G. Balakrishnan Nair (1929–2011) was an Indian academic, author and Sanskrit scholar.

Nair was born on 5 February 1923 in Peroorkada, Thiruvananthapuram to Govinda Pillai and Gourikutty Amma.

He studied at Government Sanskrit College, earning a degree in Mahopadhyay.

Following his studies, Nair worked at Mahatma Gandhi College as a Sanskrit tutor, before becoming a lecturer at University College Trivandrum in 1955.

[1] In 1963, Nair published his Malayalam translation of the Tamil moral work of the Tirukkural.