Nair Service Society-Kuwait Souvenir

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President Secretary

Nair Service Society, Kuwait Nair Service Society, Kuwait

Nair Service Society Kuwait is remembering Sri. Mannathu Padmanabhan,who is acclaimed as Samudayacharyan, on the occasion of his 134th birth

anniversary, on 28th January 2011.

It is not necessary to descent into the details of Mannam as his life is

an open book. His struggle was not only for the upliftment of Nair

community, but for all communities who lived in that era and hence he

was known as Bharatha Kesari, a title conferred on him by the people of

Kerala.

On this auspicious occasion, we are greeting all members and well

wishers of Nair Service Society(NSS), Kuwait for the continued support

in conducting this function as a memorable event.

Jai Hind Jai NSS


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Born on October 31, 1943 at Neyyattinkara near Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Graduated in Engineering from

College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram, (Kerala University) in 1966 and underwent training at Bhabha

Atomic Research Center (BARC), Bombay.

Dr. Nair joined Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in 1967. Since then, he has held various

positions posting illustrious milestones on his way to the position of Chairman, ISRO. During his tenure as Chairman,

25 successful missions were accomplished including Mission Chandrayan.

In his tenure as the Director of the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre from 1995-99, Indis efforts towards indigenous

development of cryogenic technology took concrete shape and vital infrastructures were built and critical technologies

were developed.

In his role as the Director of VSSC from 1999 till he took over as Chairman, Dr. Nair led VSSC, the largest Centre of

ISRO with about six thousand employees working in various engineering and scientific disciplines towards the

development of Indias Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GSLV. He was also responsible for charting the

road map for future development of ISROs activities, especially in the launch vehicle area targeting low cost access to

space.

He has taken initiatives towards development of futuristic technologies to enhance the space systems capabilities as wellas to reduce the cost of access to space. He has given major thrust for evolving application programmes such as

tele-education and telemedicine for meeting the needs of society at large. As on today, more than 31,000 classrooms

have been connected under the EDUSAT network and telemedicine is extended to 315 hospitals. He has initiated

schemes for Village Resource Centres through satellite connectivity which aims at improving the quality of life of the

poor people in the villages.

In the international arena, Dr. Nair has led the Indian delegations for bilateral cooperation and negotiations with many

Space Agencies and Countries, especially with France, Russia, Brazil, Israel, etc.

Dr. Nairs focus has always been to achieve self-reliance in the high technology areas and to bring the benets of space

technology to the national development, specially targeting the needs of the rural and poor sections of the society.

Many honorary awards, doctorates and fellowships were conferred on Dr. Nair from different Universities and Scientic

Academies of India. National recognitions received include Padma Bhushan in 1998 and the Countrys second highest

civilian award Padma Vibhushan in the year 2009.

Dr. G Madhavan Nair


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Thiruvizha Jayashankar

Karunamoorthy started learning Tavil at the age of ten from Narayana

Panicker of Haripad. After three years of initial learning, he started his higher

lessons with Tanjavur Govindaraj and later moved to Tiruvidaimarudur Venkatesh.

Karuna was accepted by maestro Valayapatti Subramanian who helped him

learn the advanced lessons in Tavil. He was later under the tutorship of

another maestro Mannarcudi Vasudevan. After playing with many maestros in

India, Karuna shifted to a more global perspective in Music and performed

in various prestigious concerts in India and abroad. He has also conductedseveral workshops for drummers and percussionists while in Europe. As a Tavil

exponent, Karuna blends well with the multi-genre, multi-discipline music and

dance shows organized in various countries by Soorya Cultural Society.

Karuna has the distinction of having played in over 1500 stages around

the world. In 2008 he was bestowed with the prestigious honour

Asthana Vidwan of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetom for his meritorious

service to the traditi ona l In dian mu sic . Apart f rom his Ind ian

students, Karuna teaches several foreign students who were attracted

by the mesmerising power of Tavil that he played.

Belongs to a traditional family of musicians. His father Raghava

Panicker and grandfather Sankara Panicker were professional

nagaswaram vidwans. He was initiated into music by his

grandfather. He performed his debut nagaswaram concert at

the age of 14. He won rst prize in the All India Radio (AIR)National Contest. He joined RLV Academy for Ganabhushan-

Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan was born on June 1, 1969 in Chathannoor village,

Palakkad District. Being a member of a family of artists, he had the added advantage

of obtaining basic lessons of dance form at the very tender age. After his primary

education, he joined Kerala Kalamandalam for learning Ottamthullal. He had

the opportunity to undergo training and practice under various veteran artists

in the eld in Kalamandalam. After his studies, in April 2002, he joined as Ottamthullal

teacher in Kerala Kalamandalam. He is a post diploma holder in Ottamthullal

and has been performing Ottamthullal in India and abroad for the past 22 years.

During his long stint in Ottamthullal, he had also visited and performed in

various countries like UK, Scotland, Ireland, UAE etc. He has opened an

Institute in 1997 for performing and other arts and teaching jointly with his

wife Kalamandalm Bindu. They are also conducting classes to students

for Ottamthullal, Bharatha Natyam, Mohini Attam, Kutchipudi, musical

Instruments etc.

am, Chittoor College, Palakkad for BA degree in music and Swati Tirunal Academy of music for Gana

Praveena. He served AIR as a program announcer for three decades and he says with gratitude that

opportunities to meet great musicians, to listen to their performances, chances for hearing old gems etc

inuenced him and nurtured his taste. After retirement, he restarted painting which was his secondlove. His portrayal of ragas in acrylic are different and are well received. Jayashankar was conferred

the title of Kalaimamani Isai Perarinjar, Kala Sangeetha Nataka Academy Award and Fellowship andthe Guruvayoor Puraskaram.

Kalamandalam Mohanakrishnan

Karunamoorthy


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