Tharailath Koshy Oommen is an Indian sociologist, author, teacher, and Professor Emeritus at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University. He was awarded Padma Bhushan, the third highest Indian civilian award in 2008 for his services to the fields of education and literature by the President of India. He was the 12th president of the International Sociological Association (1990–1994).
T. K. Oommen was born on 16 October 1937 at Tharailath, Venmony, Alleppey, Travancore. After early schooling in Alappuzha, Oommen obtained his MA in sociology from Pune University in 1960. He continued at Pune University for his doctoral research and obtained a PhD in 1965 on Charisma, Stability, and Change: An Analysis of the Bhoodan-Gramdan Movement in India
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