Ambikasuthan Mangad is a renowned Indian Malayalam language writer. He is a professor of Malayalam at Nehru Arts and Science College, Kanhangad. His literary contributions range from Short stories to fictional novels in Malayalam. Mangad wrote the script and dialogues for critically acclaimed movie Kaiyoppu. He won an award for the best story writer from Kerala State Government for the telefilm 'Commercial Break'.In 2000 he won Edasseri Memorial Award for 'Commercial Break' and Sathyalal Anusmarana Cherukadha Award for Neeraaliyan in 2014.