Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
M N Karassery joined Calicut University Malayalam Department for his Masters in Malayalam (1972-1974), where he was the student of iconic Malayalam public intellectual and orator, Prof. Sukumar Azhicode, Sanskrit scholar Prof. Chathanath Achyuthanunni and linguist Prof. T. B. Venugopalapanickker. His Master’s dissertation was on the novels of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer. He was a recipient of the national merit scholarship and passed Post Graduation with second rank.