M. K. Narayanan

M. K. Narayanan

Mayankote Kelath Narayanan (born 23 July 1934) is the 24th and current Governor of West Bengal, a state in Eastern India. He was formerly the country's third National Security Advisor (2005–2010), assuming the role after the demise of his predecessor J. N. Dixit in January 2005. Narayanan offered to resign on 30 November 2008 over the attacks in Mumbai that killed nearly 200 people, but his resignation was not accepted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He experienced heavy criticism after the Mumbai terrorist attacks due to his preoccupation with Sri Lanka and the LTTE, instead of what others considered to be India's chief threat, Kashmiri insurgents and Pakistan.