 Later, he continued studies at Malabar Christian College before graduating in Malayalam with honours from the University College, Trivandrum.Subsequently, he joined Presidency College, Madras as a faculty where he had the opportunity to be in touch with M. Govindan, the noted writer, which helped him in the studies of Tamil language.He started his career as a teacher in Madras but returned to Kerala to work at Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College Pattambi before joining the Brennen College, Tellicherry where prominent politicians Pinarayi Vijayan and A. K. Balan were his students.