P. K. Michael Tharakan is a senior academic, historian and social science researcher from Kerala state in southern India. He is the Chairman of the Kerala Council for Historical Research [1] [2] [3] and has served in several senior academic positions such as the Professor at the social science research institute Institute for Social and Economic Change Bangalore [4] and Vice-Chancellor of Kannur University during 2009-2013. [5]
Tharakan has authored many books and articles [6] [7] and known for his work on documenting and analyzing the history of modern Kerala such as on land reforms [8] and on social characteristics such as its focus on health, [9] care-based professions, [10] education, [9] communalism [11] and social harmony. [10]
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