P. S. Sreedharan Pillai

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K. Rita
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(m. 1984)​
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai
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Pillai in 2016
19th Governor of Goa
In office
7 July 2021 –25 July 2025
Children2
Residence(s) Raj Bhavan, Panaji, Goa, India
Education
Occupation
  • Politician
  • attorney
  • author
Website www.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.

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Political career

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

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

Bibliography

Anthologies

Folklore Poems

History

Politics

Economy

Saamskarikam

Travelogue

Stories/Humor

Jeevitha Rekhakal (Milestones)

Social

Collection of Articles

Literature

Personal life

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

  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
  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.
Government offices
Preceded by
Jagdish Mukhi
Additional Charge
 Governor of Mizoram
5 November 2019 - 6 July 2021		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bhagat Singh Koshyari
Additional Charge
 Governor of Goa
7 July 2021 - 25 July 2025		Succeeded by
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