When
Gopal Krishna Pillai (67) joined as Sub Collector in Kollam (then Quilon) in
July 1974, his first job after passing out from Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Academy of Admini-stration (LBSNAA), the Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
hardly offered a decent lifestyle. Pillai drove to office on his brother’s
scooter and lost his first half’s salary because there was a long queue of
officers joining that day and his turn came only in the afternoon. For the
first two years, he and his wife, Sudha, also a 1972 Kerala cadre IAS, lived
from hand-to-mouth.
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