Pottoore Chandy Joseph aka Baby.

Born on March 5th, 1921 into a humble family, P.C. Joseph the youngest of three brothers and two sisters of Chandy Pottoore (Vediodath) and Aleyamma Kattuveetil, had a very modest beginning. A brilliant student during his school and college days, he had to undergo a lot of hardships, at times even studying under street lamps due to lack of proper lighting in the house in those days. He was always fond of studying in the nearby St. George Edackattu Forane church cemetery as it afforded him complete silence and concentration too.

A tenacious individual who always strove for the best, he reaped rich dividends by bagging the honor of being selected into the Indian Revenue Service and being the first Knanaya Catholic to do so. The year 1952 saw him begin as a class II income tax officer in Tiruchirappalli after having successfully completed the IRS and a course in Law. Nevertheless, P.C. Joseph never got heady scaling such heights because of his staunch belief that the Almighty was the guiding spirit behind all this and every success was God’s grace.

Demise: 30-5-1979

High School Education at Sacred Heart School, S.H. Mount, Kottayam, Kerala.

Pre-Degree CMS College, Kottayam, Kerala.

B.A.-(Hon’s), Mathematics St Joseph’s College-Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

LLB-Govt. Law College-Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Got selected for IRS (Indian Revenue Service)-1949. First Knanaya Catholic to bag that honour.

Joined as Class-II Officer in the Income Tax Department at Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu.

Was well known for his dedication and integrity while in service.

Rose from Class II Officer to Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax.

Died in Harness as Asst. Commissioner of Income Tax Jamnagar Range, Gujarat State.

Personal History: P. C. Joseph aka Pottoore Chandy Joseph affectionately called Vediodath Babychan youngest son of Chandy Pottoore (Vediodath) and Aleyamma Kattuveetil, residing at Thazhathangady next door to Edakattu Church.

An Erudite Scholar; Chess Champion; Rotary Club President; Legal Advisor; Tax Consultant; Connoisseur Of Fine Arts; Music, Painting, Cuisine; Accomplished Violinist . Well Versed in the Bible, Expert Theologian with excellent debating skills, a Trilinguist comfortable in three languages viz. English, Malayalam, and Tamil.

He was the Knanaya Catholic Association of Mumbai (Bombay) President in the early 1960s and he did much to foster the Knanaya community in Bombay.

A man of firm principles; a philanthropist and a humanitarian, he firmly believed in and upheld the Knanaya Catholic tradition with great fervor; intensely deeply religious; had a deep and abiding faith in God.

He had written books on Chess in English and also written a book of Jokes in both Malayalam and Tamil called ‘Chirikuga, Chiripikuga’ revealing his lighter side.

Marriage: May 26, 1952 at St. Martin’s Church, Chungom, Thodupuzha; wedded by Fr. Jacob Pallikunnel to Marykutty Punnoose Pachikara, Thodupuzha, d/o Punnoose Pachikara & Anna pennu, Valiyaveedu (Kooplicattu).

Children: 12 Alexander (Deceased), Bessy, Nanette, Polly, Vivian, Pamela, Poulose, Mathew, John, Stephen, Esther, and Susan (deceased).