 "Jalamalika", his short story anthology, is a prescribed text for BA Malayalam course at Pondicherry University.Kochubava received the Ankanam Award in 1989 for his anthology, "Soochikkuzhayil Oru Yacob", the book also received the State Bank of Travancore Literary Award the next year.He received one more award in 1995, the Cherukad Award for his novel, "Vridhasadanam"; Kerala Sahitya Akademi also picked the book for their annual award for novel in 1996.