L. A. Krishna Iyer

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L. A. Krishna Iyer
Born
Kerala, India
OccupationAnthropologist
Historian
Known forAnthropological writings
ChildrenL. K. Balaratnam , Ganga Bhagirathy
Parent(s)L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer
AwardsPadma Bhushan

Lakshminarayanapuram Ananthakrishna Krishna Iyer was an Indian Anthropologist and a writer of several books on the subject.[1] He was the head of the department of Anthropology at the University of Madras and was credited with studies on the tribal and scheduled caste people of Kerala, a work initiated by his father, L. K. Ananthakrishna Iyer, himself a noted anthropologist.[2] Anthropology in India,[3] Social History of Kerala, a two-volume historical study[4] and The Travancore Tribes and Castes, a three-volume account of the tribal people of southern Kerala[5] are some of his notable works. The Government of India awarded him the third highest civilian honour of the Padma Bhushan, in 1972, for his contributions to science.[6] His sons, L.K. Ananthakrishnan,L. K. Balaratnam, is also a known anthropologist.[2] Dr L.K. Ramachandran noted Scientist/ Bio-Chemist/> L.K. Padmanabhan His daughters, L.K. Lakshmi, L.K. Kamalam, L.K. Bhagirathy and L.K. Parvathy

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  1. ↑ "Listing on WorldCat". WorldCat. 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lalita Prasad Vidyarthi; Binay Kumar Rai (1977). The Tribal Culture of India. Concept Publishing Company. pp. 58–. GGKEY:WY79CWZYNC2.
  3. ↑ L. A. Krishna Iyer and L. K. Bala Ratnam (1961). Anthropology in India. B. V. Bhavan. p. 257. OCLC 639869627.
  4. ↑ L. A. Krishna Iyer (1968). Social History of Kerala. Book Centre Publications.
  5. ↑ K. Jose Boban (1 January 1998). Tribal Ethnomedicine: Continuity and Change. APH Publishing. pp. 318–. ISBN 978-81-7648-027-7.
  6. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014. Retrieved 3 January 2016.

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