# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/palam-kalyanasundaram
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:27:31.648Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/palam-kalyanasundaram"
name: "Palam Kalyanasundaram"
slug: "palam-kalyanasundaram"
description: "Palam Kalyanasundaram is an Indian librarian, philanthropist, and social worker from Tamil Nadu, India. He is known for his extensive charitable work, having reportedly donated all his earnings, including his salary throughout his 35-year career as a librarian, his pension, and numerous cash awards, to charitable causes. He was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian honor, in 2023 in the field of social work."
tagline: "Indian librarian , Social Worker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Palam_Kalyanasundaram.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.882794666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "പി. കല്യാണസുന്ദരം"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AE"
    title: "পালম কল্যাণসুন্দরম"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palam_Kalyanasundaram"
    title: "Palam Kalyanasundaram"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%85"
    title: "پالم کلیان سندرم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "பாலம் கல்யாணசுந்தரம்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AA%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%82_%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B3%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A3_%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%82"
    title: "పాలం కళ్యాణ సుందరం"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13113236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump