Eminent educationist, writer and former additional director of the Kerala Education department Chitran Namboodirippad died at his residence here on Tuesday. He was 104.
A national award-winning educationist, Mr. Namboodirippad established a high school at Mookkuthala in 1947 soon after his post-graduation from Pachaiyappa’s College, Chennai. After running the school for 10 years, he handed it over to the Kerala government for a token amount of ₹1.
He played a key role in starting the Kerala School Youth festival, deemed the largest youth festival of such kind in Asia. He retired in 1979 as additional director of the Education department.
