At last, SCERT rectifies photograph error

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has taken steps to replace the photograph of poet A. Ayyappan that accompanies a lesson on anthropologist and former Vice Chancellor of t

The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) has taken steps to replace the photograph of poet A. Ayyappan that accompanies a lesson on anthropologist and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Kerala A. Aiyyappan in the English version of the Plus Two higher secondary anthropology textbook. The textbook was printed in 2015. The portion on Aiyappan is included in the 10th unit ‘Luminaries of Indian Anthropology’ of the text. However, the photograph that went with it was that of poet Ayyappan. As per his life sketch in the lesson, Ayinapalli Aiyyappan was born at Pavaratty, near Thrissur, in 1905. He did his Master’s from Madras University and was awarded PhD in Social Anthropology from London University. He was a founder of the Centre for Development Studies here, professor in Indian universities, and visiting professor at Cornell University, New York. He died in 1988.