| Degree | University | Year | Specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|
| MA | Univeristy of Calicut | 1999 | Modern History |
| Ph.D. | Kannur University | 2009 | Agrarian Migration |
| Sl No. | Subject |
|---|---|
| 1 | Environmental History |
| 2 | Agrarian Migration |
| 3 | Archaeology |
| 4 | Tribal Culture in South India |
| 5 | National Movement |
| 6 | Missiology |
| Sl No. | From | To | Worked At | Designation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2011 | 2025 | Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally | Associate Professor in History |
| 2 | 2001 | 2011 | Aided Higher Secondary School | Higher Secondary School Teacher |
| Sl No. | Memberships |
|---|---|
| 1 | Life Member, Association of International Researchers of India Origin (AIRIO), 14 Dina Lane, Somerset, New Jersey 08873, USA |
| 2 | Life Member, South Indian History Congress |
| 3 | Life Member, Kerala History Congress |
| 4 | Life Member, Association of Catholic Historians of India |
| Sl No. | Presentations |
|---|---|
| 1 | Listening to the cries of the Migrant Community’ International Conference conducted by St. Thomas College Thrissur on ‘History and Culture in Dialogue with pope Francis, St. Thomas College and Mary Matha Seminary, Trissur, 6th to 9th January 2023 |
| 2 | ‘Kurichiya Tribal Uprising of 1812-An Unsung Movement for Freedom in Kerala’ ICHR Sponsored national seminar on ‘Reimagining Freedom Movement: Decolonizing Indian Minds to Reinvent the Selfhood’ Indic History Association, Trivandrum, 5 December 2022 |
| 3 | ‘Unsung Heroes of Freedom Struggle: Kurichiya and Kuruma Tribal People of Wayanad. Three Day National Seminar on East-West Encounter: Re-Reading of Sardar K.M. Panikkar’, Sponsored by Indian Council of Historical Research and Central University of Kerala, BVK. Trivandrum on 15 and 16 March, 2022. |
| 4 | Customary Laws and Indigenous Medicinal Knowledge: A Case Study of Kurichiyas of Wayanad, Three Day National Seminar on Indigenous Medicine, Health Lore and Knowledge Systems, Institute for Tribal Studies and Research(ITSR), University of Calicut, 3rd to 5th March 2022. |
| 5 | ‘Forgotten Heroes: Anti-Colonial Resistance of Tribal People in Malabar’, Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav Programme, Indian Council of Historical Research, Southern Regional Centre, Bangalore, on 9th February 2022. |
| 6 | Transmutation of Landscapes: Forests and Plantations in Colonial South India, Fourth annual Session on International Kerala History Congress, Department of History, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, 20,21 and 22 December 2018. |
| 7 | German Expertise in Colonial Forest Administration in India, 6th Annual International Kerala History Conference, Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University, Tirur on 16-18 November 2018. |
| 8 | Ethno-History: An Overview, National Workshop on Ecology, Culture and Heritage: Mapping Indigenous Knowledge beyond Disciplines, Kannur University-Thalassery Campus, Palayad on 14-16 March 2018 |
| 9 | Formation of Basic Christian Communities in British Malabar, International Seminar on St. Thomas Christians Through the Ages- A Historical Approach, St. Kuriakose Elias Chavara Archives and Research Centre, Mannanam, Kottayam in association with Christ University, Bangalore, January 30 – February 1, 2018. |
| 10 | Forest and Railway in Malabar 1860-1947, Kerala History Congress, Third Annual Session, Farook College, 09-11, Dec. 2017. |
| 11 | Development of Tourism and Its Environmental Impact on Wayanad and Idukki: A Historical Perspective, in National Seminar on Historic Perspective on Tourism Development and Environment in Idukki District of Kerala, Newman College, Thodupuzha, 15 and 16 February 2017. |
| 12 | Gold Rush in Nilgiri-Wayanad: Colonial Gold Mining in South India(1879-1892), Indian History Congress, University of Kerala, 28-30, December 2016 |
| 13 | Colonial Policies and Land Alienation of Tribal People in Kerala: 1800-1947, Kerala History Congress held at Union Christian College, Aluva on 20-22, December 2016 |
| 14 | Land and Forest Policies of the British and Tribes of Kerala 1880-1947, National Seminar on History and Politics of Environmentalism in Kerala, Govt. College, Mokeri on 23rd and 24th November 2016. |
| 15 | Land Alienation of Tribal Communities in Kerala: A Socio-Historical Perspective, Three Day State Level Workshop on Identification of Socio-Legal Issues faced by Tribals in India, School of Legal Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), 21- 23 March 2016 |
| 16 | Christians and Nation Building in India, paper presented National seminar on Nation and Nationalism: Contemporary Perspective, C. K. G. College, Perambra, Calicut, 29th and 30th December, 2015 |
| 17 | Agrarian Migration and Socio-Economic Changes in Kerala: A Case Study of Wayanad 1928-2000, paper presented at Academic Staff College, Jawaharlal Nehru University(JNU), New Delhi, 26th October 2014. |
| 18 | Colonial Intervention and Depletion of Forests in Malabar 1799-1947 in the 30th Session of South Indian History Congress held at Department of History, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, on 15th to 17th February 2013. |
| 19 | C.K.G. Memorial Govt. College, Perambra on 15th and 16th February 2012.Agrarian Migration and Socio-Economic Development in Eranad 1940-2000 in UGC National Seminar- ‘Signature of Eranad: A Cross Cultural Analysis’ held at NSS College, Manjeri on 28th to 30th January 2013 |
| 20 | Depletion of Forests in Malabar: A Case Study of Wayanad in the National Seminar on The Traits of Development in Modern Keralam: an Environmental Critique, C.K.G. Memorial Govt. College, Perambra on 15th and 16th February 2012. |
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| Sl No. | Courses |
|---|---|
| 1 | Orientation Course,University of Hyderabad |
| 2 | Refresher Course in History,Jawaharlal Nehru University |
| 3 | Short Run Course on Designing Outcome based Curriculum,MHRD TLC University of Calicut |
| 4 | Short Run Course on E-Content Development, MHRD TLC University of Calicut |
| 5 | Faculty Development Programme on Managing Online Classes and Co-Creating MOOCS: 2.0, MHRD TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi |
| 6 | Refresher Course in Gender Sensitization, Human Resource Development Centre, Osmania University, Hyderabad |
| 7 | ICT for Teaching and Leraning, MHRD TLC Ramanujan College, University of Delhi |
| 8 | Swayam MOOC on Economic History of India from 1857-1947 |
| Sl No. | Publications |
|---|---|
| 1 | French Missionaries, Tribal People and Social Change in Malabar’, K.S. Mathew et.al (ed.) Catholic Church and Social Change in India, ATC Publishers, Bangaluru, 2022, ISBN:978-93-91399-02-3 |
| 2 | Formation of Basic Christian Communities in Malabar’, St. Thomas Christians though Ages: A Study of Socio-Religious Life, ATC Publishers, Bangaluru, 2022 |
| 3 | Malabar Rebellion in Wayanad and the Nilgiris’, in K. Gopalankutty (ed.), Malabar Revolt 1921 vol-2 , Yuvatha Books, Calicut, 2022, ISBN 978-93-91938-44-4 |
| 4 | Pastoral Care of the Malabar Migrants: Role of the Carmelites of Mary Immaculate Indian Church History Review, Vol. 56, No. 1 (2022). ISSN 0019-4530 |
| 5 | Catholic Mission and Social Change: A Study of Paris Foreign Mission Society in Malabar, Indian Church History Review, Vol. 61, No. 2 (2021). ISSN 0019-4530 |
| 6 | Emergence of a Knowledge Society: Role of Migrant Farmers in the Educational Progress of Malabar in the Twentieth Century, in Journal of Dharma Vol. 44 No.2 (2019), ISSN 0253-7222 |
| 7 | Introducing Historical Sites and Monuments in Kerala’, in Souvenir of Joint Annual Session of Epigraphical Society of India (43rd Session) and Place Name Society of India (37th Session), Kozhikkode, February 9-11, 2018. |
| 8 | Gold Rush in Nilgiris-Wayanad: Colonial Gold Mining in South India(1879- 1892)’, Kanpur Historiographers: International Journal of History, Indology, Archaeology and Numismatics, Vol. 1, No.2 (2017), ISSN 2348-3814 |
| 9 | Colonial Policies and Land Alienation of Tribal People in Kerala 1800-1947’ in Sebastian Joseph (ed.), On Presenting Histories, D C Books, Kottayam, 2017, ISBN 978-93-5282-124-2 |
| 10 | Christians and Nation Building in Modern India: With Special Reference to Kerala’,Indian Church History Review, Vol. 50, No. 2 (2016). ISSN 0019-4530 |
| 11 | Historical Sites and Development of Tourism in Kerala: A Case Study of Wayanad Kanpur Historiographers: International Journal of History, Indology, Archaeology and Numismatics, Vol. 1, No.2 (2016), ISSN 2348- 3814 |
| 12 | Indian Spices: Origin, Cultivation and Processing’ Indian Horizons Vol. 63, No. 3, Indian Council of Cultural Relations, New Delhi, 2016 |
| 13 | Agrarian Migration and Socio-Economic Changes in Malabar-A Case Study of Wayanad’, Proceeding of Kerala History Conference, 2nd Session, Kerala Sahithya Pravarthaka Sakakarana Sangam, Kottayam, 2016 |
| 14 | Colonial Forest Policy in South India with Special Reference to Malabar (1792- 1947)’, Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Science and Humanities, Vol.10, No. 1 (2015), pp.1-22 |
| 15 | Apparent Traits of Slave System of Labour in the Highland of Malabar’, Kanpur Historiographers: International Journal of History, Indology, Archaeology and Numismatics, Vol. 1, No.2 (2014), ISSN 2348-3814 |
| 16 | Colonial Intervention and Depletion of Forests in Malabar (1792-1947)’, Proceedings of the South Indian History Congress, 33rd Session, Thiruvananthapuram, 2013 |
| 17 | Fight for the Oppressed Close Look at the Naxal Movement in Malabar’, Journal of the Institute for Research in Social Science and Humanities, Vol.5 No.2 (2010) ISSN 0973-353 |
| 18 | Plantation Economy in Colonial Malabar-With Special Reference to Wayand Proceedings of the Indian History Congress, 67th Session, New Delhi, 2007 |
| 19 | BOOK- Tradition, Migration and Transformation-Agrarian Migration to Wayanad A Socio-Historical Perspective 1928-2000, IRISH, Tellicherry, 2011, ISBN 81-88432-18-0 |
| 20 | BOOK-Education in Colonial and Post-Colonial Malabar(1920-2006): A Socio- Economic Study, Gyan Books, New Delhi, 2015, ISBN 81-21213-045 |
| 21 | BOOK - Ecological Transformation of Western Ghats- An Environmental Study of Kerala 1800-2018, Manohar Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, ISBN 978-93-6080-374-2 |
| 22 | Malabar Kudiyettathinte Charitrapachathalvum Samuyaedapedalukalum’(Historical Background and Social Intervention on Malabar Migration), (Mal.) in Jeevadara, Vol.52,315 (June 2023) |
| 23 | Ethics, Religious Beliefs and Environment:Ethical Practices of Environmental Protection of Traditional Communities in India’, Eastern Journal of Dialogue and Culture, Vol.7, No.1 (2024) -UGC-CARE |
| 24 | ‘Listening to the Cries of Migrant Community in Malabar’ in Nathalie Becquart and Paul Pulikkan, Listening and Learning: Becoming a Synodal Church in Diologue with Pope Francis, ISPCK Publications, New Delhi, pp. 155-168. |
| 25 | Kadamba Inscriptions and Medieval Wayanad’, Journal of the South Indian History Congress, Vol.42, 2024, ISSN 2229-3671 (UGC-CARE Journal) |
| Sl No. | Research Projects |
|---|---|
| 1 | Research Investigator in Major Research Project on ‘Education in Colonial and Post-colonial Malabar 1920-2005’ sponsored by the Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), Government of India, affiliated to Insti |
| 2 | Project Director, ICHR, New Delhi. Name of Project: ‘Agrarian Revolts in Kerala (A Case Study of Wayanad)’, (2011-2013) |
| 3 | Research Investigator, UGC Minor Project, Topic: ‘Colonial Forest Policy and its Impact on Tribal People with Special Reference to Wayanad 1799-1947’(2013-15) |
| 4 | Research Investigator, KSHEC, Topic: ‘Differential Achievement in Higher Education among the Tribal Students of Kerala’, (2016-18) |
| 5 | Research Fellow, Minor Research Project, ‘Customary Laws and Indigenous Intellectual Knowledge of Tribal People: A Case Study of Kurichiya Community in Wayanad’ Inter-University Centre for Intellectual Property Rights Studies |
| 6 | Project Director, ICHR, New Delhi. Name of Project: ‘A Historical Analysis of Ecological Transformation in Western Ghats with Special Reference to Kerala: 1800-2018’, (2019-2021) |
| 7 | Principal Investigator, ‘Unsung Heroes of Kerala Project’, Azadi Ka Amruit Mahotsav Celebration, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, 2022 |
| 8 | Research Investigator, A Study and Documentation of the Historical Heritage of Wayanad, Kerala Council of Historical Research (KCHR), Thiruvanathapuram, 2023-24 |
| Sl No. | Responsibilities |
|---|---|
| 1 | Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), Pazhassiraja College |
| 2 | Chairperson, U. G. Board of Question Paper Setters, Kannur University |
| 3 | Chairperson, Centralised Valuation Camp-History, University of Calicut |
| 4 | Research Guide in History, University of Calicut |
| 5 | Member, Board of Studies in Christian Studies, University of Calicut (2021-24) |
| 6 | Member, Board of Studies in History, University of Calicut (2013-20) |
| 7 | Chief Superintendent, University Examinations, University of Calicut |
| 8 | Additional Chief Supt., University Examinations, University of Calicut |
| 9 | Subject Expert, Faculty Development Programme Selection Committee, Kannur University |
| 10 | Programme Officer,National Service Scheme, Pazhassi Raja College (2011-2015) |
| 11 | Coordinator, Additional Skill Acquisition Programme(ASAP), Higher Education Department, Government of Kerala (2013-14) |
| 12 | Joint- Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Pazhassiraja College. |
| 13 | District Judge for the Evaluation of Youth Parliament Competition, Institute of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Kerala(2013-14) |
| 14 | NTA Observer, NEET UG 2020-23 |
| 15 | Internal Mentor, Walk With Scholar Programme, Directorate of Collegiate Education (2014) |
| 16 | Resource Person in History, School of Distance Education, Kannur University |
| 17 | Resource Person in History, School of Distance Education, University of Calicut. |
| 18 | Teacher Coordinator, Association for Pazhassiraja College Old Students (Alumni Association) |
| 19 | Head, Department of History |
| Sl No. | Seminar Attended |
|---|---|
| 1 | One day seminar on NAAC Post Accreditation Process held at Malabar College of Advanced Studies, Vengara on 06 March, 2023 |
| 2 | Kerala History Congress, Sixth Annual Session, PSMO College, Thirurangadi, on 24-25 March, 2022 |
| 3 | Three-day National Seminar on Politics of Representation: Dalits, Adivasis and Minorities, Institute for Tribal Studies and Research (ITSR), University of Calicut, 28-30 January 2019 |
| 4 | One Day National Seminar cum Workshop on NAAC Revised Accreditation Framework-New Initiatives, IQAC Cell, St. Mary’s College, Sultan Bathery, 3rd November 2018 |
| 5 | International Seminar on Education as a Sustainable Development Goal, Mar Baselious College of Education, Sultan Bathery, 16 & 17 April 2018 |
| 6 | Annual Session of Epigraphical Society of India (43rd Session) and Place Name Society of India (37th Session), Farook College, Kozhikkode, 9th to 11th February 2018 |
| 7 | National Seminar on ‘ History of the Marginalised: An Inquiry in the Background of Wayanad’, NMSM Government College, Kalpetta on 31 Oct. and Nov.1, 2017 |
| 8 | National Seminar on Revised Accreditation Framework of NAAC, Government College, Kodencherry, 6th and 7th October 2017 |
| 9 | National Seminar on ‘Edakkal Heritage’, Thunjathezhuthachan Malayalam University, Sultan Bathery, 27 and 28 June, 2017 |
| 10 | National Seminar on ‘ Tribal Language and Culture’ organized by Sahitya Akademi, Bangalore Centre held at Institute of Tribal Studies and Research (ITSR), Calicut University Centre on 7th and 8th December 2016 |
| 11 | International Conference on ‘Development Induced Displacement and Migration, Land Acquisition and Displacement’, held at Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum, on 3rd and 4th March 2016 |
| 12 | National Seminar on ‘Kerala Renaissance: A Critique’, held at NMSM Government College, Kalpetta on 17th and 18th November 2015 |
| 13 | International Seminar on Imperial Rome, Indian Ocean Regions and Muziris: recent Researches and Perspectives on Maritime Trade held at Christ College, Irinjalakuda on 8th to 11th September, 2013 |
| 14 | National Seminar on ‘Trends and Challenges of Environmental Sustainability of Up-coming Tourism Destinations’, Department of Travel and Tourism, 27th September 2012 |
| 15 | Seminar on ‘Writing History: Methodological Issues’ Department of History. Govt. College, Mokeri on 25th January 2012 |
| Sl No. | Seminar Organized |
|---|---|
| 1 | National Seminar on the topic Role of Tribal People in the Anti-Colonial Struggles in Kerala, sponsored by Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR), New Delhi, at Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally, on 14th and 15th December 2022. |
| 2 | State Level Seminar in association with Kerala State Institute of Languages on Malabar and Freedom Movement, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally, on 26 October 2022 |
| 3 | National Seminar (Indian Council of Social Science Research-ICSSR), New Delhi, National Seminar on Educational Development of Tribal People and Internal Migration in the Twentieth Century Malabar, Kerala, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally, on 28th and 29th November 2018 |
| 4 | National Workshop (Indian Council of Historical Research-ICHR), New Delhi Research Methodology in History, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally on 13th and 14th February 2017 |
| 5 | 3) National Seminar (Kerala State Higher Education Council-KSHEC), Role of Tribal Communities in Pazhassi Struggles, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally on 29th and 30th November, 2015 |
| 6 | 2) National Seminar (Kerala State Higher Education Council-KSHEC), Wayanad under the British (1799-1947), Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally on 13 March 2015 |
| 7 | 1) National Seminar (University Grants Commission-UGC), Nationalism in India and Pazhassiraja, Pazhassiraja College, Pulpally on 29th and 30th November 2013 |
| Sl No. | Subjects |
|---|---|
| 1 | Trends in Historiography |
| 2 | Trends in Indian Historiography |
| 3 | State, Society and Civilization in Ancient India |
| 4 | State and Society in Early India |
| 5 | Medieval World: State and Society |
| 6 | State and Society in Medieval India |
| 7 | Gender Studies |
| 8 | Making of Modern India |
| 9 | Modern Kerala History |
| 10 | The Making of Comtemporary India |
| 11 | Historical Tourism |
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| Sl No. | Workshops |
|---|---|
| 1 | Excellentia 23, A symposium on NAAC Accreditation, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of Kerala, at Rest Auditorium, Rajagiri Valley, Kakkanad, Kochi, 10th February, 2023. |
| 2 | Workshop on Restructuring of Curriculum (UG) B A History Degree Course, by Board of Studies in History, held at Department of History, University of Calicut, on 30th May 2019 |
| 3 | One Day Orientation Programme for Internal Mentors of Walk with a Scholar Programme of Wayanad District, NMSM Govt. College, Kalpetta Wayanad, 31 October 2018 |
| 4 | Brainstorming Session on Future Activities of KCHR, Kerala Council of Historical Research, Trissur Session 22nd March 2018 |
| 5 | Four Days ‘Workshop on Methodology and Research Writing in Social Sciences’, The Kerala State Higher Education Council(KSHEC), Thiruvananthapuram, on 22nd to 25th Nov. 2017 |
| 6 | National Workshop on ‘Conservation of Edakkal Petroglyphs’, held at Sulthan Bathery, Wayanad organized by Department of Archaeology, Government of Kerala on 25th and 26th August 2013 |
| 7 | Orientation Course for the Programmes Officers on the National Service Scheme, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences on 8th to 14th August 2012 |
