Madhu Omalloor
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Dr. Madhu Omalloor (aka P. Madhusoodanan Pillai), renowned Cartoonist, Journalist and Management expert and Editor-in-Chief of WITNESS was born on 28-10-1954 at Omalloor, Pathanamthitta District in Kerala. Cochin University of Science and Technology awarded him Doctorate degree in Newspaper Management. He has more than 25 years of experience in Journalism as Editorial and Cartoonist in leading dailies and journals in Malayalam, English and Hindi. Kerala Pathrika, Desabhimani, Chandrika, Kerala Kaumudi dailies in Malayalam and Business Observer-English daily, Yuga Dharma-Hindi daily, Southern Economist-English weekly are some among them. His political cartoons were widely used as a campaign material in the general elections of Lok Sabha and Assemblies. He had contributed cartoon advertisements for the promotion of Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation’s Maveli stores and their products like Sabari tea for the first time in Kerala. His cartoons were exhibited in world campaigns like that of ‘Friends of Tibet’. He is the recipient of Dr. Ambedkar Fellowship National Award, 2002 and Mahatma Jyothiba Phule Award, 2005 constituted by Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Academy, New Delhi for his literary and journalistic contributions especially focused on the downtrodden. He was the member of Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy, Kerala Union of Working Journalists, Vice-Chairman of Kerala Cartoon Academy, Joint Secretary of Kerala Cartoon Academy, Founder Director of Shri Sathya Sai Orphanage Trust, and President of Kerala Equestrian Club. He served as Director State Resource Centre and Director Jan Shikshan Sanstan under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, Chairman, Advocacy Committee of IT @ School, Government of Kerala, and Coordinator Mahatma Gandhi University Off Campus Academic Centre, Thiruvananthapuram. Since 2001, he has been publishing independently the journal- WITNESS-The Analytical Journal of India. During these periods it has showcased various national and international issues with unbiased views and observations.[citation needed] The truthful performance of this magazine has already been made wide discussion and deliberations among the academics, executives, policy-planners, intellectuals and common men.[citation needed]
