George Menachery is a professor, anthropologist, indologist, and historian of Syro-Malabar Church and of Kerala. He is the editor of the St. Thomas Christian Encyclopedia of India and the Indian Church History Classics. On 27 October 2022 he was bestowed with an honoris cusa degree of Ph.D. in Theology by SHUATS, Prayagraj-Alahabad. His book "Ecumenism and Church Unity in India" was released on 7 September 2022 at Karlsruhe, Germany during the 11th Assembly of the WCC by the Archbishop of Canterbury Most Rev.Justin Wembly. His latest book "Centuries-Old Paintings in Kerala Churches" was released by His Eminence Anthony Cardinal Poola at Palaur on 22 March, 2026.Menachery is also the recipient of the Chevalier honour of the Order of Saint Gregory the Great.