K. Jayakumar

In this Indian name, the name Krishnan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Jayakumar.

K. Jayakumar
Born (1952-10-06) 6 October 1952
Thiruvananthapuram, Travancore-Cochin, India
Occupations
  • Poet
  • lyricist
  • screenwriter
  • bureaucrat
Parent(s)M. Krishnan Nair (Father)
Sulochana Devi (Mother)
Sreekumar Krishnan Nair (Brother)
AwardsKerala Sahitya Akademi Award
Asan Poetry Prize

Krishnan Jayakumar (born 6 October 1952) is an Indian civil servant, writer, poet, lyricist, translator, painter, and public speaker. He retired as the Chief Secretary of Kerala and later served as the founding Vice-Chancellor of the Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University. Over a career spanning more than four decades, he has contributed extensively to administration, literature, art, and the promotion of the Malayalam language.

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