Professor G. Balakrishnan Nair was an emeritus Sanskrit

Sanskrit

Sanskrit , is a historical Indo-Aryan language and the primary liturgical language of Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism.Buddhism: besides Pali, see Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Today, it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand...

 academician, author and renowned scholar of Sree Nārāyana Guru’s

Narayana Guru

Sri Nārāyana Guru , also known as Sree Nārāyana Guru Swami, was a Hindu saint, sadhuand social reformer of India. The Guru was born into an Ezhava family, in an era when people from backward communities like the Ezhavas faced much social injustices in the caste-ridden Kerala society...

 philosophical works.
Balakrishnan Nair was born on 5 February 1923 at Peroorkada

Peroorkada

Peroorkada is a residential locality in the Municipal Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India ,It is located 7 km, north east, from Thiruvananthapuram Central Bus Station and on the way to Nedumangad and Ponmudi...

 Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram , formerly known as Trivandrum, is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram District. It is located on the west coast of India near the extreme south of the mainland...

. He is the son of Gowriamma and Govinda Pillai Vazhayila Kurukannaal House, Peroorkada
He is an alumnus of Government Sanskrit College Trivandrum and University College Trivandrum

University College Trivandrum

His Highness Maharaja's University College, Trivandrum is a constituent college of the University of Kerala, based primarily in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the Indian state of Kerala.-Geography and Location:...

. Balakrishnan Nair qualified as Mahopadhyaya in Sanskrit grammar

Sanskrit grammar

The grammar of the Sanskrit language has a complex verbal system, rich nominal declension, and extensive use of compound nouns. It was studied and codified by Sanskrit grammarians from the later Vedic period , culminating in the Pāṇinian grammar of the 4th century BC.-Grammatical tradition:The...

 from the University of Kerala.