<p>At a time when digital signatures are becoming quite common, a conventional signature of a government official in Kerala is going viral on social media.</p>.<p>It is the artistic touch that makes the signature of M K Jayan, block development officer of Mananthavady in Wayanad district, different. Jayan's signature that resembles a peacock's sketch is being widely shared across social media.</p>.<p>Jayan, who is also a poet known by the name Jayan Kuppady, has been using the signature over the last three decades. But it went viral on social media after someone recently shared a picture of Jayan's signature in an official document.</p>.<p>Jayan, who has a passion for drawing, says that he put this signature when his teacher in tenth-standard advised that students should ensure that the signatures they put on their Secondary School Leaving Certificates should be unique one and should be their life long signature.</p>.<p>Though Jayan has put his artistic signature on hundreds of official documents over the years, only now are people showing keen interest in seeing his signature.</p>.<p>Jayan, a native of Wayanad, did his schooling in the district itself and went to colleges in adjacent Kozhikode district.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>At a time when digital signatures are becoming quite common, a conventional signature of a government official in Kerala is going viral on social media.</p>.<p>It is the artistic touch that makes the signature of M K Jayan, block development officer of Mananthavady in Wayanad district, different. Jayan's signature that resembles a peacock's sketch is being widely shared across social media.</p>.<p>Jayan, who is also a poet known by the name Jayan Kuppady, has been using the signature over the last three decades. But it went viral on social media after someone recently shared a picture of Jayan's signature in an official document.</p>.<p>Jayan, who has a passion for drawing, says that he put this signature when his teacher in tenth-standard advised that students should ensure that the signatures they put on their Secondary School Leaving Certificates should be unique one and should be their life long signature.</p>.<p>Though Jayan has put his artistic signature on hundreds of official documents over the years, only now are people showing keen interest in seeing his signature.</p>.<p>Jayan, a native of Wayanad, did his schooling in the district itself and went to colleges in adjacent Kozhikode district.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>