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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = J. Nandakumar<br />
| image = [[File:J Nandakumar.jpg|frameless|center|J. Nandakumar]]<br />
| caption = J. Nandakumar<br />
| birth_place = Kerala, India<br />
| occupation = Political thinker, Author, RSS Pracharak<br />
| organization = [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS)<br />
| known_for = National Convenor of [[Prajna Pravah]]<br />
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'''J. Nandakumar''' is an Indian political thinker, senior ''pracharak'' of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), author, and the National Convenor of '''[[Prajna Pravah]]'''. He is known for promoting a Bharat-centric intellectual framework and advocating for the decolonisation of India's educational and historical narratives.<ref>{{cite news |title=All religions have space in Bharat: Senior RSS pracharak J Nandakumar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Sep/03/all-religions-have-space-in-bharatsenior-rss-pracharak-j-nandakumar-2611152.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=3 September 2023 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> <br />
He frequently writes and speaks on Hindutva as a civilisational worldview and argues for the revival of Indian knowledge systems.<ref>{{cite news |title=Purposeful deconstruction contaminated India's history: Nandakumar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/Apr/29/purposeful-deconstructioncontaminated-indias-historyprajna-pravah-national-convenor-2447671.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=29 April 2022 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Early life and background ==<br />
J. Nandakumar was born in Kerala and became associated with the RSS at a young age.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indic Scholars: J Nandakumar |url=https://cisindus.org/indic-scholars.php |website=CIS Indus |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> <br />
Before taking on larger ideological responsibilities, he served as the editor of the Malayalam weekly ''[[Kesari (magazine)]]'', contributing to discussions on culture, society, and nationalism.<ref>{{cite web |title=Trustees – India Policy Foundation |url=https://www.ipf.org.in/encyc/2021/12/8/2_05_14_34_Trustees_1.pdf |website=Indian Policy Foundation |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref><br />
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== Activism ==<br />
As National Convenor of Prajna Pravah, Nandakumar leads efforts to promote research and scholarship rooted in Indian civilisation and Indic knowledge traditions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Indic Scholars: J Nandakumar |url=https://cisindus.org/indic-scholars.php |website=CIS Indus |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> <br />
He has criticised what he describes as distortions in Indian historiography and called for a civilisational reinterpretation of the past.<ref>{{cite news |title=All religions have space in Bharat: Senior RSS pracharak J Nandakumar |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2023/Sep/03/all-religions-have-space-in-bharatsenior-rss-pracharak-j-nandakumar-2611152.html |work=The New Indian Express |date=3 September 2023 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref><br />
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In public lectures, he has asserted that Bharat is not a nation-state formed in 1947 but an eternal civilization with continuous cultural identity.<ref>{{cite news |title=India was not born in 1947, says RSS leader J Nandakumar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/conclave-mumbai-2025/story/rss-leader-j-nandakumar-india-today-conclave-mumbai-bharat-rashtra-pm-modi-1947-british-nation-reconstructing-2793438-2025-09-25 |work=India Today |date=25 September 2025 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref> <br />
He has also argued that the word “secular” in the Constitution is a Western import and should be reconsidered.<ref>{{cite news |title=RSS ideologue calls secularism Western concept |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.in/rss-ideologue-calls-secularism-western-concept-wants-it-removed-constitution-preamble-811224 |work=International Business Times |date=12 January 2020 |access-date=21 November 2025}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Hindu nationalists]]<br />
[[Category:Malayali people]]<br />
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