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Kris Iyer (born October 4, 1975) is a Radio personality, Television host, Blogger, Actor, and Photographer. He has been an active radio host in the United Arab Emirates and has been a popular jock since 2004. He gained wide recognition in the late 1990's as a TV Quiz Master, On stage and off stage compere and a model coordinator. He is labeled a "The Knowledge Guru" for his style. Kris had been a popular jock in Malayalam, Hindi and Tamil stations in the UAE and is also a popular Voice over artist in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi.

Kris wished to pursue a radio career when he thought of a change in career from Television to a more challenging medium. Media has been a passion since childhood as he became an artist at the tender age of 9 when he along with the students of Adarsh School of Arts, Ernakulam under the tutelage of Mr. Vijayan exhibited his first set of paintings in watercolor.

Kris describes himself with words borrowed from the renowned writer Late Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan: " Mitti ka tan, masti ka man, kshan bhar jeevan - mera parichay" (Earthen body, funfilled mind, momentary life thats my introduction)

Since 2004, he has hosted numerous radio shows amounting to more than 12000 hours on-air and over 500 Interviews, which remains his specialty even today.

Early life
Kris was born on October 04, 1975, into a Hindu Brahmin family who lived in Ernakulam in Kerala. His father A. K. Venugopalan is the youngest child of the renowned Lawyer Late Shri. A. S. Krishna Iyer and brother of Ex- Mayor of Cochin and Advocate Shri A. K. Sheshadri. His mother R. Bhagialakshmi, a home maker, loved art and was a Classical dancer in her childhood, till marriage. Art was in the family as his paternal aunts and maternal uncles were all lovers of art and music. Kris developed an interest in art at a tender age when he took to painting. Other than his formal schooling at St. Teresa's Convent in Ernakulam, he was trained in art by Student of the renowned artist Jatin Das, Mr. Vijayan at Adarsh School of Arts.

Education
Kris spent his early years in Ernakulam and then the family moved to Thiruvananthapuram. His schooling ranged from St. Teresa's Convent, Christ Nagar English High School, The Government Arts College and College of Engineering Trivandrum, where he graduated in Civil Engineering. He went on to pursue his studies with a Post Graduate Diploma from Kakinada University from The National Institute of Ecology and Environment and received his PGDEPM in Air Pollution, thus getting his recognition as a Chartered Environmentalist. He has to his credit a diploma in Computer Applications and has been an instructor in Computer Hardware, Business Process Re-engineering and Personality Development. But along with studies his interests grew in Media

Media Career
During his childhood, Kris along with his uncle, who was pursuing an acting career, used to make audio books for fun, which should have paved the way for a liking towards a voicing career. Followed by being a part time copy-writer and layout artist for his uncles advertising agency, boosted the desire to establish a career in the media. Kris was a college mimicry artist and a singer. The encouragement from hs friends help him nuture his abilities. During his Engineering studies, in 1995, along with his college mates, he participated in an inter-collegiate youth festival "Hotch Potch" in which his winning the title as "Mr. Hotch Potch" in modelling, started a career line for him.

Starting as a ramp model or a group called Kalakar, he went on to do stage compering too. He was selected by Mr. M. R. Rajan of Asianet Television to be a television quiz master. The show "DSF Telequiz" became popular and went on to do TV shows actively. He compered for a whole lot of shows since then.

Early professional radio career (2004–2009)
The offer for being a Radio Jock was given to him from The Arabian Radio Network and started as a morning jock. Went on to do many shows on Hit 96.7 FM. His Interview shows covered people from all walks of life from Late Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto in politics to Jeffrey Archer in literature. Initially, unsure of his talent, he pursued it as a change in career but fell in love with the medium. Since then there has been no looking back. Being the voice of the station and working with best in the industry, Kris developed a flair for voice overs. Kris took creative and programming roles too while his tenure. He resigned owing to his want for a challenge in the career.

Professional radio career in Tamil (2010–2011)
Leaving Arabian radio Network, Kris started his work as a Media consultant and was on his own before he joined Radio Hello 89.5 FM in 2010. He designed shows and also hosted a few during his radio career with the renowned media conglomerate in India The Malar Group's overseas venture. His popular features on the radio were his Socially committed Legal show with Adv. Devanand Mahadeva and "Karvannan". Other than those his regular morning show "Bulb" and daily request show "Juke Box" were popular, other than being the voice of the station.