M.J Ajithkumar
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M.J.Ajithkumar(born 08th January 1980) is a staff member of the Indian High Commission in London. Now he is working as a Protocol Officer to the United Kingdom for the Government of India. He worked as a programme Officer in the cultural wing of the Indian High Commission in London that is The Nehru Centre from 2005 to 2008. From the Nehru Centre he has transferred as a Public Relations Officer (Visa) to The High Commission of India under the Consular Department of the Ministry of External Affairs.
He previously associated with the Indian Naval NCC as a Senior Cadet Captain for the Central Zone and also served as Secretary of the Nair Service Society NO 230 Chalamkode in Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha is a town and a municipality in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 35.43 km2. It is 62 km from Ernakulam. Geographical Classification of Thodupuzha Region is Midland or Idanad....

 from 2002 to 2005
He is also a prolific author, columnist, and a human rights advocate.

He is the managing trustee of the Mattathil Ammukutty Amma Memorial trust (MAAM Trust) which he founded with his family and friends in the name of his late Grandmother, Smit. Ammukutty Amma Mattathil.

Childhood and education

Mr.M.J. Ajithkumar was born in Central Travancore a village called Chalamkode to T. Lakshmikutty Amma and M.K. Janardhanan Nair belongs from Mattathil Kovilakam. Ajith studied at Government. UP School Chalamkode and He attended high school at St.George’s Higher Secondary School Muthalakodam in Kerala and obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from St. Thomas College, Palai
St. Thomas College, Palai
-Mission and coat of arms:St. Thomas College, Palai, was founded in 1950 by the Diocese of Palai. The founders of the college set before themselves the task of providing a Christian formation to the younger generation by fostering in their minds faith in God, love for their fellow-men and devotion...

, Kottayam District of Kerala.He went on to win a scholarship to study at Mahatma Gandhi University
Mahatma Gandhi University
Mahatma Gandhi University, also known as M G University, was established on 2 October 1983 in Kottayam. The University Grants Commission of India does not believe that the names of Indian universities should be unique, so another UGC-recognized government-run Mahatma Gandhi University was...

, Kottayam and earned master's degrees in Polymer Chemistry at the age of 22 from the School of Chemical Education . After his Post Graduation he was selected for the post of Commissioned officer in the Indian Navy
Indian Navy
The Indian Navy is the naval branch of the armed forces of India. The President of India serves as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy. The Chief of Naval Staff , usually a four-star officer in the rank of Admiral, commands the Navy...

 by the Union public Commission of India. The same time Mr. Aith was selected for an other post graduate programme in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and left his Midshipman trainings from the prestigious Officers Training Academy, INS Mondovi in Gova. Later he obtained masters in Business Administration from the Middlesex College in London and presently he is doing another Masters in Public Administration from the Periyar University in India.
Mr.Ajith is the first person in the history of the Mahatma Gandhi University
Mahatma Gandhi University
Mahatma Gandhi University, also known as M G University, was established on 2 October 1983 in Kottayam. The University Grants Commission of India does not believe that the names of Indian universities should be unique, so another UGC-recognized government-run Mahatma Gandhi University was...

 awarded a best Cadet NCC
NCC
-Companies:*National Certification Corporation, a nursing specialty certification company*National City Corporation, a leading US bank*Newspapers Call Centre, a telemarketing business in Toronto*NCC AB, a Scandinavian company*NCC Group, an IT security company...

 Award from the Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister of India
The Prime Minister of India , as addressed to in the Constitution of India — Prime Minister for the Union, is the chief of government, head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament...

 Shri. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who served as the tenth Prime Minister of India three times – first for a brief term of 13 days in 1996, and then for two terms from 1998 to 2004. After his first brief period as Prime Minister in 1996, Vajpayee headed a coalition government from...

 for the best Naval Cadet of the year 2001. He was the parade commander for a contingent of the Indian Republic day parade held at New-Delhi on 26th January 2001.

Programme Officer –The Nehru Centre, London

As a programme officer in the Nehru Centre he organized and managed high profile cultural events for foreign delegates, including ministers and other diginetories of various countries. He worked closely with one of the senior most Indian Diplomat Ms. Monika Kapil Mohta IFS who is the Director & Minister Culture of the Indian High Commission in London.

Public Relations Officer-Consular Services, HCI London

As a visa officer Mr. Ajith investigated many "visa security cases" involving Pakistani, Bangladeshi and Srilankan seeking entry into the Indian Union territory who had been convicted by British and other Country courts of being members of illegal organizations, including Lashkar-e-Taiba,[2] , The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam,[2], Jaish-e-Mohammad , Hizb-ul-Mujahiddeen , and Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front. Individuals found to be terrorists would be barred by law from entering Indian Union Territory. According to Mr. Ajith, all individuals he interviewed gave similar accounts of being prosicuted by British interrogats

Director & Head of Public Relations

He is also Director and Head of Public relations of Steps Abroad an international educational consultancy around the world based in the UK.

Literary career

Ajith has written books in Malayalam. Most of his literary creations are centered on Kerala themes and they are markedly “village, family and Romantic nostalgia.” Perhaps his most famous work is Paravith (Rock Seed), Short story. His main poems are Pranayam
Pranayam
Pranayam is a 2011 Malayalam romantic drama film written and directed by Blessy. The film revolves around the love bound between the characters of Mathews , Grace and Achutha Menon ....

 (Love), Kapada Visvasikal etc…Nair began writing at the age of six and his first published story appeared in the “School Magazine”.
Ajith has lectured widely on Kerala and London, and is often quoted for his observations, including, “India is not, as people keep calling it, an underdeveloped country, but rather, in the context of its history and cultural heritage, a highly developed one in an advanced state of decay.”

Personal life

A theatre buff and successful actor, Singer and poemist in his school days, he played many School dramas. At St.George’s Higher Secondary School in the early 1995s he founded the Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...

 Club. He has wife,Mother Father and Sister in Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha is a town and a municipality in Idukki district in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 35.43 km2. It is 62 km from Ernakulam. Geographical Classification of Thodupuzha Region is Midland or Idanad....

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