Narasimhan belongs to the 1968 batch of
IPS from
Andhra Pradesh cadre. He served as the First Secretary in the
Embassy of India in Moscow from 1981 to 1984. He is highly respected police official. He worked in the
Intelligence Bureau for many years until retiring as the director of the bureau on 31 December 2006. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence College, New Delhi. On 19 January 2007, Narasimhan was appointed
Governor of Chhattisgarh, and took office on 25 January. On 27 December 2009, he took additional charge as
acting Governor of Andhra Pradesh, from
Narayan Dutt Tiwari, who resigned after a
sex scandal. The
Telugu Desam Party has taken strong exception to Andhra Pradesh Governor ESL Narasimhan's meetings with Congress top leaders in
New Delhi and questioned if it was part of his official duties. Leader of opposition in
Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council and
Telugu Desam Party politburo member
Yanamala Ramakrishnudu criticised the governor for meeting
AICC general secretary
Digvijay Singh in
New Delhi in October 2013. "Why should the governor go to Digvijay's residence and brief him? Is it part of governor's official duties?", Yanamala questioned. He alleged the governor was "doing the rounds of Congress leaders' houses" carrying official files. "Is the governor going to decide the fate of 8.47 crore Telugu people?", Yanamala said. During the controversial president rule from 1 May 2014 to 1 June 2014, he, as Governor of undivided Andhra Pradesh, issued many extra constitutional government orders without having taken approval from the Parliament under
article 356(1) or sanction of parliament under article 357(1) of the constitution. He took oath of office as state governor to preserve, protect and defend the constitution and the law. On 13 June 2017 Narasimhan became longest serving
Governor of Andhra Pradesh by surpassing
Krishan Kant. ==References==