M. Kunjaman
{{Short description|Indian scholar, social scientist, economist and prominent academician}}
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| birth_date = 1949
| birth_place = Palakkad district, Kerala
| death_date = 2023
| death_place = Sreekaryam
| education = {{hlist|Centre for Development Studies|Cochin University of Science and Technology}}
| occupation = Economist, Scholar, Thinker
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| awards = Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography
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M. Kunhaman (1949 – 3 December 2023) was an Indian economist, social scientist, thinker and academician from Kerala. He was a professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) campus in Tuljapur, a member of the University Grants Commission, and a long time Economics faculty member at the University of Kerala. Kunhaman was awarded the Kerala Sahitya Akademi award for his biographical work Ethiru in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-03 |title=Renowned economist and Dalit thinker M Kunjaman found dead at home |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kerala/noted-economist-dalit-rights-activist-m-kunjaman-found-dead-9053090/ |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}
Biography
M. Kunhaman was born in Vadanamkurissi in Palakkad in Kerala, India .{{cite news |title=Noted economist Prof M Kunhaman no more |url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/noted-economist-prof-m-kunhaman-no-more-1.9124741 |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=Mathrubhumi |date=8 December 2023}} He received the first rank in MA Economics at Calicut University in 1974.{{cite news |title=M Kunjaman, a colossus who sharpened focus on the poor |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/opinions/2023/dec/08/m-kunjaman-a-colossus-who-sharpened-focus-on-the-poor-2639510.html |access-date=8 January 2024 |work=The New Indian Express |date=8 December 2023}} {{Cite web |date=2023-12-04 |title=നിങ്ങൾ അറിയുമോ ഡോ. കുഞ്ഞാമനെ? |url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/article-based-on-the-life-of-m-kunjaman-1.9125035 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Newspaper |language=en}}
Kunhaman enrolled in the MPhil programme at the Centre for Development Studies (CDS) in Thiruvananthapuram after receiving his MA in economics.{{Cite web |title=M Kunjaman passes away: 'ഈ ലോകത്ത് നിന്ന് പോകുന്നു..': സാമ്പത്തിക വിദഗ്ധന് എം കുഞ്ഞാമന് അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://malayalam.indiatoday.in/keralam/story/dalit-thinker-famous-economist-kerala-university-lecturer-dr-m-kunjaman-passes-away-720520-2023-12-03 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=India Today Malayalam |language=ml}} A Fulbright scholar, he started his long and illustrious career in academics as a lecturer at the University of Kerala in 1979. He spent 27 years as a pre-eminent faculty member in the Economics Department. He had been a critical part of the University Grants Commission (UGC). He left the University of Kerala in 2006 to lead TISS.{{Cite web |last=nirmala.babu |title=പട്ടിണി കാരണം വിൽക്കേണ്ടി വന്ന സ്വർണ്ണ മെഡൽ, ജാതിവിവേഹനത്തിനെതിരെ പോരാടിയ ജീവിതം; എം കുഞ്ഞാമന് വിട |url=https://www.asianetnews.com/kerala-news/eminent-economist-and-dalit-thinker-dr-m-kunjaman-has-passed-away-nbu-s53eux |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd |language=ml}}
Kunhaman's autobiography Ethiru was chosen as the best autobiography by the Kerala Sahitya Akademi in 2021. However, Kunhaman turned down the honour. He described the underprivileged way of life and social disparities in Kerala in his autobiography. Kunhaman was the author of several books and multiple papers on the Kerala economic model, macro economics, and land reforms. His publications include Development of Tribal Economy, State Level Planning in India, Globalization: A Subaltern Perspective, and Economic Development and Social Change.{{Cite web |title=Noted Economist Professor M Kunjaman Found Dead |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/noted-economist-kunjaman-found-dead-4630283 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=NDTV.com}}
Kunhaman died at his residence in Sreekaryam on 3 December 2023.
Awards
- 2021 - Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography, Ethiru{{Cite web |last=Daily |first=Keralakaumudi |title=Prominent financial expert M Kunjaman passes away |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1202126&u=prominent-financial-expert-m-kunjaman-passes-away-1202126 |access-date=2023-12-05 |website=Keralakaumudi Daily |language=en}}
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Category:Recipients of the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Category:Academic staff of the University of Kerala
Category:People from Palakkad district
Category:University of Calicut alumni
Category:Cochin University of Science and Technology alumni
Category:Indian autobiographers
Category:20th-century Indian economists
Category:21st-century Indian economists