Experience

freelancer, author, journalist

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Writer on finance & economy (in Malayalam), Stock trader & analyst

  • 2009 - Present

  • Regular contributor to Manorama Online Sampadyam and Sampadyam print magazine (since 2019) More than 500 articles on investment options like cryptocurrencies, stocks and traditional asset classes, insurance, business success stories, financial planning, banking, smart spending, economy and finance. This includes news stories (as reporter) and Op-eds written as author. I have given occasional lectures on personal finance and investment. • Occasional contributor to Ezhuthu ( https://ezhuthu.org/ ), previously regular contributor to Veekshanam (print and online) • Author of two books: (i) Vijayam Koytha Indian Vanithakal (chronicling lives of Indian women achievers, Current Books, Thrissur, 2022) (ii) Panam Pookkunna Maram (principles of Economics simplified for children, Current Books, Thrissur 2022). • Independent stock trader and market analyst (since 2015) • Independent researcher on environment and Indian culture (2009-14). Collaborated with social scientists at Radboud University Nijmegen and Tilburg University, The Netherlands on economics of sacred groves of Kerala. Received travel grant for research visit to The Netherlands (2011). Published one peer reviewed journal paper (2016). Published work: 2016: The Changing Landscape of Sacred Groves in Kerala (India): A Critical View on the Role of Religion in Nature Conservation, in Religions, 7(4), along with C. Notermans and A. Nugteren (http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/4/38) Show less



Green Indian States Trust (GIST)

• Research Associate

  • 2004 - 2008

  Worked on The Green Accounting for Indian States and Union Territories Project (GAISP). GAISP was the first attempt to estimate India’s environmentally adjusted GDP. Assisted in preparing three research monographs and one peer-reviewed journal paper. Based at GIST, Chennai (2004-06) and associated with Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai (2007 May-Sep) during the assignment. Worked on The Green Accounting for Indian States and Union Territories Project (GAISP). GAISP was the first attempt to estimate India’s environmentally adjusted GDP. Assisted in preparing three research monographs and one peer-reviewed journal paper. Based at GIST, Chennai (2004-06) and associated with Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai (2007 May-Sep) during the assignment.