Vrindavanam Venugopalan

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Vrindavanam Venugopalan
Born	(1935-10-24)24 October 1935 Kollam, Travancore
Died	25 December 2009(2009-12-25) (aged 74) Kollam
Education	M.A.(Mal), M.A.(Eng), M.A.(Soc), MEd.
Spouse	M.K. Suguna Bai
Children	1 daughters and 4 sons.

Vrindavanam Venugopalan (24 October 1935 – 25 December 2009) was an Indian journalist, educationist and writer who wrote in both Malayalam and English. Venugopalan was the editor of Viswakeralam Daily, and an acclaimed biographer. He was also known as a pioneer in the family planning movement from its beginnings in Kerala in 1957. He published articles in leading newspapers on various subjects.

Educational Background

Venugopalan completed his

As a Journalist

He was a frequent contributor to many dailies from 1950's. He started a Manuscript Monthly 'Vrindavanam' in 1952 from which he got his pen name Vrindavanam Venugopalan. He started another weekly 'Vidhyarthilokam' the same year. Great people like Mayyanad K. Damodaran B.A. appreciated his writings in this periodicals at that time. Later he worked with the Kaumudi Daily of K. Balakrishnan and the Pothujanam Eve Daily. He was Chief Editor of Prathichaya and was Mg. Editor of Viswakeralam Daily from 1980 to 1990. He was also Kerala Convenor of All India Small Newspapers Association.

Government Service

Venugopalan started his career as a Clerk in the Health Services, Assistant in the Home Department of

• Kalayum Kavyavum – Literary Criticism, (1963)
• Swapnamgal – Short Stories (1963)
• Indulekhayum Saradayum – A Study (1964)
• Kutumbasamvidhanatinu Mumbu – Essays on F.P. (1964)
• Alankara Samskhepam – Gist of Poetics (1966)
• Vritha Samgraham – Prosody (1966)
• Laghu Vyakaranam – Grammar (1967)
• Pracharanopadhikal – Essays on F.P. (1969)
• Communication Materials on F.P. – (1969)
• Vishadangale Vida – Essays on F.P. (1979)
• K.P. Vallon Smaranika – Biography (1981)
• Thrimanan – Study on Bureaucracy (1986)
• Abudabi – Novel (1986)
• Gandeevam – Biography (1986)
• K. Karunakaran – Biography (1992)
• Y.S. Raja Reddy – Biography (1992)
• Gateway to English Grammar (1994)

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