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'''P. J. Thomas, Parekunnel''' (1895 - 1965) was the first economic advisor of independent [[India]]. He was a Member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]] and later Member of the upper house ([[Rajya Sabha]]) of the Indian Parliament.<ref>http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/t.pdf</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in 1895 at [[Kuravilangad]], near [[Palai]], in [[Meenachil]] Taluk, [[Kottayam District]], [[Kerala]] as the son of Thommen Ouseph and Annama Thomas of the Pakalomattam-Parekunnel family. He had his schooling at St. Ephraim's High School, [[Mannanam]] and did Intermediate at C M.S. College, Kottayam and M.A. at Department of Economics, St. Joseph's College, Trichy.

Initially he worked as a lecturer at University College, Trivandrum. In 1920 he went to [[UK]] and took B. Litt. from [[Balliol College]], [[University of Oxford]] (1920–1922) and later D. Phil., also from University of Oxford (1922–1924). On his return he worked as professor at the [[University of Ceylon]] (1924–1927) and the [[University of Madras]] (1927–1942).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/p_j_thomas.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2010-05-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815035525/http://cs.nyu.edu/kandathi/p_j_thomas.html |archive-date=2010-08-15 }}</ref>

His public life started when he became a Member of the Madras Legislative Council in 1937 and continued as a Member up to 1942. In 1942 he became adviser, Department of Finance, [[Government of India]], held that position during India's independence and continued for 6 years up to 1948. Dr Thomas signed the [[Bretton Woods Agreement]] that founded the IMF and the World Bank. He was a member of the Indian delegation that signed the [[United Nations Charter]] in 1945.

After leaving government service, he functioned as the founder-principal of St. Thomas College, Palai (1950–1952). He later became a Member of [[Rajya Sabha]] (1957–1962).

He died on 26 July 1965 and is buried at the Infant Jesus Church, South Vazhakulam which falls under the Kizhakambalam forane of Ernakulam-Angamaly archdiocese, at Aluva, in the district of Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

==Famous works==
*'The Indian calico trade and its influence on English history', B. Litt. thesis, Oxford, 1922.'
* Mercantilism and the East India trade', P. S. King and Son Ltd., London, 1926<ref>{{cite book|title=Mercantilism and the East India Trade: Joseph Thomas Parkakunnel: 9780714613611: Amazon.com: Books |isbn = 0714613614|last1 = Thomas|first1 = Parkakunnel J.|year = 1963}}</ref>
* 'The South Indian tradition of the Apostle Thomas', Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, London, England, 1924, Centenary supplement, pp. 213–223
* 'The beginnings of calico-printing in England', English historical review, XXXIX(154), April 1924, pp. 206–216.'
* 'Was the Apostle St. Thomas in South India?', Madras, 1929
* 'An ancient monastery of St. Thomas in Mylapore', Madras, 1934.
* 'The problem of rural indebtedness', Madras, 1934.
* 'India in the world depression', The Economic Journal, Vol. 45, No. 179, Sep. 1935, pp. 469–483.
* 'Malayalam literature and Christians' SPCS, Kottayam, 1961. First Edition: St. Mary's Press, Athirampuzha, 1935
* 'Economic depression in the Madras presidency (1825–54)', with B. Natarajan, The Economic History Review, VII(1), Nov. 1936, pp. 67–75
* 'The marriage customs of the St. Thomas Christians of Malabar', Madras, 1936.
* 'Indian currency in the depression', The Economic Journal, Vol. 48, No. 190, Jun. 1938, pp. 237–248.'The growth of federal finance in India: being a survey of India's public finances from 1833 to 1939', Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, Madras, 1939. Partly composed as D. Phil. thesis, Oxford, 1924.
* 'Indian agricultural statistics: an introductory study', with N. Sundararama Sastry, University of Madras, Madras, 1939. Review.
* 'Economic results of prohibition in the Salem District (Oct. 1937-Sept. 1938)', University of Madras economics series, no. 2, Madras, 1940.
* 'Commodity prices in South India, 1918-1938', with N. Sundararama Sastry, University of Madras economics series, no. 3, Madras, 1940.
* 'Some South Indian villages: a resurvey', with R. C. Ramakrishnan, University of Madras economics series, no. 4, Madras, 1940. Review.
* 'Studies in the price of rice in South India', Sankhya: the Indian journal of statistics, V(3), 1940, pp. 195–200.
* 'The census as an agency for economic planning', Sankhya: the Indian journal of statistics, V(3), 1940, pp. 247–248.
* 'Report on the regulation of the stock market in India', Department of Finance, Government of India, 1948
* 'India's basic industries', Orient Longman, Calcutta, 1948.'Kerala's trading class', Journal of the Rama Varma Archaeological Society, XIV (1948), Trichur.
* 'St. Thomas the Apostle: A souvenir of the 19th century of his arrival in India', Ernakulam, 1952.

== References ==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|title=Most widely held works by Parakunnel Joseph Thomas|url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no96052706/|publisher=[[WorldCat]]}}

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