P.V. Gopalan

P.V. Gopalan

Painganadu Venkataraman Gopalan was an Indian career civil servant. He served as Director of Relief Measures and Refugees in the Government of Zambia. He was born into a Tamil Brahmin family in 1911 in Thulasenthirapuram.

About P.V. Gopalan in brief

Summary P.V. GopalanPainganadu Venkataraman Gopalan was an Indian career civil servant. He served as Director of Relief Measures and Refugees in the Government of Zambia. He was born into a Tamil Brahmin family in 1911 in Thulasenthirapuram, a village in the erstwhile Tanjore District, Madras Presidency, in India.

He joined the Imperial Secretariat Service during British rule in India and later merged into Central Secretariat service.