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| name = Muthkumaraswamy Aram Valarthanatan
| title = Dr. M. Aram
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1927|1|14|}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|5|24|1927|1|14|df=y}}
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'''M. Aram''' (1927-1997) was an educator and peace advocate from India.

==Positions held==
Aram was the founder and president of Shanti Ashram (located in [[Coimbatore]], [[Tamil Nadu]], India), a community development organization that carries out projects in several areas, including education, health, and environmental restoration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shantiashram.org/shanti_ashram_about.html |title=About Us |publisher=Shanti Ashram |access-date=26 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717015457/http://www.shantiashram.org/shanti_ashram_about.html |archive-date=17 July 2010 }}</ref> He also served as the president of the World Conference on Religion and Peace International.<ref name=niwano/>

In 1993, the President of India appointed Aram to the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the Parliament of India. He served on the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development and the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource, Environment and Technology.<ref name=niwano/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.shantiashram.org/dr.aram_index.html |title=Dr.M.Aram: Biographical Note |publisher=Shanti Ashram |access-date=25 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626220653/http://www.shantiashram.org/dr.aram_index.html |archive-date=26 June 2010 }}</ref>

==Peace Service==
From 1964 to 1980, Aram participated in the Nagaland Peace Mission, and he helped design the [[Shillong Accord of 1975|Shillong Peace Accord]] of 1975. He was also involved in a number of other peace organizations, including the Asian Peace Council, the Delhi-Peking Peace March, the Gandhi Peace Foundation, the [[Religions for Peace|World Conference of Religions for Peace]], and the Sarvodaya Peace Movement.<ref name=niwano/>

==Educational and other services==
From 1954 to 1963, Aram was the principal of [[Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya, Coimbatore|Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya]] in Coimbatore. From 1980 to 1986, he was the vice-chancellor of [[Gandhigram Rural University]]. He was involved in programs that expanded higher education in rural areas, and he was also a proponent of [[Shanti Sena]], a peace education program. He served as a visiting professor at [[North Eastern Hill University]], [[Dibrugarh University]], Gandhigram Rural University, [[Madras University]], and [[Madurai Kamaraj University]].<ref name=niwano/>

==Awards==
* In March 1990, the President of India awarded the [[Padma Shri]], in the field of Literature and Education, to Aram.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://india.gov.in/myindia/padmashri_awards_list1.php |title=Padma Shri Awardees |publisher=National Portal of India |access-date=25 March 2010}}</ref>
* In 1995, Aram became the 12th recipient of the Niwano Peace Prize.<ref name=niwano/>
* The Sarvodaya Movement of India conferred the award of Defender of Peace to Aram.<ref name=niwano/>
* Dr. Ramachandran Award for International Peace and Understanding<ref name=niwano/>

To recognise Aram's peace mission work in [[Nagaland]], [[North Eastern Hill University]] awarded him an honorary [[Doctor of Letters]] degree.<ref name="niwano">{{cite web |url=http://files.me.com/niwanopeace/hoditv |access-date=25 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008170433/https://files.me.com/niwanopeace/hoditv |archive-date=8 October 2011 |title=Program for the Twelfth Presentation Ceremony of Niwano Peace Prize |date=11 May 1995 |publisher=Niwano Peace Foundation |format=PDF}}</ref>

==Publications==
* "The Future of Mankind"
* "Micro-Planning at the Village Level"
* "Towards 2000 A.D."-Special Lectures.
* "Peace in Nagaland."-Arnold Heinemann.
* "Gandhian Dialectic"-Special Lectures.
* "Gandhi on Education"-in Tamil.
* "Gandhian Perspective on Integrated Rural Development."
* "Apostle of Peace"-Lectures on Gandhi.
* "Kumara Ullam" (Adolescent Mind)-in Tamil.
* "Evolution on Naga Politics."
* "Some Aspects of Creative Thinking"-Research paper.
* "Standardised Achievement Tests"-Research Monograph.
* "Micro-Experiment in Population Education."

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100803154142/http://www.npf.or.jp/english/Peace_Prize_Detail/12.html Biography]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100211125453/http://www.shantiashram.org/index.html Shanti Ashram]

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