Born in Kanniyakumari district, S P Udhayakumar earned his post-graduation in literature in the US, taught in the university of Minnesota for three years before returning to India in 2001. He runs a school through a trust in his hometown and teaches Peace Studies around the world. A campaigner against nuclear energy for years, the recent Fukushima tragedy struck the right chord with the masses and catapulted him to be the face of the anti-nuclear campaign at Kudankulam.
