P. Parameswaran

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P. Parameswaran is a renowned thinker in Kerala. He is the director of Bharatiya Vichara Kendra and the president of Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari. He is also known as Parameswarji.

Born at Cherthala village in Alappuzha district in the year 1927, Parameswaran completed his education in SB College Changanassery and University College Thiruvananthapuram. He came into contact with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh during his student days, was also a favorite disciple of Agamananda Swamiji. Parameswaran became RSS Pracharak in 1950. As per the direction of M S Golwalkar(Guruji), who was the Sarsanghchalak of RSS, he later took over as organizing secretary of Jan Sangh. He was jailed during the Indian Emergency (1975-1977). After the emergency, Parameswaran worked as director of the Deendayal Research Institute in New Delhi.

Parameswaran has won many awards and recognitions. In 2004,the Indian President awarded him the 'Padma Shri'. He has authored many books in Malayalam and English. "Beyond all isms to Humanism" is one of the famous works.