Global Energy Parliament Chairman Dr. A. Sukumaran Nair passed away yesterday at the age of 94, at his home in Thiruvananthapuram.
Dr. Nair had been a strong supporter of the activities of the Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust and Swami Isa. In 2001, he chaired the organizing committee for the international workshop on ‘Education and Culture for Total Consciousness’ which first made Swami Isa’s system of education known to the world. He led the subsequent national workshops on Education for Total Consciousness annually, and was a great supporter of the education system’s pilot school, Isa Viswa Vidyalayam.
In 2010, Dr. Nair became the founding Chairman of the Global Energy Parliament, followed by the Global Energy Parliament Research Centre in 2012. His exceptional intellect and values steered the parliament to greater dimensions in annual sessions around the world.
“Sukumaran Nair was an exceptional combination of vision, integrity and determined implementation. He was an integral factor in the development of Education for Total Consciousness on the practical plane, and later in the Global Energy Parliament. May his soul attain moksha,” said Jagadguru Swami Isa.
“This is a great loss for the Global Energy Parliament and more largely for the intellectual community in Kerala and the nation,” said GEP Secretary Dr. M.R. Thampan. “His leadership, knowledge, precision and culture are irreplaceable.”
A reputed national educationist, Dr. Nair was very active in improving the science of education. He was formerly the Vice Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi University and Officiating Vice-Chancellor of the University of Kerala, and served on a number of governing councils for various universities. He set up and a number of institutions throughout his life, including the renowned Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, a Government of India institution of excellence.
As a promising young international scholar, Dr. Nair obtained a PhD in Educational Psychology and was selected for the Fulbright Scholarship in the USA and the Commonwealth Fellowship in the UK.
In 2019, Dr. Nair was presented with the Isa Viswa Prajnana Trust’s “Vidya Award” in recognition of his lifetime of outstanding contributions to the field of education.
He is survived by his wife Komalam S. Nair and four children, Sivasankar, Ravisankar, Achuthsankar and Udayasankar, all of whom are educationists.
A Commemoration Meeting will be held on January 16 at 11 a.m. at the Isa Viswa Vidyalayam, Anayara, Thiruvananthapuram.
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