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'''S. P. Udayakumar''' is a writer and anti-nuclear activist from [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref name="Gandhi Marg, Volume 19">{{cite book|title=Gandhi Marg, Volume 19|year=1997|publisher=[[Gandhi Peace Foundation]]|location=New Delhi, India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lyxuAAAAMAAJ&q=s.p.+udayakumar+ph.d}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kudakulam-protest-pmanes-udayakumar-pounds-pmo-227526.html | title=Kudankulam protest: PMANE's Udayakumar pounds PMO | work=First Post | date=28 February 2012 | accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> He is the convenor of the [[People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy]] (PMANE), which is protesting against the [[Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant]] project.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}<br />
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== Life and career ==<br />
S. P. Udayakumar was born in 1959 in [[Nagercoil]] in [[Tamilnadu]].<ref name=peaceplays>[https://www.transcend.org/tup/index.php?book=26 Peace Plays], TRANSCEND University Press, 2010</ref><ref name=Anbiah>[http://rajeshanbiah.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-is-sp-udayakumar-koodankulam-anti.html Who is S.P. Udayakumar, (Koodankulam anti-nuclear) activist of the year], Rajesh Anbiah blogspot, retrieved 9 February 2019.</ref><br />
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He studied M. A. in Peace Studies from Notre Dame University, receiving the degree in 1990.<ref name=peaceplays/><ref name=Kroc>[https://kroc.nd.edu/profiles/s-p-udayakumar-1990/ S.P. Udayakumar, M.A. ’90], Kroc Institute, 16 September 2008.</ref><br />
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In 1993, Udayakumar, along with wife Meera, purchased 15 acres of land near Nagercoil ("at the southern tip of India") and founded the South Asian Community Center for Education and Research (SACCER). [[Johan Galtung]], considered the founder of the discipline of [[peace and conflict studies]], visited the school in 1994 and dedicated it.{{sfnp|S. P. Udayakumar|2005|loc=author biography}}<ref name=blog>[https://www.blogger.com/profile/15882504958488036283 S. P. Udayakumar], blogger.com personal profile, 2006</ref><br />
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Subsequently, Udayakumar obtained a PhD in Political Science from the [[University of Hawaii]] 1996.<ref name=peaceplays/><ref name=blog/><br />
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== Books ==<br />
* {{citation |author=S. P. Udayakumar |title=Intervention in Sri Lanka: History and Prospects |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvBWNwAACAAJ |year=1990 |publisher=University of Notre Dame}}<br />
* {{citation |author=S. P. Udayakumar |title=Handcuffed to History: Narratives, pathologies, and violence in South Asia |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HwhuAAAAMAAJ |year=2001 |publisher=Praeger |isbn=978-0-275-96843-4}}<br />
* {{citation |author=S. P. Udayakumar |title=Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XjkEERJrRdwC |year=2005 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-275-97209-7}}<br />
* {{citation |editor1=Johan Galtung |editor1-link=Johan Galtung |editor2=S. P. Udayakumar |title=More than a Curriculum: Education for Peace and Development |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wAoDwAAQBAJ |year=2013 |publisher=IAP – Information Age Publishing |location=Charlotte |isbn=978-1-61735-549-3}}<br />
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