Panniyampilly Krishnankuty Warrier (5 June 1921 – 10 July 2021) was an Indian Ayurveda practitioner. He was born in Kottakkal, Malappuram district in the Indian state of Kerala.[2] He was the chief Physician and Managing trustee of Arya Vaidya Sala.[3] He was the youngest nephew of Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier, the founder of Arya Vaidya Sala.
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| Born | Panniyampilly Krishnankuty Warrier 5 June 1921 Kottakkal, Malabar District, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Malappuram, Kerala, India) |
| Died | 10 July 2021 (aged 100)[1] Kottakkal, Malappuram, Kerala, India |
| Occupation | Ayurveda practitioner |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Period | 20th century |
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Biography
P.K. Warrier was born on 5 June 1921 in Kottakal, Malappuram, Kerala, India. His parents were Thalappanna Sreedharan Namboothiri and Panniyampilly Kunchi Varasyar. He was the youngest of their six children. He had his education from Raja’s High School, Kottakkal and Zamorin’s High School at Kozhikode. He studied Ayurveda in Arya Vaidya Pathasala (present Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier Ayurveda College). He married Late Smt. Madhavikutty K. Varier, a poet and a Kathakali writer. He has been Managing Trustee of the Arya Vaidya Sala (AVS) in Kottakal and was also AVS's Chief Physician.[4]
Dr. Warrier has tried to propagate this holistic approach to treatment of diseases through his writings and speeches, contributing heavily to contemporary medical literature. His writings, speeches and research papers have been compiled under the title ‘Padamudrakal’. In order to make the medicinal preparations more accurate, he established a research laboratory for the identification of medicinal plants and to ascertain the chemical identity of its pharmaceutical constituents. Now, this facility has grown into the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research, a full-fledged research institution.[5]
He turned 100 in 2021.[6] His 100th birthday was celebrated well by his friends and well-wishers, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 10 July 2021, a month after turning 100, he died at his home in Kottakkal from Covid-19.[7][8][9]
Literary contributions
Apart from his research activities initiated in the fields of drug standardization, drug development and process improvement, he authored and published several research papers in ethnopharmacology and Ayurveda. The five volume treatise “Indian Medicinal Plants – A Compendium of 500 Species”, which he co-authored, amply represents his dedication to scientific research and documentation in Ayurveda.[10]
Awards and honors
In 1999, he was awarded an honorary D.Litt by University of Calicut.[11] He has won Kerala Sahitya Akademi Award for Biography and Autobiography for Smrithi Parvam in 2008. P.K. Warrier was awarded the 30th Dhanvanthri Award by the then Maharashtra Governor P. C. Alexander.[12] Warrier received the Padma Shri in 1999[13] and the Padma Bhushan Award in 2010 from the Government of India for his contribution to Ayurveda.[14][15][16] He celebrated his 100th birthday in 2021.[17] Other notable awards includes the "International Bhoopalman Singh Award" from Nepal, the "Dr. Poulos Mar Gregorios Award" for his contribution to the development of Ayurveda and the ‘Management Leadership Award’ instituted by Kerala Management Association (KMA).[18] A plant discovered by scientists at the Centre for Medicinal Plants Research of Kottakkal Aryavaidya Sala has been named in honour of P.K. Warrier as Gymnostachyum warrieranum.[19]
References
- Staff Reporter (19 February 2016). "Western Ghats plant named after P.K. Warrier". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 July 2021.
External links
- Padma Bhushan award ceremony video coverage on YouTube[1]
- 70 years of trustee ship
- P.K. Warrier—Epitome of a Glowing Ayurveda Tradition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._K._Warrier
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