| Names |
SANTHOSH GEORGE
KULANGARA |
| Date of Birth |
December 25, 1971 |
|
Identity |
Founder and chief explorer of Safari TV, the first and
only exploration channel in India. |
|
Date-wise Events / Works |
- 2001: Asianet News Channel
has been telecasting this visual travelogue serial entitled
“Sancharam”, ever since September 2001.
- May 03, 2007: He was
invited by the President of India Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam to
the Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi.
- 2003: He received All India
RAPA Award.
- 2004: He was also awarded
Yuva Prathiba Award.
- 2012: He won the
prestigious Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award in 2012 for the
travelogue Baltic Diary.
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| Special Achievements
/ Events |
- He is an Indian travel documentary host from Kottayam,
Kerala.
- He is the son of V. J George Kulangara, the founder of
Labour India magazine.
- He is the first resident Indian to buy a US$ 200,000
ticket for a sub-orbital ride with British entrepreneur Sir
Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic spaceliner.
- He is the chairman and managing director of Supplement
Communications, an evening newspaper, and Labour India
Software Laboratories.
- He has also developed a unique heritage resort in an
island in Vembanadu Lake, at Chempu, near Cochin.
- The Limca Book of Records has included this unique and
rarest adventure.
- The film Chandrayaan, based on India's first mission to
the moon, written and directed by him, is possibly the first
science fiction movie in Kerala.
- He is the producer of the Malayalam
television-programmes Samayam, Acharya (a documentary about
Wagamon), Maluvinte Lokam, Chithirapurathe Visheshangal, and
Kerala Vishesham which were produced for Doordarshan.
- He also directed the documentary Krishnagatha.
- He has published a few books on his travels .
- He is also writing a book about his upcoming space
voyage. After 16 years since he had started travelling,
‘Sancharam’ has turned out to be an exclusive,
round-the-clock exploration channel Safari.
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