About

Mr. Sunny Varkey has had a keen interest in the English language study ever since his school days. He has been keeping up the spirit of learning English at least for a span of four decades from the early 1980s and still continues to work hard to acquire knowledge in the functional aspects of English language.

Professionally a banker, he found time to do a bit of teaching the language along with his self-studies. He has made corrections in some of the widely acclaimed English language books including High School English Grammar & Composition by Wren & Martin, which has been revised by N.D.V. Prasada Rao. Mr. Rao himself found time to acknowledge Mr. Varkey by way of a hand-written letter, which he keeps along with quite a few appreciation letters. He says the inspiration received from various eminent authors through their appreciation has come a long way in his academic pursuits.

His teaching experience spans a wide spectrum of educational institutions such as university centres, professional engineering colleges, polytechnic colleges, national-level coaching centres, civil service academies and other affiliated colleges, as a part-time or visiting faculty member. He is a member of the Professional Trainers’ Club, Trichur. Apart from being a resource person of Calicut University, he has authored an English grammar book entitled SVK English Grammar and Usage.

Although he is a grammarian and professional English language trainer, academically he has totally different curricular pursuits. He has a Master’s in Business Administration (HRM), a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and a three-year diploma (DCP) from the Board of Technical Education, Govt. of Kerala.

His wife is a school teacher. He has a son and a daughter. Both are software engineers.