Background
Nair, Govindapillai Achuthan was born on February 17, 1946 in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Son of Philisophy Govinda Pillai and Parvathy Gourikutty Amma.
Nair, Govindapillai Achuthan was born on February 17, 1946 in Thiruvananthapuram, India. Son of Philisophy Govinda Pillai and Parvathy Gourikutty Amma.
Bachelor of Science, Kerala University, Trivandrum, India, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Kerala University, Trivandrum, India, 1981. Doctor of Science, Kerala University, Trivandrum, India, 2001.
Master of Science, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1969.
Senior research associate Madurai (India) University, 1974-1976. Senior and postdoctoral fellow Kerala University, Trivandrum, 1979-1984, research associate department ocean development, 1984-1986. Assistant professor zoology University Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya, 1987-1989, associate professor zoology Libya, 1990-1995, professor zoology and ecology, 2000—2004.
Principal researcher Environmental Resources Research Center, Trivandrum, 1996-1999. Associate professor zoology University Garyounis, Benghazi, 2000—2004. Director, professor Biosciences SAFI Institute Advanced Study, Calicut, India, 2005.
Principal investigator Minister of Higher Education Government of Libya, Benghazi, 1990-1995. Project director Minister of Defense Government of India, 1997-1998. Visiting professor department environmental science Kerala University, India, since 2006.
Fellow Linnean Society London. Member Institute Biology, New York Academy of Sciences.
Married Parvathi Lakshmi Devi, May 13, 1975. Children: L. Deepthi Nair, L. Aarathi Nair, A. Aditya Nair.