Preceded by Madhukar Gupta Spouse(s) Sudha Pillai | Name Gopal Pillai Succeeded by R. K. Singh | |
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Occupation Civil Servant (Indian Administrative Service) |
Gopal Krishna Pillai or G. K. Pillai (born 30th Nov, 1949) is an Indian Administrative Service (I.A.S) officer and the former Home Secretary of India. He studied at Bishop Cotton Boys' School, Bangalore and St. Joseph’s College, Bangalore, and later obtained an M.Sc from IIT, Madras. He belongs to the Kerala cadre of the 1972 batch of I.A.S. Pillai held diverse positions in the state government of Kerala such as:
Media Spotlight
In February 2016, Pillai claimed to media that there was political interference in the controversial Ishrat Jahan case.
Pillai's claims were corraborated by another former official in March 2016, bringing the Ishrat Jahan case into media spotlight once again.
References
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