K. Bhaskaran Nair
K. Bhaskaran Nair (25 August 1913 – 8 June 1982) was a Malayalam language writer from Kerala, India who writes mainly in the genre of scientific literature. He was also noted as a literary critic, essayist, and educationist. In 1971 he was awarded Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Literary Criticism. Biography Bhaskaran Nair was born on 25 August 1913, to Aykkareth Narayanapilla who was a surveyor in the revenue department and Karthayani Amma in Idayaranmula village in present-day Aranmula, Pathanamthitta district. His primary education was at Vaikom, his father's place of work. After passing 10th class from Chengannur High School in 1929, he done his higher education in Thiruvananthapuram. After graduating from Madras with first rank in Zoology, he joined then Travancore University as a research student in zoology. He was Travancore Govt's first research scholarship student who got Rs.30 per month. Later he got a scholarship from the University of Madras. The subject of research was an embryonic transformation of organisms belonging to the genus Crayfish. The thesis was submitted two years later. After that, Travancore University made him a lecturer in the Science College in 1939 at the age of 26. He worked there for five years. He