S. R. Ramaswamy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

S. R. Ramaswamy

Indian Journalist, Writer, Biographer, Translator, Social Activist and Environmentalist

Date of Birth: 29-Oct-1937

Place of Birth: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Profession: translator, journalist, environmentalist, social activist

Nationality: India

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sondekoppa Ramachandrasastri Ramaswamy is an Indian writer, journalist, biographer, social activist and environmentalist.
He has authored more than 50 books and thousand articles both in Kannada and English.
He is recipient of the "Karnataka State Sahitya Akademi Award" (1992) for year's best work in social science.
In 2015, he was honoured by Hampi University, Karnataka with the 'Nadoja' award.
An avid campaigner for environmental issues and people's rights, he has led numerous movements both at state and national level for conservation of vast tracts of rich flora and fauna from ill-planned Government policies.
His years as a writer and chronicler brought him under the influence of doyens of literature and public life such as D.
V.
Gundappa, V.
Sitaramayya, Rallapalli Ananta Krishna Sharma, Yadava Rao Joshi and P Kodanda Rao.
His writings essentially mirror the literary, cultural, nationalist and developmental problems that are contemporaneous to the present day scenario.
S.
R.
Ramaswamy is currently the honorary Editor-in-Chief of Kannada monthly "Utthana" and "Rashrothana Sahitya" at Bangalore.