P. V. Gopalan

In this Indian name, the name Venkataraman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Gopalan.

P. V. Gopalan
P. V. Gopalan with his granddaughter, Kamala Harris, c. 1960s.
Personal details
BornPainganadu Venkataraman Gopalan
1911 (1911)
Thulasendrapuram,
Madras Presidency, British India
(now in Tamil Nadu, India)
DiedFebruary 1998 (aged 86–87)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
SpouseRajam Gopalan
Children4, including Shyamala
RelativesKamala Harris (granddaughter)
Maya Harris (granddaughter)
Meena Harris (great-granddaughter)
Known forMaternal grandfather of Kamala Harris

Painganadu Venkataraman Gopalan (1911 – February 1998) was an Indian career civil servant who served with the Zambian and the Indian governments.

As director of relief measures and refugees in Zambia, he oversaw the exodus of refugees from Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) during the Rhodesian Bush War. He later served as advisor to the first President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda and also as joint secretary to the government of India in 1960s.

Gopalan was a member of the Imperial Secretariat Service and later a Central Secretariat Service officer. He was the maternal grandfather of the 49th vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris.

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