Mangaluru: St. Aloysius College alumnus K K Venugopal has been appointed as the Attorney General of India.

K K Venugopal joined several eminent Aloysians to rise to this level as an outstanding achiever.

He was awarded “Eminent Aloysian Award” in the year 2011.

Born into a Nair family hailing from Kasargod, Venugopal grew up in Mangalore. Venugopal studied law in Raja Lakhamgouda Law College, Belgaum, Karnataka. His father M K Nambiar, was a barrister. Venugopal studied at St. Aloysius College in Mangalore.

He started his legal career in Mysore, in 1954, before practising at the Madras High Court under his father late barrister M K Nambiar.