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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Gopal Krishna Pillai<br />
| image = File:The Special Secretary, Department of Commerce, Shri G.K. Pillai at the inauguration of a National Seminar on Government Procurement, jointly organised by the Department of Commerce (cropped).jpg<br />
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| birth_date = 30 November 1949<br />
| birth_place = [[Kollam]], [[Kerala]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[St. Joseph's College, Bangalore]]<br>[[IIT Madras]]<br />
| spouse = Sudha Pillai<br />
| occupation = Civil Servant ([[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]])<br />
| office = [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]]<br />
| term_start = 30 Jun 2009<br />
| term_end = 30 Jun 2011<br />
| predecessor = [[Madhukar Gupta]]<br />
| successor = [[R. K. Singh]]<br />
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'''Gopal Krishna Pillai''' or '''G. K. Pillai''' (born 30 Nov 1949) is a retired [[Indian Administrative Service]] officer and the former [[Home Secretary (India)|Home Secretary]] in the Government of India. He was born into a [[Nair]] family in Kerala. He was educated at [[Bishop Cotton Boys' School]], [[Bangalore]], and at the [[St. Joseph's College, Bangalore]]. He then obtained an M.Sc from [[IIT Madras]]. He belongs to the Kerala cadre of the 1972 batch of I.A.S.<br />
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==Career==<br />
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G.K. Pillai held diverse positions in the state government of Kerala such as:<br />
* District Collector of Kollam from 1982 to 1985<br />
* Special Secretary for Industries, especially the traditional industries of cashew, coir and handlooms<br />
* Secretary of Health<br />
* Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala.<ref name='Business Standard 2009-06-12'>{{cite news | author=Aditi Phadnis | author-link=Aditi Phadnis |author2=Rituparna Bhuyan | title=Newsmaker: Gopal Krishna Pillai | date=2009-06-12 | publisher=Business Standard | url =http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/newsmaker-gopal-krishna-pillai/360843/ | pages =1 | access-date = 2009-12-19 }}</ref><ref name='TOI 2009-06-12'>{{cite news | title=G S Pillai new home secretary | date=2009-06-12 | work=The Times of India | url =http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/G-S-Pillai-new-home-secretary/articleshow/4646049.cms | access-date = 2009-12-19 }}</ref><br />
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==Media spotlight==<br />
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In February 2016, Pillai claimed to media that there was political interference in the controversial [[Ishrat Jahan case]].<ref name="GKPillai">{{cite news |title=Ishrat Jahan case: Former Home Secy GK Pillai claims 'political' interference in 2004 encounter |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/ishrat-jahan-case-former-home-secy-pillai-claims-political-interference-in-2004-encounter-2644486.html |date=26 February 2016|access-date=29 February 2016}}</ref> Pillai's claims were corroborated by another former official in March 2016, bringing the Ishrat Jahan case into media spotlight once again.<ref name="RVSMani">{{cite news|title=Ishrat Jahan case: Former under secy says he was forced to file second affidavit, burnt with cigarettes |url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/ishrat-jahan-case-former-under-secy-says-he-was-forced-to-file-second-affidavit-burnt-with-cigarettes-2651104.html |date=1 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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*"[https://archive.today/20130907130048/http://www.bureaucracyindia.in/g-k-pillai/ An exclusive interview with G K Pillai, Ex-Home Secretary of India]". BUREAUCRACY INDIA, Retrieved 2011-06-30<br />
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[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01TKiMKv_ew Interview with Karan Thapar]". The Wire, Retrieved 2023-07-08 (Modi Has Betrayed Oath of Office; Hindus Must Speak out Against Treatment of Muslims in Modi’s India)<br />
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==External links==<br />
https://www.adaniports.com/About-us/Board-of-Directors/Gopal-Krishna-Pillai<br />
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[[Category:Bishop Cotton Boys' School alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Administrative Service officers]]<br />
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