Dr Raju Narayana Swamy IAS, a role model for young civil service aspirants, has published a fine collection of science notes for reference and competitive examinations for students.
The book ‘Vijayathinu Viswavijnjanam’ has 46 notes including Sooryante Choodu, Valulla Nakshathrangal, Mukham Chuvanna Chowwa, Paranna Gruhangal, Vimanam Gutteril Chadumo?, Pathirasooryan, Kadalil Ethra Uppundu, Chuzhalikattukal, Vishmulla Thavalakal, etc.
This book also has interesting cartoons.
Publisher : Malayala Manorama
Language : Malayalam
Paperback : 88 pages
ISBN-10 : 9383197811
ISBN-13 : 978-9383197811
The book is available at Mathrubhoomi Books 0495-2444249
About the Author
Dr. Raju Narayana Swamy is an Indian Administrative Service officer belonging to the Kerala cadre.
He is widely known as an anti-corruption crusader. He is also a prolific writer and won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue for Santhimantram Muzhangunna Thazvarayil. He has also won the prestigious Homi Bhabha Fellowship (in cyber law). He has been awarded the 2018 Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award by IIT Kanpur for his professional integrity in upholding human values.
He was one of the recipients of the fourth IRDS Award for public service, awarded by the Lucknow-based Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS). He has undergone training at prestigious institutions both in India (IIMs etc.) and abroad (ENA; Paris, France; Canada; etc.).
He has also published more than 150 research papers in national and international journals of repute in areas as diverse as e-governance to intellectual property rights and is a recognized PhD guide of many universities. He has been consistently picked up by the Election Commission of India for 31 election duties in 16 states across the country. During the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Elections, he was roll observer for all six districts in Kanpur division. In 2018, he was international observer for Zimbabwe Elections.
Dr Narayana Swamy has twenty-six books to his credit, the latest being one on popular science – Nano Muthal Nakshatram Vare. He won the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Travelogue for Santhimantram Muzhangunna Thazvarayil. He has also won the Bhima Gold Medal and Kunhunni Award (both for children’s literature). His other works include Niram Mangiya Vazhithara, which is a translation of The Road of Lost Innocence, the English version of the French memoirs by Somaly Mam.
He stood first rank in Class 10 examination SSLC Kerala (1983), pre-degree examination (MGU-1985) and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) (1990 – in terms of percentile) conducted for admission to postgraduate engineering courses in India. In 1991, he obtained the first rank in Civil Services Examination and entered the Indian Administrative Service. In August 2011, he was awarded a doctorate degree by Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
