Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan (born 10 March 1934) is a former Indian Police Service officer. He was National Security Advisor of India from 2005 to 2010, assuming the role after the demise of his predecessor Jyotindra Nath Dixit in January 2005.[1][2] Subsequently, he served as 19th Governor of West Bengal from 2010 to 2014.[3] The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1992.[4]
Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan | |
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| 19th Governor of West Bengal | |
| In office 24 January 2010 – 30 June 2014 | |
| Chief Minister | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Mamata Banerjee |
| Preceded by | Devanand Konwar (additional charge) |
| Succeeded by | D. Y. Patil (additional charge) |
| 3rd National Security Advisor of India | |
| In office 3 January 2005 – 23 January 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Manmohan Singh |
| Preceded by | J. N. Dixit |
| Succeeded by | Shivshankar Menon |
| Director of Intelligence Bureau | |
| In office January 1991 - February 1992 | |
| In office April 1987 – December 1989 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 March 1934 Ottapalam, Madras Presidency, British India |
| Spouse | Padmini Narayanan |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | Loyola College, Chennai |
| Awards | Padma Shri (1992) |
Early life
editM K Narayanan hails from Kelath family at Ottapalam, Palakkad, a district of the state Kerala.[5]
Narayanan did his schooling from Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School.[6] He 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.[7]
Career
editM. K. Narayanan joined the Indian Police Service in 1955 and passed out with the highest marks. 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, in 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 for a year. He became Chief (a four-star rank, equivalent to an Army general) of the IB again in 1991, before retiring in 1992. He was then appointed Special Adviser (a non-Civil Service appointment) for Internal Security to the Prime Minister of India beginning in May 2004.[8]
He was Indian National Security Adviser with the rank of Minister of State from 2005 to 2010. He was the NSA during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and had offered to resign owing to the failures which led to the attacks. He was asked by Singh, the then Prime Minister to stay on.[9] He played a significant role in the negotiation of the Indo-US Civil Nuclear Agreement. He took over as Governor of West Bengal from Gopalkrishna Gandhi, who had a few disagreements with the then CPI(M)-ruled state on critical issues like violence in Nandigram and Singur.
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Narayanan likely to be made Governor". Press Trust of India.
- ^ "Narayanan likely to be made Governor". The Hindu. 15 January 2010. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ "West Bengal governor MK Narayanan quits office". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
- ^ "Tharakan brings glory to Palakkad". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 5 April 2005.
- ^ "MCC School alumni take trip down memory lane". The New Indian Express. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "WikiLeaks: Narayanan in PMO's 'Keralite mafia'". Ibnlive.in.com. 15 March 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "The Palakkad connection to the N-deal". Sify. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011.
- ^ Sharma, Aman (21 January 2014). "Government had intelligence inputs on 26/11 Mumbai attacks, says former NSA MK Narayanan". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 5 September 2024.