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Dr. Anantha Krishnan M.
Dr Anantha Krishnan M. is an award-winning aerospace and defence journalist. Born to teacher parents in Kerala, he strayed into journalism at the age of nineteen after leaving an engineering course...view moreDr Anantha Krishnan M. is an award-winning aerospace and defence journalist. Born to teacher parents in Kerala, he strayed into journalism at the age of nineteen after leaving an engineering course midway in Latur, Maharashtra.
Anantha Krishnan, who holds a doctorate in journalism and communication from the University of Mysore, began his career with Pan Media Features (Hyderabad) under the tutelage of veteran journalist K. Sathyapal Menon in 1992. Since then, he had worked with the Citizen's Eveninger, Deccan Chronicle, The Times of India, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Aviation Week, and The New Indian Express.
In 2005, at the age of thirty-two, he was appointed the official spokesperson of HAL, becoming one of the youngest to hold such a post in a Ministry of Defence undertaking.
He is the brain behind former Indian President Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam's dream e-paper Billion Beats and has been appointed its national affairs editor in 2007, a post he still holds. He is also a strategic adviser of the Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam International Foundation, headquartered in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
Currently, he is a consulting editor specialising in
aerospace and defence, contributing for a few media houses.
He also anchors India's top-rated defence blog Tarmak007.
The author is the Founder and President of Inspired
Indian Foundation, a writers' movement batting for unsung
heroes.
Donning the suit of a life coach and motivational
speaker, Anantha Krishnan launched Mission Parivarthan,
a unique branding, communication, and image makeover
programme for individuals, institutes, and corporates, in
2015. Parivarthan aims at helping people rediscover their
inner strength.
He is married to Sindhu A., a physicist, and the couple
is blessed with a son, Govind Sai Krishnan.
Precious Souls is Anantha Krishnan's second book.
His first book, A Different Spirit, published in 2009, is a
bestseller biography—which is into its sixth edition—of noted paraplegic Olympic athlete Malathi K. Holla.
The author tweets at @writetake.view less
Books by Dr. Anantha Krishnan M.
Precious Souls: A Journey into the Inspiring Lives of Special Children and Their Families.