Connected with many institutions and organisations interested in the study of history and culture, founder and consultant for many historical and cultural societies and museums in Kerala (from 1973), he has a large number of research papers on history and culture to his credit, presented at nationaland international seminars during which he could visit and conduct research in libraries and museums in twenty odd countries.He was elevated to the membership of the Pontifical Equistrian Order of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XVI in early 2008.