (born in 1939)<ref name="Nair Secretary PM">{{cite web|title=All the PM's men : A profile of his A-team - TKA Nair, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, The team builder|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/All+the+PM's+men/3/85680.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|access-date=29 October 2012}}</ref> is a career civil servant who formerly served as Adviser to the [[Prime Minister of India]]<ref name="PMO Office">{{cite news|title=List of Officers of the Prime Minister's Office of India|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pmsoffice.php?showTab=officers|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]]|access-date=2012-02-14|location=India|archive-url=https:// | '''Thottuvelil Krishna Pillai Ayappan Nair''' (born in 1939)<ref name="Nair Secretary PM">{{cite web|title=All the PM's men : A profile of his A-team - TKA Nair, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, The team builder|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/All+the+PM's+men/3/85680.html|publisher=[[India Today]]|access-date=29 October 2012}}</ref> is a career civil servant who formerly served as Adviser to the [[Prime Minister of India]]<ref name="PMO Office">{{cite news|title=List of Officers of the Prime Minister's Office of India|url=http://pmindia.nic.in/pmsoffice.php?showTab=officers|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]]|access-date=2012-02-14|location=India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120512150216/http://pmindia.nic.in/pmsoffice.php?showTab=officers|archive-date=12 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] Cadre.<ref name="Nair Secretary PM"/> 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]]. | He is a 1963 batch [[Indian Administrative Service]] [[Civil Services of India|officer]] from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] Cadre.<ref name="Nair Secretary PM"/> 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]]. | ||
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* [http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/the-power-of-the-small-story The power of the small story] | * [http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/the-power-of-the-small-story The power of the small story] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:53, 21 June 2022
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
| 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. | [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[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "All the PM's men : A profile of his A-team - TKA Nair, PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, The team builder". India Today. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "List of Officers of the Prime Minister's Office of India". India: Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "T.K.A. Nair has his roots in Kerala". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 October 2012.
- ↑ "2015 Spring Imperial Decorations". Embassy of Japan in India. Retrieved 9 June 2015.
- ↑ "World Malayalee Council announces 2010 awards". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ "Mar Gregorios award presented to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Vice-President Hamid Ansari presents the A.K. Nair Memorial Award to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award to T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. 28 December 2009. Archived from the original on 4 January 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- ↑ "K.P.S. Menon Memorial Award for T.K.A. Nair". The Hindu. 6 December 2009. Archived from the original on 18 July 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
External links[edit | edit source]
- "List of Officers of the Prime Minister's Office". Prime Minister's Office, India. Archived from the original on 12 May 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
- The power of the small story
- TKA Nair appointed as OSD to Prime Minister before becoming Principal Secretary
- Sanskrit helps us identify our culture: Nair
- TKA Nair: Prime Minister's messenger of peace[permanent dead link]
- Civil Servants from Kerala hold key posts at Centre