Prof. N. Radhakrishnan, Chairman, Indian Council of Gandhian Studies, New Delhi, is son of the well known freedom fighter and Gandhian Constructive worker Late. Shri. P.K. Neelakanta Pillai and women activist Smt. Narayani Amma. He was actively associated with teaching and research for over 30 years. For about 22 years he taught at Gandhi Gram Rural Institute. Since then he remains as Director of Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, New Delhi. He has been associated with the UNESCO on some of their projects as Resource Person. He is currently Professor at Jain Viswabharati Institute, Ladnun, Rajasthan, Chief Editor of Journal of Peace and Gandhian Studies, to name some of the positions he holds at the moment. He is an expert on Education Planning, and Gandhian Studies. He has successfully guided 20 Ph.D. candidates from Gandhi Gram Rural Institute, Madurai Kamaraj University, Bharathiyar University and Punjab University. He is associated with the UPSC, UGC and HRD Ministry as an expert on Gandhian Studies. He has attended several workshops and seminars abroad and delivered lectures at several well-known Institutions abroad on invitation. As a social activist he has played important role in several conflict resolution activities. He has actively engaged himself in the Inter State Mass Education Campaign and has initiated activities to take Gandhian thoughts to the masses. He has published 48 books to this date in English and four books in Malayalam with Gandhian thought as the central theme. He edits five journals on Gandhian thought. He has written books in Hindi and some of his books have been translated to Tamil and Hindi. There are six publications on his creative activities.