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{{Short description|Indian bureaucrat and statesman}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan
| honorific_suffix = [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] (Retd.)
| image = Mayankote Kelath Narayanan - Kolkata 2013-01-07 2702 Cropped.JPG
| caption =
| office = 18th [[Governor of West Bengal]]
| term_start = 24 January 2010
| term_end = 30 June 2014
| 1blankname = Chief Minister
| 1namedata = [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee]] <br> [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| predecessor = [[Devanand Konwar]] ''(additional charge)''
| successor = [[D. Y. Patil]] ''(additional charge)''
| office2 = 3rd [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor of India]]
| term_start2 = 3 January 2005
| term_end2 = 23 January 2010
| prime_minister2 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
| predecessor2 = [[J. N. Dixit]]
| successor2 = [[Shivshankar Menon]]
| office3 = [[Director of Intelligence Bureau]]
| term_start4 = April 1987
| term_end4 = December 1989
| office4 =
| term3 = January 1991 - February 1992
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1934|03|10}}
| birth_place = [[Ottapalam]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Padmini Narayanan
| children = 2
| awards = [[Padma Shri]] (1992)
| website =
| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]<br>[[University of Madras]]
| office1 = Acting [[Governor of Sikkim]]
| term_start1 = 7 Apr 2010
| term_end1 = 30 Apr 2010
}}

'''Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan''' (born 10 March 1934) is a retired [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] officer who served as the [[National Security Adviser of India]] from 2005 to 2010, assuming the role after the demise of his predecessor [[Jyotindra Nath Dixit]] in January 2005.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/470236_Narayanan-likely-to-be-made-Governor |title=Narayanan likely to be made Governor |publisher=Press Trust of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2010-01-15 |title=Narayanan likely to be made Governor |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Narayanan-likely-to-be-made-Governor/article16837697.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-04-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Subsequently, he served as 19th [[Governor of West Bengal]] from 2010 to 2014.<ref name="resign">{{cite web|title=West Bengal governor MK Narayanan quits office|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/06/west-bengal-governor-mk-narayanan-quits-office/|work=IANS|publisher=news.biharprabha.com|access-date=30 June 2014}}</ref> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 1992.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

==Early life==
M K Narayanan hails from Kelath family at [[Ottapalam]], [[Palakkad]], a district of the state [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012812380400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050405050054/http://www.hindu.com/2005/01/28/stories/2005012812380400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 April 2005 |title=Tharakan brings glory to Palakkad | location=Chennai, India |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 January 2005}}</ref>

Narayanan did his schooling from [[Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/apr/22/mcc-school-alumni-take-trip-down-memory-lane-470178.html | title=MCC School alumni take trip down memory lane | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=22 April 2013 | accessdate=25 February 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wikileaks-narayanan-in-pmos-keralite-mafia/146013-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110318062805/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/wikileaks-narayanan-in-pmos-keralite-mafia/146013-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 March 2011 |title=WikiLeaks: Narayanan in PMO's 'Keralite mafia' |publisher=Ibnlive.in.com |date=15 March 2011 |access-date=14 July 2013}}</ref>

==Career==
M. 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 (India)|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 (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] (IB) from 1987 to 1990, before heading the [[Joint Intelligence Committee (India)|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 Services of India|Civil Service]] appointment) for Internal Security to the [[Prime Minister of India]] beginning in May 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sify.com/news/the-palakkad-connection-to-the-n-deal-news-national-jegxeLfjfab.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716071120/http://www.sify.com/news/the-palakkad-connection-to-the-n-deal-news-national-jegxeLfjfab.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-07-16 |title=The Palakkad connection to the N-deal |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

He was Indian [[National Security Advisor (India)|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 Manmohan Singh, the then Prime Minister to stay on.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sharma |first=Aman |date=2014-01-21 |title=Government had intelligence inputs on 26/11 Mumbai attacks, says former NSA MK Narayanan |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/government-had-intelligence-inputs-on-26/11-mumbai-attacks-says-former-nsa-mk-narayanan/articleshow/29127352.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2024-09-05 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> 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 [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]-ruled state on critical issues like violence in [[Nandigram]] and [[Singur]].

==See also==

{{Commons category|Mayankote Kelath Narayanan}}
* [[Brajesh Mishra]]
* [[National Security Council (India)|National Security Council]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100423041224/http://southasiaanalysis.org/papers37/paper3619.html M. K. Narayanan by B. Raman]}}
* https://web.archive.org/web/20130816020917/http://www.bprd.nic.in/writereaddata/mainlinkFile/File1052.pdf

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