Name M Shanmugavel Role Journalist | Died December 11, 2007 | |
M. Shanmugavel, (July 4, 1927 - 11 December 2007) popularly known as MS, was a Tamil journalist and is the editor of Makkal Kural and Trinity Mirror. He died 11 December 2007
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Journalist
He started his journalistic career in 1946 at the Daily Thanthi in Coimbatore. Later, in the mid-1950s, he teamed up with a band of journalists and started the first ever cooperative venture, Navamani, a Tamil eveninger which became very popular. The paper also had the distinction of twice winning the Central government's best display award. After a few years, he quit the Navamani and started Alai Osai.
Editor
In 1973, he started his own venture, Makkal Kural as a limited company. He was invited by Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Narashima Rao to accompany them during their foreign tours on various occasions. He also had the privilege of attending the UN conference and the Davos economic summit.
Awards
MS has won the Central governments Awards for the best layout and news presentations for 5 times, twice for Tamil and thrice for the English paper. He was a former member of Temples committee under HR and CE department headed by then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalitha and was also a former member of the high level committee for prohibition enforcement constituted by Government of Tamil Nadu.