Career
He is Editor-in-Chief of Karmaveera, a 90-year-old Kannada weekly. Earlier he was Associate Editor of Samyukta Karnataka, the oldest Kannada daily. He has contributed many articles to Indian and foreign newspapers, magazines and websites.
Trained in computer engineering, G Anil Kumar was with the booming software industry in 1990s.
Later he changed his field of work to form a think tank with North. South. Rajaram in Bangalore. Before joining Samyukta Karnataka he was associated with Times of India, Kannada daily Usha Kirana and many other papers and magazines.
He was also a founder director of a policy research organization. G Anil Kumar has created ripples in Kannada journalism by creating a unique, educational magazine for school going children called "", a Kannada name for famous "Pied Piper".
lieutenant was felt that children were not getting the required attention of the mainstream media, especially in Indian languages.
In this era of celebrity-centric journalism, young students are not getting anything useful from the media. So, in April 2007 he started a special 8-page, all-color, attractive weekly educational supplement for the young readers. From the day one, this Saturday supplement of Samyukta Karnataka has become a great hit beyond everybody"s expectations.
Unique content, catering to the specific needs of the students (in the age group of 9–16 years) with international quality and good design & printing are the hallmark of "".
Thousands of schools have welcomed it with great enthusiasm. They are offering "" to their students as a supplementary material to their regular textbooks.
A simple, dedicated, concerned and, of course, tailor-made approach to kids" infotainment needs has now created a great revolution in Karnataka.
