P. Chitran Namboodirippad (6 January 1920 – 27 June 2023) was an Indian writer, educationist and leading social activist from Kerala.

[1] He was a National Award-winning educationist and also a mountain man who trekked in the Himalayas for the 29th time even at his age of 99.

[2] Namboodirippad was honoured by Justice P. Sathasivam, governor of Kerala on the occasion of his 99th birthday.

[6] After his post graduation from Pachaiyappa's College, Chennai, he established a school in a 5-acre plot at his native place, 'Mookkuthala' in 1947 and after 10 years, he handed over the school to the Government of Kerala for a token amount of Rs.

[1][7] Namboodirippad published a travelogue Punyahimalayam in 2007 about the travel of Himalayas[8] and an autobiography Smaranakalude Poomukham.