Background
Pulikkal, Verghese Anthappan was born on May 10, 1929 in Cochin, India. Son of Anthappan Vareed and Rosa Vakkachan (Valluvasseril) Pulikkal.
Pulikkal, Verghese Anthappan was born on May 10, 1929 in Cochin, India. Son of Anthappan Vareed and Rosa Vakkachan (Valluvasseril) Pulikkal.
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Radh Govinda Kar Medical College, 1954.
Junior doctor, General Hospital, Trivandrum, India, 1955-1956;
resident, District Hospital, Ernakulam, India, 1956-1957;
medical officer, Pulikkal Dispensary, Ernakulam, India, 1957-1962;
director, chief medical officer, Pulikkal Dispensary, Ernakulam, India, 1962-1973;
director, Medical Trust Hospital, Ernakulam, India, since 1973. Honorary director Pulikal Pharma Distbrs., Ernakulam, since 1977, Pulikal Enterprises, Ernakulam, since 1991, McFerron Pharmaceuticals, Ernakulam, since 1978, Cochin Tourist Home, Ernakulam, since 1972, Pulikal Aquaculture Farm, Ernakulam, since 1994, Pulikal Marine Products, Ltd., Ernakulam, since 1995. Visiting professor Rajagiri College Social Sciences, Cochin, 1957-1982.
Visiting professor Sacred Heart College, Cochin, 1975-1987.
Member Pulikkal Medical Foundation (managing director since 1973), National Geographic Society, Planetary Society, Officers Institute, Lions.
Married Stella Verghese Padamadan Louis, August 29, 1956. Children: Antony, Louis, Thomas, Rose, Xavier, Mary.