Social activist Dijo Kappen passed away

Key facts

• Dijo Kappen, a noted social activist for consumer and farmer rights, passed away at the age of 69 at a private hospital in Pala.
• He served as the Kerala University Union general secretary in 1982 and was a member of the academic council and senate at Kerala University.
• He was the state president of Kerala Students Congress from 1983 to 1985 and state president of Kerala Youth Front from 1989 to 1991.
• After retiring from active politics in 1998, he worked at the Center for Consumer Education and secured favourable verdicts in at least two dozen public interest litigations in the Supreme Court and high court.
• He held leadership roles including president of the Public Transport Protection Committee, Sabari Railway Central Action Council, and Democratic Human Rights and Environment Protection Forum.
• He was a senate member at Mahatma Gandhi University (MG University) for 10 years.