Dr Jayan C Kuthanur has bagged India's Outstanding Award for Development and Welfare of Children Dr Jayan C Kuthanur has bagged India's Outstanding Award for Development and Welfare of Children

Wednesday, 11 Aug 2021 00:00 am

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I'm Dr. Jayan C Kuthanur, I was born in Kuthanur, an agricultural village in Kerala, the eighth in a common farming family.

Family consisting of father Chukkan, mother Chinna, four brothers and three sisters.My family, who depend on agriculture for their livelihood, are suffering from severe hunger and poverty. We struggled a lot for clothing and food.My uneducated parents taught us all well. In those days, people in our country used to buy their own children and send them to graze cows and work in the fields in the houses of the rich people in the country, but my parents taught us not to leave for such work even though we did not have food. So most of our family got government jobs and are living well today.Today my father and mother are no longer alive.

I have been active in the field of public works for 15 years as a renowned psychologist, writer, leadership trainer, social worker and politician in Kerala.My mother was a depressed patient. My father later sought refuge in alcohol. My birth was a great humiliation even for my siblings because I was born in old age, due to family poverty and maternal illness. Because I was old enough to be their son when I was born.My childhood was spent growing up without the love and care as a child. Later after PUC I left home due to poverty and wandered around Bangalore and later in Chennai and Coimbatore doing everything from tea shop to house painting work. However, I went to evening part time jobs and continued my studies.

I was determined to succeed in life and I wanted to be a role model for my well - educated people. Because at that time there were less educated people in our section.So I went to work during the day and studied at night and today I have MA Psychology, MA Criminology & Police Science, M-Phil Sex Education, Diploma in Cooperative Management, PG Diploma in Child Psychological Disorder, PG Diploma in Computerized Accounting and Office Management, Completed Nursing, Diploma in Graphic Design and Ph.D in Child Psychological Disorder. I am still continuing my studies. I am a MM Public Administration student at Annamalai University.

After 8 years, I returned home. After the death of my mother and father, I have been living in the country as a preacher of Buddhism. I have adopted and raised 2 children and they are living well with me.Sponsored and educated 28 growing children without parental care. I still establishes a trust called the Alvin Educational Trust and sponsors the education of many needy children.

In Tharoor constituency, I entered politics by managing the media as a member of Minister Ak Balan's election committee. Later, I have been interested in ideology and entered politics. I became active in Bamseff, the official body of the Bahujan Samaj Party, and later in the party, and became the Vice President of the Palakkad District. I have been contested in Alathur constituency in the 2019-20 MP election. In BSP, i have won the second position in Kerala and in the Alathur Parliamentary constituency by getting the best votes. I was the Palakkad District President of the Indian Dalit Federation (IDF).At present I'm the State Working President of the National Dravida Society (NDS).And also I'm the State Adviser of the Oyassis Culture Center for the upliftment of the LGBT community in Kerala. I'm constantly fighting and writing for the rights of LGBT members in Kerala. I protected the first Transmen in Kerala to be evicted from their home and gained the right to an education in legal battles. It protects children leaving home for a variety of reasons and motivates them to move on. I also runs an organization called "Nest" to protect transgender individuals, children and the elderly, and to provide educational / legal assistance.

In Palakkad I'm a leader in various adivasi struggles (Mangalandam Kadappara, Kollamkode caste certificate struggle, life issues of Nemmara Vela Parakunnu adivasis) who regularly take classes for the rights of the adivasi community in Kerala and work among them in various villages in Kerala. When online classes became alien to the poor, TV was bought and given as a model for them.

I have been active in the field of social work against the Sahara Sant, a rock / mining monopoly company in Kuthanur, my hometown, and has faced death threats in the name of it. At homeplace, I have built two bus stops in the name of D R. Ambedkar and Sree Narayana Guru. I have established an organization called Grameena to bring people together, discuss and resolve their issues. An altar and seats were provided for the assembly. In addition, Nilav, an organization formed to promote the arts and sports tastes of local children, organizes arts fairs on the 1st of May every year.

I have been working hard to eradicate casteism by standing firm against the caste issues in the country. In my home place, Rs 10,000 is given by me at the yime of marriage of every destitute girl and Rs 5,000 for the first childbirth. In addition, the poorest people in my home place are given a car by me to go to the hospital even if they get sick, and in the hospital I will help them as much as I can. Many of the natives are employed and cared for under the Alvin Educational Trust.

Various classes are being taken by me for the rights of children and women in all parts of Kerala. Classes are being held in most parts of Kerala for the right to life of Dalits. I will regularly writes on FB about various issues in Kerala and runs a YouTube channel called Grameenam.

For the past 10 years I have been giving cash awards and trophies to the best performing students in primary school about my initials.Various agitations are being organized by me against the murder of Attapadi Madhu, violence against children and women in Kerala and violence against Dalits. I have went on a hunger strike in front of the Palakkad Collectorate to get justice for the walayar children and participated in the Walayar Neethi Yathra in Thiruvananthapuram under the leadership of CR Neelakandan for children. I was a member of the State Committee on AS4 (Against Corruption Law in Aided Cloud) formed under the leadership of Saji K Cheraman. Has been working in the field of public works in Kerala and outside Kerala for 15 years.

I have published books such as Pullicheval (Story), Visions of the Mind (Psychological Studies), Lessons of Cognition (Articles), and Wayanad Chembarathi (Stories). I'm living as a writer and Dravidian historian,Working as a Clinical Psychologist and Politician in Adolescent Health, Dalit and LGBTIQ Rights, attending classes, attending seminars, writing magazines and books inside and outside Kerala.To date, he has directed 23 plays. The dance has been performed in many venues.The Nova Academy of Rural Education & Research is a board in Ooty, Tamil Nadu, to provide employment to local youth, people seeking employment in poor rural areas, and those who have dropped out of school due to LGBT personality to pursue further education and social status. Under it, a distance learning college called Institute of Management and Technology is being run in Palakkad, Kerala. It employs more than 25 people. Since then, I have twice received the Social Service Award from the Thiruvananthapuram South Star Cultural Association. In 1997, Palakkad National Service Scream (NSS) honored him as the best artist and social activist in the district. Kuthanur Grameen Janakiya Kottayam has been honored with the award for outstanding social work. Nehru yuva kendra Palakkad has given the award for the best social worker in 1999. The Child Protection Team has been honored with the Best Child Rights Activist Award for outstanding service to the upliftment of children.

My hobbies are dancing, film / drama directing, drawing and traveling. There is a psychiatric counseling clinic called Alvin Clinic in Kuthanur, Palakkad district and a Mediation Center for resolving family problems.

Life is a mission. I firmly believe that I'm a part of a common society, and that each and every one of us is born into this world and must do every mission and duty for this world. I have been able to prove with my life that giving a drop of water to the weary and virtue cannot be found in a place of worship. My social work as an angel in the face of many crises and the prayers of the children and their families that I have taught and brought into the mainstream have often taken me by the hand. Similarly, It is my life that only education, knowledge and power as proved by the life of Dr BR Ambedkar can eradicate casteism in India. And the lesson I give to my generation.