P.S. Sreedharan Pillai was felicitated for completing 50 years in pursuit of iterature at a function held at the Press Club in Thiruvananthapuram.
Filmmaker Adoor Gopalkrishnan said that Pillai had authored over 200 books, including poetry, travelogues and political commentary. Pillai was presented with a memento and shawl at the function and inaugurated the PG Diploma course of the Institute of Journalism under the Press Club. Pillai is a politician, lawyer, 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.
