M. A. Oommen

Writing career Oommen became well known in the academic community for his comprehensive writing on key issues such as democracy, development and decentralization. He wrote more than 30 books in Malayalam and English and published 400 papers which collectively form a comprehensive economic history of Kerala's last 7 decades.

Former Kerala finance minister T. M. Thomas Isaac said that Oommen was one of the pioneers who wrote extensively on the role of land reform in Kerala enhancing the capacity of the people of Kerala and in removing the barriers to it. While he is proud of the changes that land reform has brought to Kerala, he is also one of the first scholars to point out its limitations, added Isaac. This report has been prepared by studying 7000 Kudumbahsree member families. Democracy, Development and Decentralisation, collection of essays. An Introductory Study on the Human Developmental Science of Amartya Sen.

Autobiography

Awards and honours He is the first honorary distinguished fellow of Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation. Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Award 1968 Senior Fulbright Scholarship (1974–75)

Works on him Festschrift of contributed articles for M.A. Oommen.