Ph.D (2015)- Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi on Syrian Christians of Colonial Kerala: Economic Advancement to Political Assertion, 1865-1949 under the guidance of Prof Aditya Mukherjee.
Awards, Fellowships and Recognitions (International & National)
- British Council Fellowship, for doing research work in various repositories in the United Kingdom such as (British Library & Archives, SOAS, Library, University of Oxford &Birmingham Library, London, (2013).
- Luso-American Foundation Fellowship, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, USA, 2012 (declined)
- (FTG) Foreign Travel Grant for field work at United Kingdom, Indian Council for Historical Research, (ICHR) (2013).
- Maulana Azad National Fellowship for Minority Students, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi (2012)
Research Positions
- Research Assistant in an internationally acclaimed documentation project entitled Towards Freedom, 1937-1947, for two years being completed by the Indian Council of Historical Research and published by the Oxford University Press, New Delhi.
- My research engagement with the project has been duly acknowledged by eminent historians like Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya, Prof. Arjun Dev and K.N. Panikkar in their editorial introductions of Towards Freedom volumes, 1940 part-I & 1941 part II
Research Publications
- “Working Class Resistance in Travancore: A Study of Punnapra-Vayalar Struggle 1946” in K. Venugopal Reddy ed., Colonial State Capital and Labour in India, Kalpaz, New Delhi, 2015. ISBN: 978-93-5128-035-4.
- ‘Towards a Social History of Native Christianity in Kerala: Issues, Methodologies and Challenges’, Advances in Arts and Ideas, ISSN 0973-2373, St. Thomas College, Trichur (forthcoming).
Teaching Experience& Academic Positions
- Chairperson, UG Board of Studies, (History), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam (2021)
- Lecturer on Contract, Post Graduate & Research Department of History, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, , Kalady- March 2015 to June 2017
- Assistant Professor, Department of History, Marthoma College for Women, Perumbavoor- July 2017 onwards
- Assistant Professor & Head, Department of History – August 2018 onwards
- Member, Governing Council, Mar Thoma College for Women, Perumbavoor
- Additional Chief Superintendent, (Examinations), Mar Thoma College for Women, Perumbavoor- March 2020 onwards
- Convenor- IQAC, Marthoma College for Women, Perumbavoor
- Supervisor and External Examiner for UG& PG Projects of History, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
- External Examiner, MA History, Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady
- Chaired a session on Historiography of Kerala, Second Annual session of Kerala History Congress, Union Christian College, Aluva (2016)
Member of Professional Organizations
- Indian History Congress (IHC),
- Kerala History Congress
Current Research Interests
Social and cultural history of colonial south India, Asian experiences of Christianity, community formations under British Colonialism, comparative analysis of social and national movements in princely states and British India, Working class movements, culture and working class, climate change and environmental movements etc.
