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Thomas Kodenkandath, who uses Thommy as pen name is a self-taught cartoonist. Born and brought-up in Kerala, he published his first editorial cartoon at the age of 17 in The Express, a popular Malayalam daily. Since then more than 300 of his editorial cartoons have appeared in various print media that include The Week, OnLooker, The Express, India Week and they currently appear in Urban Indian (NY), India-New England (MA) and Malayalapathram (NY). He has won several awards for cartooning including RoteFete Award of Rotary Club International, Kalakrithi Award of Madras University, Mardigras Prize of IIT-Madas. He served as the editorial cartoonist for the IIT-M student’s magazines, Campus Times, Spectator and now as the cartoon editor for their Off-campus Times. He is a founding member of Kerala Cartoonist Academy. (We are proud to present his talents on NRIPulse.com) 
Professionally, he is the Principal Scientist at American Superconductor Corporation, Westborough, MA where he work towards “revolutionizing the way the world uses electricity” using High Temperature Superconductor Technology. After his college years at st. Thomas, Trissur, he earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from IIT-M at the Materials Science Research Center. He is the recipient of the prestigious UNESCO Fellowship of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Italian National Research Council (CNR) Italy. He was a Research Fellow at Imperial College, London before coming to the USA. He is the author of over 50 research papers covering fundamental and applied sciences of advanced materials and is the lead inventor in 9 patent applications. While at IIT-M, he met Shri. R.K. Laxman, the celebrated cartoonist of Times of India and Magsaysay Award winner, who inspired him to continue cartooning along with a scientific career. He recently won the 2005 Kerala Center (NY) Annual Award (Special Recognition) for his “extraordinary combination of talents as an Outstanding Scientist and Gifted Cartoonist”
He is an active member of Indian community in New England and lives in North Grafton with his wife, Rekha and daughters Bridgit, Priya and Mary. He can be contacted at Tel : (508) 839 2512, tkodenkandath@amsuper.com or tkodenkandath@hotmail.com or tkodenkandath@gmail.com

THOMMY'S WORLD

 

 

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