# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/basava-premanand
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:53:08.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/basava-premanand"
name: "Basava Premanand"
slug: "basava-premanand"
description: "Basava Premanand was an Indian skeptic and rationalist from Kerala. He organised many tours around rural India for the promotion of scientific thinking, exposing alleged miracles and scams carried out by various charlatans and godmen while spreading awareness of dangerous superstitions. Premanand was the founder of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations, the convener of Indian CSICOP, and the owner-publisher-editor of the monthly magazine The Indian Skeptic, which investigates paranormal claims in India."
tagline: "Aagarkar (1930–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bpremanand2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1930-02-17"
deathDate: "2009-10-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.140969162995594
  historical:           8.556445333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump