Govind Narain, ICS (5 May 1916 – 3 April 2012) was an Indian civil servant who was member of the Indian Civil Service and served as the 8th Governor of Karnataka.
He also served as Adviser and Secretary to the King of Nepal from 1951 to 1954.
He was selected as a member of the Indian Civil Service in 1939 and was Home Secretary of India and Defence Secretary of India before retirement.
As Home Secretary, he played a crucial role during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
After retirement, he was affiliated with the Public Interest Legal Support and Research Trust, Shankara Vidya Kendra, Federation of Indo-German Society in India, and an NGO, Common Cause.