Journalist

BIO DATA

Full Name : K. S. GOPA KUMARA PANICKER

Father’s Name : Shri. K. Sreedharan Pillai (Late)

Age and Date of Biirth 60 Years ( 03-11-1954)

Present and Permanent Address : Parampath Perakath, K.V.Puram,

Karakkal.P.O.,

Thiruvalla – 689 108.

Pathanamthitta Dist..Kerala.

Mobile : +91-984******* / 974-***-****

Email : *********@*****.***

Marital Status :: Married and have one daughter.

Educational Qualifications:

Degree Subject Class/Div University

B.A (Hons) English IInd Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

M. A Sociology IInd Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

LL.B (Course Completed) Kerala Law Academy,Trivandrum.

Technical Qualification : : Have Proficiency in MS Office (Word).

Languages Known : English, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil and Spanish.

Foreign Visits : Visited UAE,OMAN, CUBA and USSR.

Details of Present Employment Working as Executive Editor of ‘Cochin Herald' Business Magazine.

Professional Experience (Beginning from the last):

Designation Organisation Duration Reasons for Leaving

Associate Editor Excellence International Media,UAE Three months Project Completed

Associate Editor Grand Kerala Broadcasting Ltd. 1 Year Technical Reasons

Chief News Editor Kerala Bhooshanam Daily 1 Year Personal Reasons.

Administration Manager UEP-OXY Project, Mascot, Oman 1 Year Personal problems

News Editor In Mumbai TV Channel 1 Year Due to family problems.

Public Relations Officer Tapovan Heritage Home, Kovalam. 5 Years For better prospects

Special Correspondent The Daily, Mumbai 10 Years For better prospects.

Correspondent Central News Service, N. Delhi. 8 Years For better prospects.

Staff Reporter National Herald (Madras Edn.) 2Years Edition wound up.

Editorial Assistant Womans Era/ Caravan, N. Delhi. 1 Year For better prospects.

Was Columnist in Kerala for the Free Press Journal, Mumbai for two years.

Prepared Assembly News for Doordarshan and All India Radio, Trivandrum.

Worked as a contributor to Indian Express, Cochin; Eenadu Daily, Hyderabad; Passline Financial fortnightly, Cochin;

Newsline an English News Agency at Trivandrum and Malayalam Dailies Punnyabhoomi, Thaniniram and Prabhatha Vartha

published from Trivandrum for 3 years.

Awards :

Won the Trivandrum Press Club Award for Excellence in Journalism 2014, .

Won the Govt. of India Certified Senior Naturopaths Association of India Award for "Remarkable Contributions to Naturopathy'in 2014.

Won the ‘Naturopaths Association of India Award for the ‘Best Investigative Report’ in 2011.

Honoured and Awarded by ‘Govt. of India Certified Senior Naturopaths Association of India’ in 2014.

Achievements:

Edited the revised Edition of ‘Kerala Educational Rules’ for the Govt. of Kerala.

Edited the ‘Chennai Malayali Directory’ and ‘Bangalore Malayali Directory’.

Wrote Editorials and analytical and Political stories while working as Chief News Editor of Kerala Bhooshanam daily.

Extra Curricular Activities:

Organised and attended Debates, Seminars, Symposiums and Film Festivals at the University level on National and

International issues during 1978-81, while holding the post of General Secretary of the English Association of the Jamia

Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Additional Qualifications:

Accredited by the Government of Kerala at Trivandrum. For 15 years.

Holding a valid Indian Passport No. N. 890975.

Holding a valid Licence No. 559/86 to drive LMV’s & Motor cycles.

Elected Managing Committee Member, Press Club, Trivandrum during 1990-91.

Was General Secretary, English Association of JMI, New Delhi for 3 years.

Jt. Co-ordinator, Indo-Arab Friendship Centre (Regd.) HQ. at New Delhi.

Editorial Board Member, Star of Indo-Arab, Chottanikkara Amma, Jananadam,and Janashruthi, Magazines.

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