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{{Infobox person
| name = Biju Govind
| image = Biju Govind.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kayamkulam]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| alma_mater = IJHS, [[Tangasseri]]
| occupation = [[Journalist]]
| spouse = Rajasree Govind
| children = 2
}}

'''Biju Govind''' is a [[Kerala]]-based [[journalist]] currently serving as the Chief of Bureau for [[The Hindu]] in [[Kozhikode]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/profile/author/biju-govind/|title=Biju Govind : The Hindu|date=|publisher=}}</ref> In this capacity, he oversees news coordination across the [[Malabar Coast|Malabar]] region. Throughout his career, he has reported extensively on a broad spectrum of critical issues, from [[Political activism in Kerala|political activism violence]] and communal unrest in [[North Kerala]] to the complex intersection of religion and civic life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/kerala-writer-sedition-case-no-author-will-be-charged-in-national-anthem-cases-says-pinarayi-vijayan-3165972.html|title=Kerala writer sedition case: No author will be charged in National Anthem cases, says Pinarayi Vijayan - Firstpost|date=20 December 2016|publisher=}}</ref> A prolific writer, he frequently contributes analytical features and commentary on the State’s evolving political scape.

Govind first worked for the ''[[United News of India]]'' (UNI) in [[New Delhi]], reporting on the solitary protest of a Tibetan woman, Sonam Dekyi seeking the release of her son ([[Ngawang Choephel]]) who had been [[arrest]]ed by the [[Law enforcement in China|Chinese police]] on charges of [[espionage]] in 1997. He then joined ''[[The Indian Express]]'' in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], and thereafter ''[[The New Indian Express]]'' out of [[Kochi]].

Govind later moved to ''[[The Hindu]]'', working from [[Kozhikode]], in June 2001. He now covers [[politics]], [[organized crime]], development issues of roads, [[infrastructure]], and [[realty]].
He has reported the [[Marad massacre|Marad]] riots that occurred between Hindu and Muslim communities in Kozhikode in 2002 and the massacre of nine fishermen again at the seaside village in 2003. He had also covered the [[Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary|Muthanga]] agitation of [[Wayanad district|Wayanad]] tribes against the government in 2002.

Govind reported the infiltration of [[Maoists]] in the tri-junction of [[Tamil Nadu]], Karnataka and Kerala.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/maoists-find-trijunction-a-safe-haven/article3378980.ece|title=Maoists find tri-junction a safe haven|date=3 May 2012|publisher=}}</ref> He has also reported about the [[Indian Mujahideen]] in [[Kerala]] and Islamist modules that recruited Muslim youths for Islamic State fighters in Syria.

==References==
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* [https://muckrack.com/biju-govind/bio Biju Govind's Biography | Muck Rack]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/13-missing-from-Kerala-suspected-to-have-joined-IS/article14479732.ece 13 missing from Kerala, suspected to have joined IS]
* [http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/im-plans-to-recruit-from-kerala/article7523501.ece Indian Mujahideen eyes Kerala youth]
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