Chowara Parameswaran was an Indian journalist, rationalist, reformer, and translator.
[1] He participated in the All-Kerala Political Conference held at Palakkad in 1921[2] and participated in the Vaikom Satyagraha in 1924, the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 and the Quit India Movement in 1942.
After independence, he worked as a journalist and fought for the rights of journalists.
[3] The Chowara Parameswaran Award, established in 1992, is presented by the Kerala Press Academy in his honor.
The award was instituted by the Chowara Parameswaran Memorial Committee in Kochi.