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{{short description|Indian freedom fighter}}
{{for|the space scientist|Sundaram Ramakrishnan}}

{{Infobox person
| name = Sundaram Ramakrishnan
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| birth_date = 22 July 1922
| birth_place = [[Thrissur]], [[Travancore]]
| death_date = 14 February 2003
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| nationality = Indian
| movement = [[Indian Independence Movement]]
| organization= [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]
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| occupation = [[social activist]]
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'''Sundaram Ramakrishnan''' or '''S. Ramakrishnan''' (22 July 1922 – 14 February 2003)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/03/10/stories/2003031004690500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031129210333/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/03/10/stories/2003031004690500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-11-29|website=[[The Hindu]]|title='Ramakrishnan made Bhavan ambassador of Indian culture'|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> was an Indian freedom fighter and social activist. He was widely known for his leadership to spread the values of [[Culture of India|Indian Culture]] globally as the director-general of the [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] and has been awarded both the [[Padma Shri]] and [[Padma Bhushan]] by the [[Government of India]] for his service to the nation.

Ramakrishnan was born in Pushpagiri, [[Thrissur]] in [[Madras Presidency]] (now [[Kerala]]). During his school days, Ramakrishnan was heavily influenced by [[Mahatma Gandhi]] and [[Chandrashekarendra Saraswati]], the then Paramacharya of [[Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham]] after they visited [[Malabar district]] during the [[Vaikom Satyagraha|Vaikom]] and [[Guruvayur Satyagraha]] to eradicate untouchability at [[Hindu temple]]s. In 1939, he came to [[Bombay]] in search of employment and joined the individual [[Satyagraha]] movement a year later that was launched by Gandhiji and took an active part in the [[Constructive Program]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bmhegde.com/ramakrishnan.htm|title=Ramakrishnan was Bhavan, Bhavan was Ramakrishnan|website=www.bmhegde.com|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> He was imprisoned at [[Yerawada Central Jail]], [[Pune]] during the [[Quit India Movement]] in 1942.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Whither India Today|last=Ramakrishnan|first=Sundaram|publisher=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan|year=2001|isbn=8172761813|location=Mumbai|pages=Cover}}</ref>

Closely associated with leaders of the [[Indian independence movement]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/br/2004/10/05/stories/2004100500131600.htm|title=The Hindu : Book Review : Pen portraits of eminent men|website=www.thehindu.com|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref> he later went on to serve as the personal secretary of [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] after Patel's release from [[Ahmednagar Fort|Ahmednagar Fort Jail]] on 15 June 1945 and during the [[1946 Cabinet Mission to India]] up to a few months after he assumed the office of Deputy Prime Minister and settled down in [[Delhi]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lkadvani.in/blog-detail3.php|title=Rafiq Zakaria Demolishes Myth That Sardar Was Anti-Muslim}}</ref>

Not wanting to continue Government service after [[Independence Day (India)|Indian Independence]], Sardar Patel introduced Ramakrishnan to [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi|K. M. Munshi]] who founded [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]] which he later decided to join as the secretary in 1947.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502260900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427213445/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502260900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-04-27|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=S. Ramakrishnan passes away|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref>

He was especially devoted to the cause of Hindu-Muslim unity and was chosen as a member of the [[National Integration Council]] in 1991.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aMlKSmWRQ8cC&q=s+ramakrishnan+gandhi+bhavan&pg=PA29|title=Indian Muslims: Where Have They Gone Wrong?|last=Zakaria|first=Rafiq|date=2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=9788179912010|language=en}}</ref> The Bhavan's S. Ramakrishnan Memorial Public School at Akamala, [[Wadakkancherry|Wadakanchery]] is named in his memory.

==Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan==

Ramakrishnan devoted a large part of his life to spread [[Gandhism|Gandhian ideas]] and Indian culture through [[Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan]]. He was associated with serving the Bhavan for 56 years, joining it as the secretary in 1947 at the age of 25 and subsequently taking over as the director after the death of Bhavan's founder [[Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi|Munshiji]] in 1971 and up to his own death in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhavankarnataka.com/article-1.pdf|title=Kulapati Munshi - The Man and His Mission by S. Ramakrishnan|website=Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Bangalore|access-date=21 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bhavans.info/vision/landmark4.asp|title=bhavans.info|last=Bhavan|first=Bharatiya Vidya|website=www.bhavans.info|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref>

==Death==
Ramakrishnan died of a massive heart attack at his residence in Mumbai on [[Valentine's Day]] 2003 aged 81.

==Civilian Honours==
Ramakrishnan was awarded [[List of Padma Shri award recipients (1990–1999)|Padma Shri in 1991]] and [[List of Padma Bhushan award recipients (2000–2009)|Padma Bhushan in 2001]] for social work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502260900.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030427213445/http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/2003/02/15/stories/2003021502260900.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2003-04-27|website=[[The Hindu]]|title=S. Ramakrishnan passes away|access-date=2018-10-21}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Social Work}}
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