K.K.Neelakantan

# K. K. Neelakantan (1923 - 14 June 1992) better known by his pen name Induchoodan. 

# Neelakantan was born in 1923 in Kavassery, a village in Palakkad district. 

# He was a leading Indian ornithologist. 

# He is widely regarded as a pioneer of the environmental movement in Kerala for popularizing bird study through his books written in Malayalam. 

# In 1949, Induchoodan got the rare good fortune of stumbling upon the largest pelicanry in India. 

# His Keralathile Pakshikal (Birds of Kerala) first published in 1958 is considered to be a classic in Malayalam. Described with illustrations of 261 birds found in Kerala, it is considered a unique work among Indian language. His other famous works are Pullu Thottu Poonara Vare and Pakshikalum Manushyarum,