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Mitraniketan K. Viswanathan was a social reformer, philanthropist and environmentalist in Kerala, India. He founded Mitraniketan, a non governmental organization in Vellanadu, Thiruvananthapuram in 1956. ==Biography== Viswanathan was born on February 8, 1928 in Vellanad, Thiruvananthapuram District, Kerala, India. He did his schooling in Thiruvananthapuram and joined Visva-Bharati University, founded by Rabindranath Tagore and completed ''Siksha Bhavana'' in 1953. Later he continued his studies in the US, the UK and in Scandinavia. During his days in the US, he came in touch with Arthur E. Morgan which helped him shape his later years. On his return to India, he founded Mitraniketan, The Home of Friends, in 1955, which works in the fields of innovation, training and extension in community development, environment, science, education and appropriate technology. The organisation has since grown to cover 60 acres of land housing ''Mitraniketan People's College'',〔http://ngopost.org/story/mitraniketan-peoples-college〕 a Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), a training centre for women, a fully equipped bakery, pottery centre, and a technology transfer programme. He was the patron of Kerala Voluntary Action League (KAVAL), a network of Non Governmental organizations. Further, he chaired many organisations and attended conferences in India and abroad〔 and served as a member of many government boards. He died on 28 April 2014 due to heart related problems at a private clinic in Thiruvananthapuram.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mitraniketan Viswanathan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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