P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | |
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Official Portrait, 2021 | |
19th Governor of Goa | |
Assumed office 15 July 2021 | |
Chief Minister | Pramod Sawant |
Preceded by | Bhagat Singh Koshyari (additional charge) |
15th Governor of Mizoram | |
In office 5 November 2019 – 6 July 2021 | |
Chief Minister | Zoramthanga |
Preceded by | Jagdish Mukhi |
Succeeded by | Kambhampati Hari Babu |
Personal details | |
Born | P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (1954-12-01) 1 December 1954 (age 68) Venmony, Travancore-Cochin, India |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouse | K Rita (m. 1984) |
Children | 2 |
Residence | Raj Bhavan, Panaji |
Education | |
Website | www |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who is currently serving as the 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.
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.[1] 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 the state President, preceding Kummanam Rajasekharan.[2] He was appointed Governor of Mizoram on 25 October 2019.[3]
Sreedharan Pillai took to writing nearly four decades ago, publishing his first book in 1983. He has published more than 165+ books.[4]
Pillai married Advocate K. Rita at Kozhikode in 1984, who is a practicing lawyer at the District Court Kozhikode.[13] 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.[14]
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