M. P. Parameswaran
| M. P. Parameswaran | |
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| Born |
January 18, 1935 Kerala, India |
| Residence | India |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Fields | Nuclear Engineering |
| Institutions |
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Department of Atomic Energy |
| Alma mater |
College of Engineering, Trivandrum Moscow Power Engineering Institute |
| Known for | Indian Nuclear Program Operation Smiling Buddha |
| Notable awards | Books for Neoliterates Award (1962) Basic and Cultural Literature Award (1964) Children's Literature Award (1984) |
M. P. Parameswaran is an Indian nuclear engineer and educationist. He played an important role in the Indian Nuclear program.
He was born on January 18, 1935 in Kerala. In 1956, he received a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the College of Engineering, Kerala. He then joined Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Bombay and continued there up to 1975. From 1969 to 1973 he also worked as the assistant director of the State Institute of Languages in Kerala, on a deputation from BARC. He got a PhD in Nuclear Engineering from the Moscow Power Engineering Institute in 1965.
During the 1970s, a people's science movement called Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) was formed in Kerala and created a new movement among science teachers and science communicators in the state. He resigned from his job in 1975 to take part in the movement. Since then he has been a full-time activist of the Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP). Under his leadership, the KSSP grew into a massive people’s movement and influenced science communicators all over the country.
After KSSP became a success in Kerala, M. P. Parameswaran took steps to enlarge the canvas at the national level. In 1987, as Convener of the National Organising Committee of the Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha, a unique communication event for India - he significantly contributed to the conceptualisation, organisation and conduct of this massive communication experiment. He had also been instrumental in the setting up of the All India People's Science Network (AIPSN), a common platform of people science movements in India.
In 1990, he was instrumental in the organisation of the Bharat Gyan Vigyan Jatha in support of the National Literacy Mission Programme, which was organised from 2nd October 1990 to 14th November 1990. This led to the formation of Bharat Gyan Vigyan Samiti (BGVS), which was responsible for the massive literacy campaign initiated in India.
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