Thrissur, Aug. 11 -- Eminent nuclear scientist, science populariser, writer and thinker M.P. Parameswaran, who played a pioneering role in taking scientific knowledge to the masses in Kerala, died at his residence here on Tuesday. He was 91.
Parameswaran was known for his contributions as a nuclear scientist, science communicator, writer of scientific literature, political activist and thinker. He had also served as Assistant Director of the Kerala Bhasha Institute along with renowned Malayalam scholar N.V. Krishna Warrier.
He made significant contributions to the growth of the people's science movement in Kerala and was instrumental in transforming the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) into one of the largest people's science movem...