Ramu Manivannan is the former Head of the Department of Politics & Public Administration, University of Madras. He is a Visiting Professor and Community Scholar at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.[1] He earlier taught in Hindu College, Delhi University and Department of Political Science, North Campus, Delhi University before shifting to Madras University. He was a Fellow of the United Nations University, Tokyo, Japan.[2][3][4] He is the author of the book Sri Lanka: Hiding the Elephant, which deals with the mass murder, the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the Sri Lankan armed forces against Tamils.[5][6]