SCARIA ZACHARIA​
Scaria Zacharia Foundation is an informal network of friends and family of Prof. Scaria Zacharia, who are working together with the aim of supporting deliberations and scholarship in areas wherein Prof. Zacharia made considerable contributions. This includes Kerala Studies, Linguistics and Cultural Studies in general. The foundation is currently supporting the following activities -
Prof. Scaria Zacharia Memorial Lecture Series
One of the major activities of the foundation is the organisation of an annual lecture by a prominent international scholar, on a contemporary theme. The inaugural lecture in 2023 was delivered by Prof. David Shulman (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel) on September 30, 2023 at St. Berchmans' College, Changanacherry. Prof. Scaria Zacharia Memorial Lecture 2024 was delivered by Prof. William Fisher (Harvard University) on October 1, 2024, 10:30AM at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit, Kalady, Kerala.
Prof. Scaria Zacharia Merit Scholarship for the best M.A. Malayalam Student at St. Berchmans' College, Changanacherry
The Prof. Scaria Zacharia Merit Scholarship, established by the Scaria Zacharia Foundation at St. Berchman’s College, recognises academic excellence among M.A. Malayalam students.
Prof. Scaria Zacharia Merit Scholarship 2025 was awarded to Ms Sandhra Sunil
Prof. Scaria Zacharia Merit Scholarship 2024 was awarded to Ms Akhila Ajay
Prof. Scaria Zacharia Reference Library
Prof. Scaria Zacharia was an avid collector of books. His collection contains more than 6000 titles from diverse disciplines. One of the broad goals of the Scaria Zacharia Foundation is to make his invaluable collection of books accessible for more researchers and students. While we have already taken steps to digitise and make available all his publications, we also hope to digitise some of the rare works in his collection of books so that researchers from across the globe may be able to make best use of these resources.
We are currently in the process of building an OPAC and we hope to share the details of the collection publicly soon. In the interim, those who are interested in accessing the library for reference purposes may drop an email to arulgs(at)gmail.com.
