They make us proud

They make us proud

 

Dr. Babu Gopalakrishnan hails from Ponkunnam, Kottayam. He did his M.Phil in American literature secured his doctorate in Film Semiotics from JNU. He has worked for the Observer and Pioneer and was the former vice chairman of the Kerala State Chalachithra Academy. He then wrote for The Sunday Indian. Dr.Babu was member of the Kerala University Senate. Recently he was appointed as the director of C-DIT.

 

 K.A. Beena is News Editor at Doordarshan. She began her career in Kerala Kaumudi before working at Mathrubhoomi. She has written several books the first of which was Beena Kanda Russia. In 1991 she joined the Indian Information Service and was also News Editor at AIR. She has now received a national award for the script of her radio documentary Swapnakoodu. She is a columnist in Malayala Manorama online and writes for weeklies like Mathrubhoomi, Madhyamam and Kalakaumudi.

Biju Mathew is Programme Co-ordinator at Ananthapuri FM. He has also worked as Senior Programme Executive at All India Radio. He has won several national and international awards for the scripts as well as for the production of his radio documentaries. Recently the United Nations Economic and Social Council for Asia Pacific recognised his script on disaster management. It is to be aired in radio channels across the globe.