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{{short description|Governor of Goa}}
{{short description|19th Governor of Goa (born 1954)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2018}}
{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
| name       = P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
| name               = P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
| image       = File:PS_Sreedharan_Pillai.jpg
| image               = PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg
| caption     = Official Portrait, 2021
| caption             = Pillai in 2016
| office     = 19th [[List of governors of Goa|Governor of Goa]]
| office             = 19th [[List of governors of Goa|Governor of Goa]]
| president           = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| 1blankname          = [[List of chief ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| president1          = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]
| 1namedata           = [[Pramod Sawant]]
| 1blankname = [[List of chief ministers of Goa|Chief Minister]]
| president        = [[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br>[[Droupadi Murmu]]
| 1namedata = [[Pramod Sawant]]
| primeminister    = [[Narendra Modi]]
| term_start = 15 July 2021
| term_start         = 7 July 2021
|term_end =  
| term_end           = 25 July 2025
| predecessor = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] (additional charge)
| predecessor         = [[Bhagat Singh Koshyari]] (''additional charge'')
| successor =
| successor           = [[Ashok Gajapathi Raju]]
| office1     = 15th [[List of governors of Mizoram|Governor of Mizoram]]
| office1             = 15th [[List of governors of Mizoram|Governor of Mizoram]]
| 1blankname1 = {{nowrap|Chief Minister}}
| 1blankname1         = [[Chief Minister of Mizoram|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Zoramthanga]]
| 1namedata1         = [[Zoramthanga]]
| term_start1 = 5 November 2019
| term_start1         = 5 November 2019
| term_end1 = 6 July 2021
| term_end1           = 6 July 2021
| predecessor1 = [[Jagdish Mukhi]]
| predecessor1       = [[Jagdish Mukhi]]
| successor1 = [[Kambhampati Hari Babu]]
| successor1         = [[Kambhampati Hari Babu]]
| birth_name  = P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|12|01}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1954|12|01}}
| birth_place         = [[Venmony]], [[Alapuzha]], [[Kerala]], India
| birth_place = [[Venmony]], [[Alappuzha district|Alappuzha]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| other_names         =  
| nationality = Indian
| education           = {{ubl|[[NSS College Pandalam]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Government Law College, Kozhikode]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}
| other_names =  
| residence           = [[Raj Bhavan, Panaji|Raj Bhavan]], [[Panaji]], [[Goa]], India
| education   = {{ubl|[[NSS College Pandalam]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Government Law College, Kozhikode]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|K. Rita|1984}}
|residence   =
| children           = 2
| parents = V. G. Sukumaran Nair (Father) <br /> Bhavani Amma (Mother)
| alma_mater         =  
| spouse = {{marriage|Adv. K Rita|1984}}
| website             = {{URL|https://www.pssreedharanpillai.com/}}
| children = Arjun Sreedhar<br />Arya Arun
| party              = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (after 2003)
| alma_mater =  
| office2            = President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala]]
| website     = {{website|https://www.pssreedharanpillai.com/}}
| term_start2        = 2003
| term_end2          = 2006
| term3              = 2018–2019       
| occupation          = {{hlist|Politician|attorney|author}}
}}
}}


'''P. S. Sreedharan Pillai''' (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who is currently serving as the [[Governor of Goa|19th Governor of Goa]] state. He had also served as the Governor of [[Mizoram]]. In addition, he was previously the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] president of [[Kerala]] state multiple times.
'''P. S. Sreedharan Pillai''' (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who has served as the [[Governor of Goa|19th Governor of Goa]] from July 2021 to July 2025. He also served as the governor of [[Mizoram]] from 2019 to 2021, he was also the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] president of [[Kerala]] state from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2018 to 2019. He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degree by [[ASBM University]], Bhubaneswar on 16 September 2023 in the hands of Hon'ble 14th President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.
 
==Early life==
Pillai was born in [[Venmony]] panchayat in [[Alappuzha district]], [[Kerala]], India to V. G. Sukumaran Nair and Bhavani Amma. He graduated in Arts from [[N. S. S. College, Pandalam]] and he secured his Law Degree in the year 1978 from [[Government Law College, Calicut]]. Being an active participant in the Anti-Emergency Campaign as a student activist of Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad he was elected as the state General Secretary of [[Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] in 1977. Being the college Magazine Editor at [[Government Law College, Calicut]], he published his protest against the Emergency and the [[Indira Gandhi]] Government, which at the time generated much political talk.


==Political career==
==Political career==
Pillai started his political career through the [[Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad]] (ABVP), the student wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a state secretary of the ABVP during his college days. He has served in many posts in the BJP, including Kozhikode district president, state secretary, and general secretary. He was elected as BJP State President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) in [[Kerala]] from 2003 to 2006 and also served as the BJP Prabhari of Lakshadweep UT in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-4486844_ITM|title=P S Sreedharan Pillai new president of Kerala BJP.|publisher=The AccessMyLibrary|access-date=22 April 2010 | date=3 August 2003}}</ref> Under his leadership, in 2004, the [[National Democratic Alliance]] won two MP seats from Kerala ([[P. C. Thomas]], [[Indian Federal Democratic Party]]) and Lakshadweep ([[P. Pookunhi Koya]], [[Janata Dal (United)]]). In 2018, he was again appointed as the state President, preceding [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ps-sreedharan-pillai-becomes-kerala-bjp-president-85689|title=PS Sreedharan Pillai becomes Kerala BJP president|date=2018-07-30|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref> He was appointed [[Governor of Mizoram]] on 25 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerala BJP President PS Sreedharan Pillai appointed as Mizoram Governor |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-bjp-president-ps-sreedharan-pillai-appointed-mizoram-governor-111216 |website=The News minute |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref>
Pillai started his political career through the [[Akhila Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad|ABVP]], the student wing of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was a state secretary of the ABVP during his college days. He has served in many posts in the BJP, including Kozhikode district president, state secretary, and general secretary. He was elected as BJP State President of [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] in [[Kerala]] from 2003 to 2006 and also served as the BJP Prabhari of Lakshadweep UT in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-4486844_ITM|title=P S Sreedharan Pillai new president of Kerala BJP.|publisher=The AccessMyLibrary|access-date=22 April 2010 | date=3 August 2003}}</ref> Under his leadership, in 2004, the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] won two MP seats from Kerala ([[P. C. Thomas]], [[Indian Federal Democratic Party|IFDP]]) and Lakshadweep ([[P. Pookunhi Koya]], [[Janata Dal (United)|JDU]]). In 2018, he was again appointed the state President, preceding [[Kummanam Rajasekharan]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ps-sreedharan-pillai-becomes-kerala-bjp-president-85689|title=PS Sreedharan Pillai becomes Kerala BJP president|date=2018-07-30|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-10-03}}</ref> He was appointed [[Governor of Mizoram]] on 25 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerala BJP President PS Sreedharan Pillai appointed as Mizoram Governor |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-bjp-president-ps-sreedharan-pillai-appointed-mizoram-governor-111216 |website=The News minute |date=26 October 2019 |access-date=27 October 2019}}</ref>


==Literary career==
==Literary career==
Sreedharan Pillai took to writing nearly four decades ago, publishing his first book in 1983. Developing into a widely acclaimed writer, he has published more than 121+ books.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/07/mizoram-governor-ps-sreedharan-pillai-writes-13-books-including-collection-of-poems-during-lockdown-2180327.html|title=Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai writes 13 books including a collection of poems during the lockdown.|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=26 February 2021|date=7 August 2020}}</ref> Writing both in English and Malayalam, Pillai has spanned across multitudinous subjects and themes which include law, politics, literature, sociology, and culture. Pillai has often verbalized his heartfelt admiration to eminent public leaders like [[Mahatma Gandhi]], [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Syama Prasad Mukherjee]], and [[Deendayal Upadhyaya]], who irrespective of their political affiliations enlightened the masses on social and political issues by penning down their thoughts and experiences. Being a senior politician, he makes sure he walks the talk and has done so by writing over 121+ books over the years, 18 of which he completed during the recent coronavirus-induced lockdown.
Pillai took to writing nearly four decades ago, publishing his first book in 1983. He has published more than 210 books.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2020/aug/07/mizoram-governor-ps-sreedharan-pillai-writes-13-books-including-collection-of-poems-during-lockdown-2180327.html|title=Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai writes 13 books including a collection of poems during the lockdown.|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=26 February 2021|date=7 August 2020}}</ref>


==Bibliography==
{{BLP sources section|date=December 2022}}


==Bibliography==
===Anthologies===
===Anthologies===
[[File:Justice for All Prejudice for None.jpg|thumb|Freedom for all prejudice for none released by Hon. Prime Minister Shri. Narendra Modi]]
 
* ''Kaaladanam'' (2005)<ref>{{cite book |title=Kaaladanam |work=Current Books Thrissur |first= Sreedharan |last=Pillai |url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=6506&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=6481 }}</ref>
* ''Kaaladanam'' (2005)<ref>{{cite book|title=Kaaladanam|first= Sreedharan |last=Pillai |date= 2005 |publisher= Current Books Thrissur |url=http://122.165.117.71/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=6506&shelfbrowse_itemnumber=6481 }}</ref>
* ''Bonsai'' (2008)<ref>{{citation|title=Bonsai |work=Current Books Thrissur |first= Sreedharan |last=Pillai |isbn=9788122607505 |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=58665 }}</ref>
* ''Bonsai'' (2008)<ref>{{citation|title=Bonsai |work=Current Books Thrissur |first= Sreedharan |last=Pillai |isbn=9788122607505 |url=http://103.251.43.202:8080/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=58665 }}</ref>
* ''Pazhassismriti''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Pazhassismriti''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Novum Naliavutti''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Novum Naliavutti''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Udakumbham''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Udakumbham''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Neerthullikal''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Marmarangal''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Marmarangal''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Avinaabhavam''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Avinaabhavam''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Spadika Manikal''
* ''Mandarangal''
* ''Aduthoon''
* ''Oh Mizoram (Malayalam)''
* ''Oh Mizoram (English)''
* ''Oh Mizoram (Hindi)''
* ''Corona Kavithakal''
* ''Lockdown Kavithakal''
===Folklore Poems===
* ''Anchadi Thottangal''
* ''Neerthullikal''<ref>{{cite news|title=Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rzgQEAAAQBAJ&q=pazhassismriti+ps+sreedharan+pillai&pg=PA81|access-date=2021-04-05|last1 = Ps Sreedharan Pillai|first1 = Dr|date = 18 December 2020}}</ref>
* ''Nadan Mathuram''
* ''Padheyam''
* ''Nadan Pattukal''
* ''Entte Priyakavithakal''
===History===
* ''Punnapra Vayalar – Kanappurangal''
* ''Adiyanthravastha Oru Ormapeduthal''
* ''Vibhajanathinte Noottandu''
* ''Mohajir – Desiyathayum Vikadanasakhthikalum''
* ''Rashtranayakar''
* ''Dark Days of Democracy (English)''
* ''Adiyanthravastha Iruttinte Nilavilikal''
===Legal===
* ''Niyamavrithaandam''
* ''Shah Banu Begum case (English)''
* ''Five Judgements for Common Man (English)''
* ''UAPA Niyamathekurich''
* ''Ghargika peedanathilninnuolla shrisamprashana''
* ''Niyama Veedhiyiloode''
* ''Domestic Violence (English)''
* ''Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (English)''
* ''Shah Commission on Emergency (English)''
* ''Neethi Thedunna Kuttavum Sikshayum''
* ''Niyama Visesham''
* ''Pothu Civil Code Enthu Enthinu?''
* ''Bharnaghatana – Punaravlokanathinte Pathayil''
* ''Hand Book of Mental laws (English)''
* ''Law and Psychiatry (English)''
* ''Vakkil Diary''
* ''Niyamavum Neethiyum''
* ''Niyama Lekhanangal''
* ''Kesavananda Bharati Case''
* ''Triple Talaq (English)''
* ''Best Bakery Case (English)''
* ''Great Debate of Trio (English)''
* ''Shishu samprashana niyamavum chattagalum''
* ''Italy CharaKessu''
* ''Ruling on Death Sentence (English)''
* ''Ruling on Medical Negligence (English)''
===Politics===
* ''Advani havalakesh sathiyavum mithiyum''
* ''Sathyavangmoolam''
* ''Rashtreeya Lekhannagal''
* ''Rajanaithikam''
* ''Rashtreeya Diary''
* ''Congress Fascism PennHitlerum''
* ''Oru Facebook''
* ''Pukamarayillathe''
* ''Palavaka''
* ''Samasya''
* ''Pakshabhedamillathe''
* ''Vyadhayum Veedshanavum''
* ''Rashtreeyathiloode''
* ''Ezhuthu''
* ''Utharam Thedumbol''
* ''Current affairs (English)''
===Economy===
* ''Sambathika Rangavum Kupracharanavum''
* ''Sambathika Kazhichakal''
* ''Note pinvalikkalum dhanarangavum''
* ''Dhanarangam Vilayiruthumbol''
* ''GST enna swapna shashathkaram''
* ''Sambathika sudheekaranavum surgical strikum''
* ''Currency rathakkalum sampathvevashthayum''
* ''Sampathika nettagalliluda''
===Saamskarikam===
* ''Nermurikal''
* ''Saphalyam Thedunna Swathanthriyam''
* ''Bharatheeyam''
* ''Raman, Gandhi, Bharatheeyatha''
* ''Nostradamus''
* ''Matham, Rashtreeyam, Deseeyodgradhanam''
* ''Kakshiyude Veshathil''
* ''Five Important Speeches (English)''
* ''Republic Day 2020 (English)''
* ''Thus speaks the Governor (English)''
* ''Innathe Vishayangal''
* ''Straight Line (English)''
* ''Justice for all, Prejudice to none (English)''
* ''Harmonial Talk (English)''
* ''Governor on Social Harmony (English)''
* ''Rent Control Laws (English)''
* ''Lushayi Kunnukal''
* ''Nerkazyicha''
* ''Samukika Samarasatha''
* ''Right of Privacy (English)''
===Travelogue===
* ''Lakshadeep enna marathaka depu''
===Stories/Humor===
* ''Chiriyum Chinthayum Karutha Kottil (Yet to be published)''
* ''Mizo Kathakal''
* ''Thatha Varathirikkilla''
* ''Kathayallaa Kathakal''
===Jeevitha Rekhakal (Milestones)===
* ''Kazhichakal Kazhichapadukal''
* ''Madela muthal Azhiikoduvare''
* ''Prathibhakal, Prathibhasangal''
* ''Chessinte Kuthippum Kurukkum''
* ''Ormayile Veerendra Kumar''
* ''Thathsamaya Chinthakal''
===Social===
* ''Vilakkukalukal Evide?''
* ''Karya Vicharam''
* ''Dholakam''
* ''Thuranna Kathukal''
* ''Information Technologiyum Vyakulathkalum''
* ''Varthamana Kurippukal''
* ''Madhyama Kazhichapadukal''
* ''Manushyavakashangal Innu''
===Collection of Articles===
* ''Address on Goa Assembly (English)''
* ''Parivarthanathinte Pathayiloode''
* ''Sakhyam''
* ''Nerinte Nerma''
* ''Onchiyam Oru Marana Warrant''
* ''Neethiyude Rashtreeyam''
* ''Samakaalikam''
* ''The Other View (English)''
* ''Irakalum Prathikalum''
* ''Nettil Kurungunna Malayali''
* ''Vadhasiksha: Ariyendathum Ariyikkendathum''
* ''Thudippukal''
* ''Ner Rekhakal''
* ''Neethiyude Thathwasastram''
* ''Baluch – Mohajir Prashanagalum Pakisthanum''
* ''Anubhavagale Nanndi''
* ''Sir John Woodroffe''
* ''Policy Speech In Assembly''
===Literature===
* ''Sahithya Chinthakal''
* ''Nireekshanangal, Nilapadukal''
* ''Madhyamangal Vilayiruthumbol''
* ''Prathibhakaliloode''
* ''Vashikaattikal''
* ''Goa Vimochanavum Malayalikalum''
* ''Thuranna Manasoday''
* ''Moonnu Mahatmakal''
* ''Mizhi Thurkkumpol''
* ''Keynote of the Governor (English)''
* ''Ezhuthinntte Vazhikal''
* ''Muka Kurupukal''
* ''Chimbai''
* ''Proclamation by President Article 356 (English)''
* ''Akashaveethiyiloode''
* ''Lushayil ninnum Dona Pauleilekku''
* ''Olliminnum Ormakalilooda October''
* ''Goa Via Mizoram (English)''
* ''30 days of Mission Humanity (English)''
* ''Governor addresses Goa (English)''
* ''Kathayalla Kathakal (Yet to be published)''
* ''My One year in Goa (Coffee table book) (Yet to be published)''
* ''Convocation Speeches (Yet to be published)''
* ''Mukapusthaka Kurupukal (Yet to be published''
* ''My visits to Goan villages (Yet to be published)''
* ''Justice Annachandy (Yet to be published)''
* ''Sreeranthangal (Yet to be published)''
* ''Dashinenthiyan Shetharagalilooda (Yet to be published)''
* ''Meet the press (Yet to be published)''
* ''Gujarat Vidhi (Yet to be published)''
* ''Nammudea Bharanakadana (Yet to be published)''
* ''Canacona Village (Yet to be published)''
* ''Ponda Village (Yet to be published)''
* ''Ayodhya Verdict (Yet to be published)''
* ''Ormakale Shuthi''
* ''Convocation Address – Mizoram University''
* ''Influence of Literature on National Integration''
* ''Nava Maadhyamatthiloode''
* ''Vilayirutthumbol''
* ''Care and Good Health''
* ''Impressions''
* ''Convocation Speech SaradaKrishna Homeopathy College''
* ''Convocation Address at P K Das Medical College''
* ''Convocation Speech at Dale View College''
* ''Mera Hindi Bhashan''
* ''Sthreerathnangal''
* ''Dakhinendian Kshethrangaliloode.''
* ''Nammude Bharanaghadana''
* ''Aazaadi kaa Amrithmaholsav''
* ''Swaathanthryatthinte Vajrajubile''
* ''Need of Spiritual & Village Tourism in Goa''
* ''Convocation Address - Goa University''
* ''Convocation Address – NIT College, Goa''
* ''Goa Sampurna Yatra''
* ''Whither The Literature''
* ''My Sixteen Months As Governor''
* ''Goa Raj Bhavan = Lok Bhavan''
* ''Face To Face''
* ''Anthology Of Official Addresses''
* ''Orations On Education''
* ''Fragmented Thoughts''
* ''May Light Lead Us''
* ''Musings On Social & Economic Issues''
* ''Protect Sovereignty''
* ''Anthology Of Speeches''
* ''Ezhuthazham@182''
* ''Yes We Can''
* ''Striking A Chord''
* ''Madhyamagale Nanni''
* ''Kayazhichapadukal''
* ''Social Mediayiloode''
* ''Prayanam''


== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
[[File:Meeting Hon. Home Minister of India Shri. Amit Shah at his residence.jpg|thumb|P.S Sreedharan Pillai Meeting Hon. Home Minister of India Shri. Amit Shah at his residence]]
[[File:Meeting Hon. Home Minister of India Shri. Amit Shah at his residence.jpg|thumb|P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Meeting Hon. Home Minister of India Shri. Amit Shah at his residence]]
Pillai married Advocate K. Rita at Kozhikode in 1984, who is a practicing lawyer at the District Court Kozhikode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://advocatesofkerala.com/Directory/AdvocateProfile/17991|title=Advocate Rita. K|publisher=Advocates of Kerala|access-date=2021-04-05}}</ref> His son Arjun Sreedhar is a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala and started the profession as Junior to his father. His daughter-in-law Jipsa Arjun is a post-graduate in pediatric dentistry and is practicing at Calicut. His daughter Arya Arun is a post-graduate in Dental Science and is practicing in Cochin, while her husband Arun Krishna Dhan is also a lawyer in the High Court of Kerala and started his career as a junior to his father-in-law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in/page/governor-profile|title=Mizoram Governor Online|publisher=Govt of Mizoram|access-date=2021-04-05}}</ref>
Pillai married Advocate K. Rita at Kozhikode in 1984, who is a practicing lawyer at the District Court Kozhikode.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://advocatesofkerala.com/Directory/AdvocateProfile/17991|title=Advocate Rita. K|publisher=Advocates of Kerala|access-date=2021-04-05}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Pillai's son, Arjun Sreedhar, is a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala and began his career as a junior to his father. His daughter-in-law, Jipsa Arjun, holds a postgraduate degree in pediatric dentistry and practices in Calicut. His daughter, Arya Arun, is a postgraduate in Dental Science and practices in Cochin, while her husband, Arun Krishna Dhan, is also a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala, having started his career as a junior to his father-in-law.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in/page/governor-profile|title=Mizoram Governor Online|publisher=Govt of Mizoram|access-date=2021-04-05|archive-date=22 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220922100155/https://rajbhavan.mizoram.gov.in/page/governor-profile|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Pillai in 2016
19th Governor of Goa
In office
7 July 2021 – 25 July 2025
PresidentRam Nath Kovind
Droupadi Murmu
Prime MinisterNarendra Modi
Chief MinisterPramod Sawant
Preceded byBhagat Singh Koshyari (additional charge)
Succeeded byAshok Gajapathi Raju
15th Governor of Mizoram
In office
5 November 2019 – 6 July 2021
Chief MinisterZoramthanga
Preceded byJagdish Mukhi
Succeeded byKambhampati Hari Babu
President of Bharatiya Janata Party, Kerala
In office
2003–2006
In office
2018–2019
Personal details
Born (1954-12-01) 1 December 1954 (age 71)
Venmony, Alapuzha, Kerala, India
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party (after 2003)
Spouse(s)
K. Rita
(
m. 1984)
Children2
ResidenceRaj Bhavan, Panaji, Goa, India
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • attorney
  • author
Websitewww.pssreedharanpillai.com

P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who has served as the 19th Governor of Goa from July 2021 to July 2025. He also served as the governor of Mizoram from 2019 to 2021, he was also the Bharatiya Janata Party president of Kerala state from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2018 to 2019. He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degree by ASBM University, Bhubaneswar on 16 September 2023 in the hands of Hon'ble 14th President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

Political career[edit | edit source]

Pillai started his political career through the ABVP, the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a state secretary of the ABVP during his college days. He has served in many posts in the BJP, including Kozhikode district president, state secretary, and general secretary. He was elected as BJP State President of BJP in Kerala from 2003 to 2006 and also served as the BJP Prabhari of Lakshadweep UT in 2004.[1] Under his leadership, in 2004, the NDA won two MP seats from Kerala (P. C. Thomas, IFDP) and Lakshadweep (P. Pookunhi Koya, JDU). In 2018, he was again appointed the state President, preceding Kummanam Rajasekharan.[2] He was appointed Governor of Mizoram on 25 October 2019.[3]

Literary career[edit | edit source]

Pillai took to writing nearly four decades ago, publishing his first book in 1983. He has published more than 210 books.[4]

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

Anthologies[edit | edit source]

  • Kaaladanam (2005)[5]
  • Bonsai (2008)[6]
  • Pazhassismriti[7]
  • Novum Naliavutti[8]
  • Udakumbham[9]
  • Marmarangal[10]
  • Avinaabhavam[11]
  • Spadika Manikal
  • Mandarangal
  • Aduthoon
  • Oh Mizoram (Malayalam)
  • Oh Mizoram (English)
  • Oh Mizoram (Hindi)
  • Corona Kavithakal
  • Lockdown Kavithakal

Folklore Poems[edit | edit source]

  • Anchadi Thottangal
  • Neerthullikal[12]
  • Nadan Mathuram
  • Padheyam
  • Nadan Pattukal
  • Entte Priyakavithakal

History[edit | edit source]

  • Punnapra Vayalar – Kanappurangal
  • Adiyanthravastha Oru Ormapeduthal
  • Vibhajanathinte Noottandu
  • Mohajir – Desiyathayum Vikadanasakhthikalum
  • Rashtranayakar
  • Dark Days of Democracy (English)
  • Adiyanthravastha Iruttinte Nilavilikal

Legal[edit | edit source]

  • Niyamavrithaandam
  • Shah Banu Begum case (English)
  • Five Judgements for Common Man (English)
  • UAPA Niyamathekurich
  • Ghargika peedanathilninnuolla shrisamprashana
  • Niyama Veedhiyiloode
  • Domestic Violence (English)
  • Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (English)
  • Shah Commission on Emergency (English)
  • Neethi Thedunna Kuttavum Sikshayum
  • Niyama Visesham
  • Pothu Civil Code Enthu Enthinu?
  • Bharnaghatana – Punaravlokanathinte Pathayil
  • Hand Book of Mental laws (English)
  • Law and Psychiatry (English)
  • Vakkil Diary
  • Niyamavum Neethiyum
  • Niyama Lekhanangal
  • Kesavananda Bharati Case
  • Triple Talaq (English)
  • Best Bakery Case (English)
  • Great Debate of Trio (English)
  • Shishu samprashana niyamavum chattagalum
  • Italy CharaKessu
  • Ruling on Death Sentence (English)
  • Ruling on Medical Negligence (English)

Politics[edit | edit source]

  • Advani havalakesh sathiyavum mithiyum
  • Sathyavangmoolam
  • Rashtreeya Lekhannagal
  • Rajanaithikam
  • Rashtreeya Diary
  • Congress Fascism PennHitlerum
  • Oru Facebook
  • Pukamarayillathe
  • Palavaka
  • Samasya
  • Pakshabhedamillathe
  • Vyadhayum Veedshanavum
  • Rashtreeyathiloode
  • Ezhuthu
  • Utharam Thedumbol
  • Current affairs (English)

Economy[edit | edit source]

  • Sambathika Rangavum Kupracharanavum
  • Sambathika Kazhichakal
  • Note pinvalikkalum dhanarangavum
  • Dhanarangam Vilayiruthumbol
  • GST enna swapna shashathkaram
  • Sambathika sudheekaranavum surgical strikum
  • Currency rathakkalum sampathvevashthayum
  • Sampathika nettagalliluda

Saamskarikam[edit | edit source]

  • Nermurikal
  • Saphalyam Thedunna Swathanthriyam
  • Bharatheeyam
  • Raman, Gandhi, Bharatheeyatha
  • Nostradamus
  • Matham, Rashtreeyam, Deseeyodgradhanam
  • Kakshiyude Veshathil
  • Five Important Speeches (English)
  • Republic Day 2020 (English)
  • Thus speaks the Governor (English)
  • Innathe Vishayangal
  • Straight Line (English)
  • Justice for all, Prejudice to none (English)
  • Harmonial Talk (English)
  • Governor on Social Harmony (English)
  • Rent Control Laws (English)
  • Lushayi Kunnukal
  • Nerkazyicha
  • Samukika Samarasatha
  • Right of Privacy (English)

Travelogue[edit | edit source]

  • Lakshadeep enna marathaka depu

Stories/Humor[edit | edit source]

  • Chiriyum Chinthayum Karutha Kottil (Yet to be published)
  • Mizo Kathakal
  • Thatha Varathirikkilla
  • Kathayallaa Kathakal

Jeevitha Rekhakal (Milestones)[edit | edit source]

  • Kazhichakal Kazhichapadukal
  • Madela muthal Azhiikoduvare
  • Prathibhakal, Prathibhasangal
  • Chessinte Kuthippum Kurukkum
  • Ormayile Veerendra Kumar
  • Thathsamaya Chinthakal

Social[edit | edit source]

  • Vilakkukalukal Evide?
  • Karya Vicharam
  • Dholakam
  • Thuranna Kathukal
  • Information Technologiyum Vyakulathkalum
  • Varthamana Kurippukal
  • Madhyama Kazhichapadukal
  • Manushyavakashangal Innu

Collection of Articles[edit | edit source]

  • Address on Goa Assembly (English)
  • Parivarthanathinte Pathayiloode
  • Sakhyam
  • Nerinte Nerma
  • Onchiyam Oru Marana Warrant
  • Neethiyude Rashtreeyam
  • Samakaalikam
  • The Other View (English)
  • Irakalum Prathikalum
  • Nettil Kurungunna Malayali
  • Vadhasiksha: Ariyendathum Ariyikkendathum
  • Thudippukal
  • Ner Rekhakal
  • Neethiyude Thathwasastram
  • Baluch – Mohajir Prashanagalum Pakisthanum
  • Anubhavagale Nanndi
  • Sir John Woodroffe
  • Policy Speech In Assembly

Literature[edit | edit source]

  • Sahithya Chinthakal
  • Nireekshanangal, Nilapadukal
  • Madhyamangal Vilayiruthumbol
  • Prathibhakaliloode
  • Vashikaattikal
  • Goa Vimochanavum Malayalikalum
  • Thuranna Manasoday
  • Moonnu Mahatmakal
  • Mizhi Thurkkumpol
  • Keynote of the Governor (English)
  • Ezhuthinntte Vazhikal
  • Muka Kurupukal
  • Chimbai
  • Proclamation by President Article 356 (English)
  • Akashaveethiyiloode
  • Lushayil ninnum Dona Pauleilekku
  • Olliminnum Ormakalilooda October
  • Goa Via Mizoram (English)
  • 30 days of Mission Humanity (English)
  • Governor addresses Goa (English)
  • Kathayalla Kathakal (Yet to be published)
  • My One year in Goa (Coffee table book) (Yet to be published)
  • Convocation Speeches (Yet to be published)
  • Mukapusthaka Kurupukal (Yet to be published
  • My visits to Goan villages (Yet to be published)
  • Justice Annachandy (Yet to be published)
  • Sreeranthangal (Yet to be published)
  • Dashinenthiyan Shetharagalilooda (Yet to be published)
  • Meet the press (Yet to be published)
  • Gujarat Vidhi (Yet to be published)
  • Nammudea Bharanakadana (Yet to be published)
  • Canacona Village (Yet to be published)
  • Ponda Village (Yet to be published)
  • Ayodhya Verdict (Yet to be published)
  • Ormakale Shuthi
  • Convocation Address – Mizoram University
  • Influence of Literature on National Integration
  • Nava Maadhyamatthiloode
  • Vilayirutthumbol
  • Care and Good Health
  • Impressions
  • Convocation Speech SaradaKrishna Homeopathy College
  • Convocation Address at P K Das Medical College
  • Convocation Speech at Dale View College
  • Mera Hindi Bhashan
  • Sthreerathnangal
  • Dakhinendian Kshethrangaliloode.
  • Nammude Bharanaghadana
  • Aazaadi kaa Amrithmaholsav
  • Swaathanthryatthinte Vajrajubile
  • Need of Spiritual & Village Tourism in Goa
  • Convocation Address - Goa University
  • Convocation Address – NIT College, Goa
  • Goa Sampurna Yatra
  • Whither The Literature
  • My Sixteen Months As Governor
  • Goa Raj Bhavan = Lok Bhavan
  • Face To Face
  • Anthology Of Official Addresses
  • Orations On Education
  • Fragmented Thoughts
  • May Light Lead Us
  • Musings On Social & Economic Issues
  • Protect Sovereignty
  • Anthology Of Speeches
  • Ezhuthazham@182
  • Yes We Can
  • Striking A Chord
  • Madhyamagale Nanni
  • Kayazhichapadukal
  • Social Mediayiloode
  • Prayanam

Personal life[edit | edit source]

P.S. Sreedharan Pillai Meeting Hon. Home Minister of India Shri. Amit Shah at his residence

Pillai married Advocate K. Rita at Kozhikode in 1984, who is a practicing lawyer at the District Court Kozhikode.[13] Pillai's son, Arjun Sreedhar, is a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala and began his career as a junior to his father. His daughter-in-law, Jipsa Arjun, holds a postgraduate degree in pediatric dentistry and practices in Calicut. His daughter, Arya Arun, is a postgraduate in Dental Science and practices in Cochin, while her husband, Arun Krishna Dhan, is also a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala, having started his career as a junior to his father-in-law.[14]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "P S Sreedharan Pillai new president of Kerala BJP". The AccessMyLibrary. 3 August 2003. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "PS Sreedharan Pillai becomes Kerala BJP president". The News Minute. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kerala BJP President PS Sreedharan Pillai appointed as Mizoram Governor". The News minute. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mizoram Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai writes 13 books including a collection of poems during the lockdown". The New Indian Express. 7 August 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  5. ↑ Pillai, Sreedharan (2005). Kaaladanam. Current Books Thrissur.
  6. ↑ Pillai, Sreedharan, "Bonsai", Current Books Thrissur, ISBN 9788122607505{{citation}}: CS1 maint: work parameter with ISBN (link)
  7. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  10. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  11. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  12. ↑ Ps Sreedharan Pillai, Dr (18 December 2020). "Oh Mizoram - Books by PS Sreedharan Pillai". Retrieved 5 April 2021.
  13. ↑ "Advocate Rita. K". Advocates of Kerala. Retrieved 5 April 2021.[permanent dead link]
  14. ↑ "Mizoram Governor Online". Govt of Mizoram. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
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Preceded by
Jagdish Mukhi
Additional Charge 		Governor of Mizoram
5 November 2019 - 6 July 2021 		Succeeded by
Kambhampati Hari Babu
Preceded by
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Additional Charge 		Governor of Goa
7 July 2021 - 25 July 2025 		Succeeded by
Ashok Gajapathi Raju
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