M. K. Narayanan

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M K Narayanan
Mayankote Kelath Narayanan - Kolkata 2013-01-07 2702 Cropped.JPG
Narayanan in 2013
24th Governor of West Bengal
In office
24 January 2010 – 30 June 2014
Preceded by Devanand Konwar
3rd National Security Adviser (India)
In office
January 2005 – January 2010
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
Preceded by J N Dixit
Succeeded by Shivshankar Menon
Director of the Intelligence Bureau
In office
April 1987 – December 1989
Personal details
Born (1934-03-10) 10 March 1934 (age 90)
Ottapalam, Palakkad, Kerala, India (earlier under Madras State, Dominion of India)
Spouse(s) Padmini Narayanan
Residence Raj Bhavan, Kolkata

Mayankote Kelath Narayanan (born 10 March 1934) is an Indian Diplomat and former IPS officer. He also served as the 24th Governor of West Bengal, a state in Eastern India.[1] He was formerly the country's third National Security Adviser (2005–2010), assuming the role after the demise of his predecessor Jyotindra Nath Dixit in January 2005.[2] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1992.[3]

Early life

M K Narayanan hails from Kelath family at Ottapalam, Palakkad, a district of the state Kerala.[4]

Narayanan completed his graduation from Loyola College, Chennai. He is married to Padmini Narayanan and the couple has a son, Vijay, and a daughter, Meena. Their son-in-law Ajit Nambiar is Chairman and Managing Director of BPL Ltd.[5]

Career

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. M K Narayanan joined the Indian Police Service in 1955 and passed out as the best all-round officer of his batch. After a brief stint as Sub-Divisional Police Officer in the erstwhile State of Madras, he went on deputation to the Intelligence Bureau in February 1959. The rest of his service career was spent under the Government of India, mainly in the Intelligence Bureau during which he dealt with a whole range of issues concerning internal and national security.

He headed the Intelligence Bureau (IB) from 1987 to 1990, before heading the Joint Intelligence Committee. He became Chief of the IB again in 1991, before retiring in 1992. He was the Special Adviser for Internal Security to the Prime Minister of India beginning in May 2004.[6] He was Indian National Security Adviser with the rank of Minister of State from 2005 to 2010. He played a significant role in the negotiation of the landmark Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement of 2008.

On 24 Jan 2010 was appointed the governor of West Bengal due to his closeness to the UPA Administration as a retirement posting. He took over from Gopalkrishna Gandhi who had a few disagreements with the CPM-ruled West Bengal on critical issues like violence in Nandigram and Singur.

See also

References

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Government offices
Preceded by Governor of West Bengal
24 January 2010 – 30 June 2014
Succeeded by
D. Y. Patil
Preceded by National Security Advisor
January 2005 – January 2010
Succeeded by
Shivshankar Menon
Preceded by
H. A. Barari
Director of the Intelligence Bureau
1987 - 1989
Succeeded by
R. P. Joshi

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