Gk pillai biography of william hill

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Shri G K Pillai was born in in Kerala. His father as well as grandfathers from both the maternal and paternal side were civil servants. He completed his schooling from Bishop Cottons, Bangalore. Joseph College, Bangalore. He then went on to complete his M. Following family tradition, he joined the Civil Services and was selected for the IAS in the year His penchant for doing something worthwhile, broad-based and significant was evident early, and he worked his way up the Civil Services hierarchy with keen earnestness.

In , he was appointed Principal Secretary to Shri A. Anthony, the then Chief Minister of Kerala. He has also been on Central deputation to Delhi where initially he worked in the Ministry of Defence handling aircraft acquisitions. His fearless approach, deep study of the complexities and ethnic issues, coupled with his sincere work ethic, ensured significant development benefits to the region, as also the effective handling of various insurgencies.

In fact, his approach to resolving the Bodo problem in Assam and negotiations with the Bodo Liberation Tigers was considered unique and beyond compare. He was later posted in the Ministry of Commerce and went on to become the Chief Negotiator for India at the WTO, representing the country at innumerable international conferences.

He later became Secretary in the Ministry of Commerce. Under his supervision, over SEZs were notified with a total investment of Rs. These SEZs, apart from giving tax incentives to developers and industries, provided much needed employment. The total exports last year from the SEZs were over Rs.