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{{Infobox person
| name = Panmana Ramachandran Nair
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1931|8|13}}
| birth_place = Panmana village, [[Travancore]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2018|06|5|1931|8|13}}
| death_place = [[Vazhuthacaud]], [[Thiruvananthapuram]], Kerala
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| occupation = Writer, critic, linguist, academic
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| spouse = K. N. Gomathi Amma
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| children = 3
| parents = {{ubl|Kannakathu Kunchu Nair|Lakshmikkutty Amma}}
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'''Prof. Panmana Ramachandran Nair''' (13 August 1931 – 5 June 2018) was a [[Malayalam language]] writer, translator, linguist and academic from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He has received [[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] and [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]] in the field of Malayalam literature. His autobiography ''Smrithi Rekhakal'' was published in 2010.

==Biography==
Ramachandran Nair was born at Panmana village in [[Karunagappally Taluk]] of [[Kollam district]] on 13 August 1931 to Kannakathu Kunchu Nair who was a disciple of [[Chattampi Swamikal]] and Lakshmikutty Amma.<ref name="TOI"/> He Studied till 10th in a Sanskrit school near Panmana Ashram.<ref name="Deccan Chronicle">{{cite news |title=Malayalam linguist Prof Panmana Ramachandran Nair passes away |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/060618/malayalam-linguist-prof-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away.html |work=Deccan Chronicle |date=6 June 2018 |language=en |access-date=7 January 2022 |archive-date=7 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107055110/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/060618/malayalam-linguist-prof-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While still a student, he wrote poetry in Malayalam and Sanskrit and edited magazines.<ref name="Indian Express"/> [[Sanskrit]] as his first language till 10th class, [[Hindi]] for Intermediate and then degree in [[Physics]] with Sanskrit as sub-language, he was initially rejected for pursuing a postgraduate degree in Malayalam from [[University College Thiruvananthapuram|University College, Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Manorama">{{cite web |title=പന്മന: നല്ല മലയാളത്തിനായി ചൂരലെടുത്ത്, കണ്ണുരുട്ടിയ പ്രിയ മാഷ് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2018/06/05/panmana-ramachandran-nair-life.html |website=ManoramaOnline |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107055112/https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2018/06/05/panmana-ramachandran-nair-life.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After a qualifying examination he joined the postgraduate degree, and passed masters in Malayalam with first rank in 1957.<ref name="Manorama"/> After post graduation, he started his teaching career at Fathima Matha College, Kollam.<ref name="Manorama"/> He later joined the government service as lecturer in [[Government Victoria College, Palakkad]].<ref name="Manorama"/> After working as lecturer in government colleges in Chittoor, Thalassery and Thiruvananthapuram he retired from the service in 1987 as Head of the department of Malayalam in [[University College Thiruvananthapuram]].<ref name="Manorama"/><ref name="OnManorama"/>

He was considered to be the last word in Malayalam grammatical nuances.<ref name="TOI">{{cite news |last1=Jun 6 |first1=TNN / |title=panmana ramachandran nair: Panmana Ramachandran Nair dead {{!}} Thiruvananthapuram News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/panmana-ramachandran-nair-dead/articleshow/64473497.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108224931/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/panmana-ramachandran-nair-dead/articleshow/64473497.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> His Malayalam Grammar books are authentic books that language students and journalists rely on for good language.<ref name="Manorama"/> He answered about 3,000 questions about the Malayalam language in a column in Career Magazine, which later became a book entitled ''Malayalavum Malayalikalum'' (Meaning: Malayalam and [[Malayali]]s).<ref name="OnManorama"/> He wrote many articles on Malayalam language in all major newspapers and gave talks on radio and television also.<ref name="OnManorama"/>

He was also active in the ''Granthasala prasthanam'' (library movement) and the ''Adyapakaprasthanam'' (teaching movement) and was the Chairman of the P.K. Parameswaran Nair Trust.<ref name="Manorama"/> He was a member of the committees of the Kerala State Library Council, [[Kerala Sahitya Akademi]], the [[Kerala Kalamandalam]] and the [[Sahithya Pravarthaka Co-operative Society|Sahitya Pravarthaka Sahakaranasangham]] and the [[Kerala University]] Senate. The Trust, of which he is editor and mentor, has published 29 books in the last quarter century and has given awards to the best biographers.<ref name="Indian Express">{{cite news |title=പന്മന രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ നായര്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/kerala-news/writer-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away/ |work=Indian Express Malayalam |language=ml |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107055111/https://malayalam.indianexpress.com/kerala-news/writer-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

He died in Vazhuthacaud on 5 June 2018 at the age of 86.<ref name="OnManorama">{{cite news |title=Linguist Panmana Ramachandran Nair dies |url=https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/06/05/linguist-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away.html |work=OnManorama |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107055111/https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2018/06/05/linguist-panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Family==
He and his wife K. N. Gomathi Amma have three children Hareendra Kumar, Mahendra Kumar and Usha Kumari.<ref name="TOI"/>

==Contributions==
===Linguistic===
*Thettillatha Malayalam (Meaning: Malayalam without mistakes)<ref name="TOI"/>
*Thettum Shariyum (Meaning: right and wrong)<ref name="TOI"/>
*Sudha Malayalam (Meaning: Pure Malayalam)<ref name="TOI"/>
*Thetillatha Uchcharanam (Meaning: Pronunciation without mistakes)<ref name="OnManorama"/>
*Bhasha Suddhi Samsaya Pariharangal (Meaning: Solutions to language purity doubts)<ref name="OnManorama"/>
*Nalla bhasha (Meaning: good language)<ref name="Mathrubhumi">{{cite news |title=പ്രശസ്ത ഭാഷാപണ്ഡിതന്‍ പന്മന രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍ നായര്‍ അന്തരിച്ചു |url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away-1.2865408 |work=Mathrubhumi |language=en |access-date=2022-01-07 |archive-date=2022-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220107055111/https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/panmana-ramachandran-nair-passes-away-1.2865408 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Literary Review books===
*Parichayam<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Navayugashilpi Rajaraja Varma<ref name="Manorama"/>

===Vyakhyanas (commentaries)===
*Nalacharitam Attakkatha<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Malayavilasam Kavyam<ref name="Manorama"/>

===Children's literature===
*Mazhavillu (Meaning: Rainbow)<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Oonjal (Meaning: Swing)<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Poonthen (Meaning: Honey)<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Appuppanum Kuttikalum (Meaning: Grandfather and Children)<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Deepashikha Kalidasan<ref name="Manorama"/>

===Translations===
*Acharya Choodamani<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Swapnavasavadattam<ref name="Manorama"/>
*Narayaniyam<ref name="Manorama"/>

===Autobiography===
*Smritirekhakal<ref name="Manorama"/>

==Awards and honors==
*[[Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize]] for ''[[Narayaniyam]]'' into Malayalam.<ref name="TOI"/>
*[[Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Overall Contributions]] 2004.<ref name="TOI"/>
*Godhavarma Award for passing Malayalam Masters with first rank from University college, Thiruvananthapuram.<ref name="Mathrubhumi"/>

==References==
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[[Category:Writers from Kerala]]
[[Category:Academic staff of the University College Thiruvananthapuram]]
[[Category:Academic staff of Government Victoria College, Palakkad]]
[[Category:Malayalam literary critics]]
[[Category:People from Kollam district]]
[[Category:Indian literary critics]]
[[Category:Indian children's writers]]
[[Category:20th-century Indian linguists]]
[[Category:University College Thiruvananthapuram alumni]]

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