M. R. Raghava Varier

M. R. Raghava Varier (born 15 January 1936), also M. R. Raghava Warrier, is an Indian epigraphist and historian, formerly a Professor at the University of Calicut, from Kerala. He currently lives in Cheliya, Edakkulam-Koyilandi in Kerala.[1][2][3] Varier is generally considered as left-of-centre historian by political analysts.[4]

M . R. Raghava Varier
Born (1936-01-15) 15 January 1936
NationalityIndian
Alma mater
  • University of Calicut (under-graduate degree, graduate and doctoral degree)
  • Office of the Chief Epigraphist to the Government of India, Mysore
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (M. Phil)
OccupationEpigraphist
Academic

Varier graduated from University of Calicut in 1972, and was trained in epigraphy at the Office of the Chief Epigraphist to the Government of India, Mysore (1973). He holds a post graduate degree in "Malayalam Language and Literature" from Calicut University (1976), M. Phil (1977–80) in History from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and doctoral degree (1986) on the folk songs of northern Kerala from the University of Calicut. From 1997 to 1999, he served as Senior Fellow in the Cultural Department, Government of India (New Delhi).[3]

Varier has been invited to a number of institutions, including Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris under the Indo-French Programme (2004), Exeter University (funded by Art and Humanities Research Board, London), University of Tokyo (2010), De Montfort University, London and the British Museum (2012). He served as the President - Epigraphy, Historical Archaeology and Numismatics in the 1998 Indian History Congress.[3]

Varier is one of the few Indian scholars to examine medieval Malayalam manuscripts collected in Bibliotec Nazionale de Roma, Rome and Apostoloca Vaticana, Vatican. He is also a member of several federal bodies, committees, trusts, and university senates.[3] He has been involved in a number of projects, including a Japanese project to explore the Chinese pottery in Kerala (1988), and a project on the Historical Atlas of South India (funded by the Ford Foundation) where he was a consultant. He is also associated with the Muziris Heritage Project as "Consultant" from 2009.[3]

Cultural History of Kerala (1999), written by Varier with Rajan Gurukkal, is a standard textbook for the history of Kerala.[5]

References
  1. Staff Reporter (29 October 2015). "Academic historians express serious anguish at prevailing conditions". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  2. Shaji, K. a (3 February 2017). "A 21st century find spotlights prehistoric rock art". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
  3. M. R. Raghava Varier (Profile)
  4. 30 November, M. G. Radhakrishnan; November 30, 1998 ISSUE DATE; April 11, 1998UPDATED; Ist, 2013 12:38. "ICHR member lashes out at panel of editors chosen to write cultural history of Kerala". India Today. Retrieved 1 March 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. Syllabus - University of Delhi - M A History http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/PG-Syllabus/Pg_syll/121011_MA_History.pdf
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