Professor Athipotta Variem Sankaran

Athipotta Variem Sankaran was a Scholar, Voracious reader, Columnist and Excellent teacher. He was born to Gopala Varrier and Kunjikkutti Varasyar in Palakkad district on January 12,1925. He was educated in St.Thomas College, Thrissur and Maharajas College, Eranakulam. He got the Masters Degree in Sanskrit form Madras University and another Masters in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from University of Kerala.

He was a Demonstrator and Lecturer of Chemistry in various colleges like Govt. Arts College, Madras, Intermediate College, Thiruvananthapuram, Victoria College, Palakkad, Chittur Govt. College. He served as a Research Officer in State Language Institute (on deputation). He was the Assistant Editor, First Grade in Malayalam Encyclopedia (on deputation). But he retired from service as the Professor of Chemistry.

He was indulged in writing a great book in Sanskrit named "Theerthapadapuranam" based on the life of Paramabhataraka Vidyadhiraja Sri Theerthapaada Chattambiswami, since July 1980. He completed the work, which contained 60,000 slokas, within fifteen years. Apart from this great piece he wrote many books on Sri Theerthapaada Chattambiswami in both Malayalam and Sanskrit. He dedicated his life to the expansion of the works on Sri Theerthapaada Chattambiswami and he constituted an award- "Hemalathasmaraka Sri Chattambiswami Sahithya Puraskaram"- for the same in 1994.

He passed away at the age of 76.