Vinodkumar Kallolickal takes charge as KCHR chairperson

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM Vinodkumar Kallolickal, currently Professor at the Department of History, Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, has taken charge as the Chairperson of the Kerala Council for Historical Research (KCHR). Prof. Kallolickal succeeds K.N.

Ganesh as chairperson, KCHR. The State government had issued an order regarding the appointment on November 7. A resident of Vennala, ernakulam, Prof.

Kallolickal has a PhD from the Aligarh Muslim University and a post-doctoral fellowship from the Transdisciplinary University, Bengaluru. His areas of research and scholarship include the socio-cultural history of Kerala, the knowledge tradition of tribal societies, ethnic medical system, Gandhian thought and historiography. He has written and edited 21 books in Malayalam and English and has several papers to his name in research publications.