User:Sethuadhavan

Sethumadhavan Puthucode Konghot popularly known as P.K.S.Madhavan(10-11-1944) is from a Nair Aristocratic Family of Palakkad Dist. He was formerly a civil servent after his postgraduation in Anthropology. After three and half years service in North East India including Nagaland, he briefly worked in the Planning Commission at New Delhi.He then became a wondering monk of Himalayas.Due to his mother's health he returned back home."Neither the comforts of a wealthy home, a rewarding good job nor the spriritual solitude of the Himalayas could hold the restless spririt of P.K.S.Madhavan. unsure of his niche in a world of sufferring and exploitation, he left home to write a book about an unknown people. He.stayed to become thier liberator ( MAN WHO MADE THE MEEK AWARE........1989 THE WEEK Magzine PROPHETS OF NEW INDIA---PENGUIN ENTERPRISE ) He established AWARE a largest Non Governmental development Organization in in India with Hyderabad as H.O. AWARE works on the basis of Mahatha Gandhi's ideology of Gram swaraj self sustaining rural communities. Madhavan work spread in to 8000 villeges covering six states and helped 2.5 million families in thier socio economic upscaling.He made 3000 villeges self sustaining an alchohol free.He established AWARE Multi Super speciality 300 beds Hospitals, 9 rural Hospitals, a unique Boat Hospital on river Godavari, Colleges of Nursing, College of Medical Lab Technology, College of Education,Human Resources development Centre, Rural vocational training Centre, Pragathi Micro Creit Program a people's banking movement, Legal Literacy Centre etc.,