Teaching
career
Paniker taught at C. M. S. College in Kottayam for a year and
then moved to M.G.College before joining the University college,
Trivandrum in 1952 . He obtained the Master's degree from the
University of Kerala in 1959, and in 1965 joined the Institute
of English as lecturer.
University
Teaching
In 1980 Paniker was appointed Professor in the Institute of
English and Head of the Department. He has supervised more than
two dozen Ph.D dissertations on British , American and Indian
literature, and literary theory. And countless students and
research scholars have benefited from his insights into literature
and literary theories. In 1984-85 the University Grants Commission
selected him as National lecturer. He gave lectures in the universities
of Gorakhpur, Kolhapur, Karnataka and Bangalore. He was visiting
Professor at Jadavpur University, Calcutta for two weeks.
Positions Held
- Lecturer in English,CMS College,Kottayam. 1951-52.
- Lecturer in English,Mahatma Gandhi College, Trivandrum.
1952.
- Lecturer in English, University College, Trivandrum. 1952-65.
- Lecturer in English, Institute of English, University of
Kerala. 1965-74.
- Reader in English, Institute of English, University of Kerala.
1974-80.
- Dean, Faculty of Arts, University of Kerala. 1980-90.
- Chief Editor, Medieval Indian Literature, Sahitya Akademi.
1990-94.
- President, All India English Teachers' Conference. 1996.
- Chief Editor, Encyclopedia of Indian Literature(Rev.Ed.),
Sahitya Akademi. 1998.
