M. P. Veerendra Kumar

M. P. Veerendra Kumar
FORMER M.P.
Constituency	Calicut
Personal details
Born	15 August 1937 (1937-08-15) Wayanad, Kerala
Political party	Socialist Janata (Democratic)
Spouse(s)	Usha Veerendra Kumar
Children	1 son and 3 daughters
Residence	Wayanad
Religion	Jain
As of September 23, 2006 Source: [1]

M. P. Veerendra Kumar (Malayalam:എം.പി. വീരേന്ദ്രകുമാര്‍ Kannada:ಎಮ್ .ಪಿ. ವೀರೇಂದ್ರ ಕುಮಾರ) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He is a member of the Socialist Janata (Democratic) political party and the president of Kerala state unit of the party. He is also the chairman and Managing editor of the Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi. He is a prominent writer in Malayalam, won Kendra Sahitya Akademi Awardin 2010 for his travelogue Haimavatha Bhoovil. He is the father of M.V. Shreyams Kumar MLA.

Born to Smt. Marudevi Avva and Sri. Padmaprabha Gowder on 22 July 1936, after schooling in Kalpetta and at Calicut, he did his Masters in Philosophy from Vivekananda College, Madras. An active politician he was the treasurer and national committee member of the former Samyukta Socialist Party ,state secretary of the Kerala Unit of the Socialist Party, one of the all India Secretaries of the former Socialist Party, Convener of the Opposition Co-ordination Committee in Kerala, Vice President of the former Janata Party, and its President. He was arrested during the emergency. Currently, he is the President of Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party, a constituent of the United Democratic Front in Kerala . During 1987-91 he was elected member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Later 1996 he was elected to the lower house of the Indian parliament from Kozhikode constituency and functioned as Minister of state for Labour and later Finance.

Media

He took charge as the Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., Calicut in 1979. With twelve editions and 9 periodicals, Mathrubhumi is one the largest news houses in the country.

Author

He is the author of about a dozen titles in Malayalam. One of his works 'Ramante Dukham' has gone into 18 re-prints. 'Amazonum Kure Vyakulathakalum' has won the Sahitya Academy Award. His recent work Hymavatha bhoovil won many awards including the prestigious Vayalar award.

Other works

• Samanwayathinte Vasantham
• Buddhante Chiri
• Gattum Kanacharadukalum
• Atmavilekkoru Theerthayathra
• Prathibhayute Verukal Thedi
• Changampuzha: Vidhiyute Vettamrigam
• Thirinjhunokkumbol
• Lokavyapara Samkhadanayum Oorakkudukkukalum (Gattinu Seshamulla Oranweshanam)
• Roshathinte Vithukal.
• Adhinivesathinte Adiyozhukukal
• Hymavathabhoovil

Awards

1. C.H. Mohamed Koya Memorial Award (1991)
2. Dubai Kairali Kala Kendra Award (1993)
3. Bharat Soorya Award (1993)
4. C. Achutha Menon Award (1995)i
5. C.B. Kumar Endowment Award (1995)
6. Darshana Cultural Award (1995)
7. G. Smaraka Award (1996)
8. Kodupunna Smaraka Award (1996)
9. Odakkuzhal Award (1997)
10. Sahodaran Ayyappan Award (1997)
11. Kesari Memorial Award (1998)
12. Rajiv Gandhi National Award (1998)
13. Chilla Sahitya Award (1998)
14. Rotary Sahitya Award (1999)
15. Aksharasurya Award (1999)
16. Nalappadan Award (1999)
17. K.V. Daniel Award (2000)
18. Friends of Canada International Award (2001)
19. Kerala Kala Kendra's Global Award (2001)
20. Akshaya Award (2002)
21. Sahitya Panchananan Award (2002)
22. Dr. C.P. Menon Smaraka Award (2002)
23. K. Sukumaran Sadabdi Award (2002)
24. Kerala Sahitya Academy Award (2002)
25. Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award (2002)
26. Akhileswaran Smaraka Award (2003)
27. MES Excellence Award (2003)
28. YMCA Golden Jubilee 'Keerthimudra' (2004)
29. Vayalar Award(2008) - Haimavatha bhoovil
30. Kendra Sahitya Akademi Award(2010)-Haimavatha bhoovil

External links

• Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website
• http://www.mpveerendrakumar.in/books.htm
• http://www.puzha.com/malayalam/bookstore/cgi-bin/author-detail.cgi?code=680