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A.Chandrasekhar is a journalist with 22 year’s experience,he is working as the Editor in Charge of Kanyaka Fortnightly of the Mangalam Publications group, Kottayam.He has been with Amrita Tlevision, Thiruvananthapuram as its Senior News Editor for three years since 2006. He has been a Sub editor with the MALAYALA MaNORAMA,Kerala’s largest circulated daily. He has worked both as a Reporter as well as Sub Editor at the desk. He has been Editor in Charge of Kanyaka women's fortnightly of the Mangalam Publcations (India)Private Limited Kottay during the year 2004-2006 and has been instrumental in re-designing the Magazine to give it an international look and flavour. He had also served Deepika, Kerala's first Malayalam Daily as Design Co-ordinator for a few months and as the Editor in Charge of Rasthra Deepika Cinema weekly from April 2003 to April 2004and also as the Senior Producer/Reporterwith India Vision Satellite Communications Limited, Cochin for a very short span.He was with Weblokam.com Trivandrum,vernacular division of Webdunia.com India (Pvt.) ltd.,Indore as as its Chief Sub editor since October 2000.

He has established himself as a Film journalist and critic during the years and has been contributing the Annual cinema write up for the Malayala Manorama Year Book since 1997. He has also published serious articles and studies regarding World cinema in Bhashaposhini,Kalakaumudi,Samakalika Malayalam, Nokkukkoottam,FILCA Annual,Vanitha,Chitrabhumi,Vellinakshatram, Kerala kaumudi etc. Has been the co-ordinator in charge ofthe Campus Line monthly tabloid published by Malayala Manorama from October 1999 to October 2000.He has won the Kerala State Film Awards for the best book on cinema in the year 2008 for his work Bodha theerangalil Kalam Midikkumbol- a study on cinematic time.The book also fetched him the Film Critics award and the Amateur Litle Cinema award for the same year.

His article on the hidden politics of TV Reality Shows- Realitikku pinnile reality- chila manushyavakasha chinthakal published in Varthamanam Onam Special fetched him the Kerala State TV award for the best writing on TV in the year 2010.

He has been the Editor of a Film Magazine brought out by students during the year 1989-1990.

He has been a member of the Jury forthe State Television Awards for adjudging the best writing on TV in the year 1999.

Chandrasekhar has reported several International Film Festivals including the IFFI Trivandrum 1997,IFFI Hyderabad 1999, IFFK Cochin 1999 for Malayala Manorama and IFFK Trivandrum 2001,Trivandrum International Film Festival 2001 for weblokam.com. He has also reported the International Children’s Film Festival Trivandrum 1992 for All India Radio Trivandrum. He has presented a paper on ‘Cahiers du Cinema’ in the seminar organized by Chalachithra Film Society to mark the 50th year of Cahiers du Cinema. H e has been the Editor of the Festival Book of the International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) 2001 conducted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy and was the Member of the Publications committee of the IFFK 2001.Associated with the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy as the Media Liason Officer for the International Film Festival of Kerala 2002.

Has given lectures in Journalism in the Institute of Journalism of the Press Club, Kottayam and C.DIT ,Thiruvananthapuram.

He has undergone training in web-paging and internet designing from m/s Pugmarks.com, Chandigarh and was in charge of the Malayala Manorama internet edition during the year 1997

on of Shri K Atchuthan Nair,retired Additional Secretary to the Government of Kerala with the Home Department. His mother Padmavathy Amma is from North Parur.

He is married to Ambili V., a Physics teacher with the N S S Higher Secondary school, Perunnai, Chenganassery. She belongs to the Poonuthura family from Thalavady, Alappuzha.They got a daughter Aparna Chandrasekhar, who is a student of the First Standard in Arya Central School, Pattom,Thiruvananthapuram.

His only sister Sreekumary is working as a Lecturer in Chemistry along with her husband, Dr.T Radhakrishnan, who also is a Professor in Chemistry with Toronto University, Canada.

Born in 18th December,1968, at Thiruvananthapuram,Chandrasekhar had his B.Sc in Chemistry from the University College Thiruvananthapuram in the year 1989.He got his Post Graduate in English Language and Literature from the University of Kerala in the year 1991.Though hejoined for the Masters Degree in Journalism and MassCommunications at the Department of Journalism,University of Kerala, he had to discontinue it, to join the Malayala Manorama as Subeditor on January 1, 1992.Later he also had another Master's in Mass Communication and Journalism from the Madurai KamarajUniversity Tamilnadu in the year 2000. Left Manorama in the year 2000 to join Weblokam.com as Chief Sub editor and joined Deepika Kottayam in March 2003.He left Deepika and joined Mangalam Publications (I) Pvt Ltd as the Editorin Charge of Kanyaka women's fortnightly in April 2004 Pubished works: NirabhedangalilSwapnam Neyyunnavar(Malayalam)Film Appreciation.1998 Published by: Chandini Books, TVM.Distributed by: Kerala Film Guidance Society Studies on Cinema with special focus to Iran, Post war Russia. Forward by M.F.Thomas The book won the Aniyan Memorial Gold Medal and Kerala Film Critics Award for the Best Book on Cinema.

P.N.Menon: Kazhchaye Pranayicha Kalapam (Malayalam) Monogram 2002 Published by: Kerala State Chalachitra Academy A Monogram on J.C.Daniel Award winner P.N.Menon. Forward by Adoor Gopalakrishnan

The book was appreciated by P.N.Menon himself as the best life sketch on him http://nairacs.blogspot.com

Have visited the U.S, Canada etc. Travelled through the Lower Himalayas across Uttaraghand and Chaturdham.

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