P. S. Sreedharan Pillai (born 1 December 1954) is an Indian politician, attorney, and author, who is currently serving as the 19th and current Governor of Goa since 2021. He also served as the governor of Mizoram from 2019 to 2021, he was also the Bharatiya Janata Party president of Kerala state from 2003 to 2006 and again from 2018 to 2019. He has been conferred with honorary doctorate degree by ASBM University, Bhubaneswar on 16 September 2023 in the hands of Hon'ble 14th President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind.

Political career

Pillai started his political career through the ABVP, the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a state secretary of the ABVP during his college days. He has served in many posts in the BJP, including Kozhikode district president, state secretary, and general secretary. He was elected as BJP State President of BJP in Kerala from 2003 to 2006 and also served as the BJP Prabhari of Lakshadweep UT in 2004. Under his leadership, in 2004, the NDA won two MP seats from Kerala (P. C. Thomas, IFDP) and Lakshadweep (P. Pookunhi Koya, JDU). In 2018, he was again appointed the state President, preceding Kummanam Rajasekharan. He was appointed Governor of Mizoram on 25 October 2019.

Literary career

Pillai took to writing nearly four decades ago, publishing his first book in 1983. He has published more than 210 books.

Anthologies

Folklore Poems

History

Legal

Politics

Economy

Saamskarikam

Travelogue

Stories/Humor

Jeevitha Rekhakal (Milestones)

Social

Collection of Articles

Literature

Personal life

Pillai married Advocate K. Rita at Kozhikode in 1984, who is a practicing lawyer at the District Court Kozhikode. His son Arjun Sreedhar is a lawyer at the High Court of Kerala and started the profession as Junior to his father. His daughter-in-law Jipsa Arjun is a post-graduate in pediatric dentistry and is practicing at Calicut. His daughter Arya Arun is a post-graduate in Dental Science and is practicing in Cochin, while her husband Arun Krishna Dhan is also a lawyer in the High Court of Kerala and started his career as a junior to his father-in-law.