M. K. Narayanan

Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan
IPS (Retd.)
18th Governor of West Bengal
In office
24 January 2010 – 30 June 2014
Chief MinisterBuddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Mamata Banerjee
Preceded byDevanand Konwar (additional charge)
Succeeded byD. Y. Patil (additional charge)
Acting Governor of Sikkim
In office
7 Apr 2010 – 30 Apr 2010
3rd National Security Advisor of India
In office
3 January 2005 – 23 January 2010
Prime MinisterManmohan Singh
Preceded byJ. N. Dixit
Succeeded byShivshankar Menon
Director of Intelligence Bureau
In office
January 1991 - February 1992
In office
April 1987 – December 1989
Personal details
Born (1934-03-10) 10 March 1934
SpousePadmini Narayanan
Children2
Alma materLoyola College, Chennai
University of Madras
AwardsPadma Shri (1992)
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Mayankodu Kelath Narayanan (born 10 March 1934) is a retired 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. Subsequently, he served as 19th Governor of West Bengal from 2010 to 2014. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1992.