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| | name = Kunnenkeril K. Jacob
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| | birth_date = 3 August 1904
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| | birth_place = [[Aymanam]], [[Kottayam]], [[Kerala]], India
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| | death_date = 25 August 1991
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| | occupation = Educationist
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| | spouse = Grace Mathai
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| '''Kunnenkeril Kuruvila Jacob''' was an Indian educationist from the South Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref name="Madras Miscellany">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QHtZG8beGy4C&q=Kunnenkeril+Kuruvila+Jacob&pg=PT267 | title=Madras Miscellany | publisher=Westland | author=Muthaiah S. | year=2011 | pages=1212 | isbn=9789380032849}}</ref> Born on 3 August 1904 in a small hamlet of [[Aymanam]] in [[Kottayam district]] and educated at various places such as Kottayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Nagercoil, and Parur, Jacob did higher education at [[Leeds University]].<ref name="Madras Miscellany" /><ref name="The Man">{{cite web | url=http://www.kuruvilajacob.com/theman.htm | title=The Man | publisher=Kuruvila Jacob | date=2014 | access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> He started his career as the first Indian headmaster of [[M. C. C. Higher Secondary School|Madras Christian College School]], Chennai, in 1931 and retired from there in 1962.<ref name="Madras Miscellany" /><ref name="MCC">{{cite web | url=http://www.kuruvilajacob.com/atmcc.htm | title=MCC | publisher=Kuriuvila Jacob | date=2014 | access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="IITM">{{cite web | url=http://tfore.iitm.ac.in/about.html | title=IITM | publisher=IITM | date=2014 | access-date=28 December 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228192845/http://tfore.iitm.ac.in/about.html | archive-date=28 December 2014 | url-status=dead }}</ref> After retirement, he was in charge of [[Hyderabad Public School]] for seven years and, later, worked as the principal of [[The Cathedral & John Connon School|Cathedral and John Connon School]], Mumbai.<ref name="Madras Miscellany" /><ref name="IITM" /> He died on 25 August 1991.<ref name="Later Years">{{cite web | url=http://www.kuruvilajacob.com/lateryears.htm | title=Later Years | publisher=Kuruvila Jacob | date=2014 | access-date=28 December 2014}}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 1991, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Padma Awards |date=2014 |access-date=11 November 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> Jacob's students have started an initiative for bringing about innovation in teaching methodology under the name, ''Kuruvila Jacob Initiative''.<ref name="IITM" />
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| * [[M. C. C. Higher Secondary School]]
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| * [[Hyderabad Public School]]
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| * [[The Cathedral & John Connon School]]
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