Background
Gopalan, Malikkathazhathu Parameswaran was born on November 13, 1934 in Pulluvazhy, Kerala, India. Son of Pillai P. and Parvarthy Amma (Pillai) M.N.
Gopalan, Malikkathazhathu Parameswaran was born on November 13, 1934 in Pulluvazhy, Kerala, India. Son of Pillai P. and Parvarthy Amma (Pillai) M.N.
Bachelor, Kerala University, 1957. Graduate diploma in journalism, Punjab University, 1959.
Subeditor India Press Agency, New Delhi, 1959-1961. Assistant editor Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong, 1961-1965, Asia Magazine, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 1965-1967, Singapore, 1967-1969, The Asian, Hong Kong, 1969-1973. Director Asia Research Systems, Manila, 1973-1979.
Research director AsiaWeek, Hong Kong, 1979-1982. Editor Hong Kong Business, 1982-1901, contributing editor, 2001, managing editor, 2002—2007, editor emeritus, since 2008.
Married Kolady Prasanna Gopalan, May 15, 1968. Children: Nisha, Divya, Priya.