Background
Thomas Kunnunkal was born on 3 July 1926 in Alappuzha, a coastal town in the south Indian state of Kerala and completed his school education at a local boarding school.
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He is a former chairman of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), a former director of Indian Social Institute, New Delhi (2008-2009) and the President of the Islamic Studies Association, a non governmental organization promoting religious harmony. He started his career as the principal of Saint Xavier"s Senior Secondary School, New Delhi and held the post for two terms (1962-1974 and 1977-1979), He headed the Central Board of Secondary Education of the Government of India from 1980 to 1987 and was the consultant to the Ministry of Human Resource Development for the turn key project to establish the National Open School, New Delhi. When the institution was opened in 1989, Kunnunkal was appointed as the chairman of the institution, a position he served till 1992.
Kunnunkal has served two central government commissions, National Commission for Teachers (1983) and National Commission for Review of National Education Policy (1987) as a member.
He has published a book, The Role of Teachers in National Regeneration, which was released in 2005.
Achievements
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The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri in 1974. He held the post of the research director of the Indian Social Institute from 2008 to 2009 and was a founder member and former director of the Educational Planning Group (EPG) of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Delhi. The Government of India awarded him the civilian honour of Padma Shri in 1974 and he was selected as an honorary fellow of the Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, an intergovernmental organization under Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM), promoting education, in 2006.
