Mr. Gopala Krishna has been a bureaucrat and an academician. He joined the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1962. Since then, he has served under the State Governments of Assam and Andhra Pradesh and Government of India. He retired as Chairman of Rural Electrification Corporation in 1997 in the rank of Secretary to the Government of India. He was Chairman, Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), the apex body for 246 Public Sector Undertakings under the Government of India. He was also Director of the Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad. Mr. Mr. Gopala Krishna has received numerous awards for his exemplary work including Diamond Jubilee Award of Central Board of Irrigation and Power, “Life time Achievement Award” from Council for Industrial & Trade Development (India) and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose National Award for Excellence in Industrial Development.

Currently, Mr. Gopala Krishna is Chairman of A.P. State Financial Corporation, Vice President (South) of the National HRD Network and Chairman of AP Regional Branch of Indian Institute of Public Administration. He is also a member of the Board of School of Management Studies, University of Hyderabad. He is a Senior Consultant to UNDP, ADB, DFID, etc. He also acts as Guest Faculty at LBS Academy of Administration, Mussorie, Central University, several Management Colleges and Institutions like NAARM, NIRD, JNIDB, Institution of Engineers, etc

Mr. Gopala Krishna brings with him tremendous experience in administration, government policies, human resource management and legal issues. NSL Textile will benefit immensely from his presence in the board.