PROF.SHAKESPEARE
K. VELAYUDHAN
The birth centenary celebrations of English
professor ‘Shakespeare’ K. Velayudhan Nair will be held here on October
20,2012.The maiden ‘Shakespeare Velayudhan Nair Award’ will be presented to
poet O.N.V. Kurup at the function. T.K.A.Nair, Advisor to the Prime Minister,
will present the award.Former Principal of the Kollam S.N. College V.
Vijayaraghavan will preside. N. Peethambara Kurup, MP; M.A. Baby, MLA; M.
Pareeth Pillai, Lok Ayuktha; the former Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court
K. Sreedharan; the former editor of Janayugam Thengamam Balakrishnan and the
former Karnataka Minister J. Alexander will attend the function.
It was his mastery over the plays of
Shakespeare and his teaching skills that earned Professor Velayudhan Nair the
appellation ‘Shakespeare’ Velayudhan Nair.He was also instrumental in
organising the private college teachers in the State.His teaching life spanned
around 40 years.Professor Velayudhan Nair began his teaching career at the
Sacred Heart’s College, Thevara, in 1945 and then moved on to St. Albert’s
College, Ernakulam. In 1950, he joined Sree Narayana College, Kollam, and also
served at the SN College, Kannur, from 1961 to 1964.He returned to Kollam SN
College in 1964 and retired in 1971 as principal of the SN College
Chempazhanthy.Professor Velayudhan Nair had been a member of the Kerala
University Senate for six years.He passed away in September 2004 in Kollam. His
students include poets Changampuzha Krishna Pillai, O.N.V. Kurup, Thirunellur
Karunakaran, and Puthussery Ramachandran; Swamy Chinmayananda; former Union
Minister C.M. Stephen; and M. Pareeth Pillai.
Prof.
John Kurakar
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