Born :
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. 15'th April 1926.

Education :
DFA, MFA, PhD ( by pure research )

Last Positions Held :
Dean Faculty of Visual Art & Professor in Plastic Arts ( sculpture ) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Foreign Positions Held :
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University , EUGENE Oregon, 1996 - 68; Oregon, University of Corvallis ( State ) 1968 - 69; Oregon & Oregon State Continues Education 1966 - 68; Principal Lecturer in Art and Design and Head of Department of Sculpture & Ceramic, Auchi Polytechnic, Auchi, Nigeria, 1977 - 80.

Publications :
Book,
Cire Perdue Casting in India, New Delhi
Paper
Numerous articles on art in various Indian and Foreign journals.

Expositions :
National Exhibition of Art - 1969, 1971, 1974, 1988 ; UP State Lalitha kala Academy Annual Exhibition - 1966, 1974 ; Kerala Lalitha Kala Academy Annual Exhibition - 1966 , 1988 ; Recent Art in India - 1972 displayed in East European countries; 25 years of Modern Art in India held in India at Delhi, Calcutta, Mumbai and Chennai sponsored by Central Lalitha Kala Akademi in 1973; Birla Akademi of of Art & Culture, Calcutta - 1981, 1984, 1992, 1995, 1996 & 1998; Birla Century Art Gallery, Mumbai -1995; Chitram Art Galley , Cochin - 1993, 1994, 1996 & 1997; Regional Art Exhibition by Central Lalitha Kala Akademi, Chennai - 1989 ; Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi, Cochin 1995, 1996.

Awards :
2'nd Prize in Sculpture, Tamil Nadu Congress Khadi; Swedeshi Industrial and Art Exhibition, Madras - 1950; French Government medal for Sculpture , Varnasi - 1954 ; 1'st Prize in Sculpture from Kerala Lalitha Kala Akademi - 1966. Award - 1988 , Trichur ; National Award in Sculpture -1969; Veteran Artist Honor, All India Fine Arts and Crafts Society, New Delhi - 1988.