K Venugopal known popularly as K Venu is an Indian political and social activist, and communist thinker from the state of Kerala. He served in the Indian Communist (Naxalite) movement from 1970 to 1991 and is a social activist since. He is now prominent as an author and columnist in newspapers and periodicals.
In 2016, he supported Amnesty international in the controversy against ABVP.