M. Dasan was born on January 1, 1953, in Thelyankara, Kozhikode district, the son of Kanaran and Cheeru.
[3] He died on June 29, 2002, at the age of 49, at a private hospital in Kozhikode.
[1] He was later appointed state president of the Kerala Water Authority Employees Union (CITU).
[1] He also served as the DYFI all India vice president for 8 years.
[1] M Dasan Institute of Technology (M-DIT) Kozhikode, a venture of M. Dasan Memorial Co-operative Institute of Engineering and Information Technology was named after him.