 He retired as the principal of RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, Tripunithura (1981–84).He has many illustrious disciples, including the famous Carnatic vocalists Neyyatinkara Vasudevan,Prof.P R Kumarakerala Varma, Dr. K. Omanakutti and M. K. Sankaran Namboothiri, Mavelikkara P Subrahmanyam, Ponkunnam Ramachandran, Thamarakkad Govindan Namboothiri, Thamarakkad Krishnan Namboothiri, Cheppad Vamanan Namboothiri, etc.He died on 2 November 2008, at his sister's home at Tripunithura near Ernakulam.