Founder & Chief Coach
Prof. Dr. Regunath Parakkal
Mindset & Life Coach · Family Mediator · Author · Palakkad, Kerala
Coach of Coaches (ICF/CCE Accredited) · NLP Life Coach
Prof. Dr. Regunath Parakkal is the founder of Palakkad Counselling (PCLSMI™) in Manapullikavu, Palakkad. For more than 40 years he has helped couples, parents, students and families in Kerala work through conflict and life decisions. That work has included the Kerala Police Women Cell, KELSA Adalaths, and more than 17,000 awareness sessions in schools, colleges and residential associations. Today he works with clients as a mindset and life coach and family mediator, in Malayalam, English, Tamil and Hindi.
“Most families do not need a lecture. They need someone who will listen carefully, and help them find their own way forward.”
Prof. Dr. Regunath Parakkal
- 40+years of community service
- 17,000+awareness sessions
- 3,250eye donations facilitated
- 375body-donation pledges
- 3books
- 178awards (49 international)
A life spent listening to families
His work began at grassroots level, long before “coaching” was a familiar word in Kerala. Through the Kerala Police Women Cell in Palakkad, he sat with thousands of couples and families at some of the hardest moments of their lives, helping them find a way forward without blame. The Hon’ble High Court of Kerala and the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KELSA) called on him as a nominated member at Adalaths for family matters.
One idea from that time won the Chief Minister’s Innovation Award (presented by Shri Oommen Chandy). The award also carried ₹5,00,000 for the Police Women Cell where the project ran.
Taking guidance to schools and communities
He believed support should reach people before a crisis. Over four decades he has given more than 17,000 awareness sessions in schools, colleges and residential associations across Kerala, on adolescence, parenting, exam stress and substance-abuse awareness.
He has served as an approved resource person for the General Education Department (Palakkad, Mannarkad and Ottapalam), Master Trainer for the Kerala Excise Department, and resource person for the Kerala State AIDS Control Society, Nehru Yuva Kendra and SIMAT. He has also been an online adolescent-education resource person in a UNFPA project run through Nehru Yuva Kendra, and an approved trainer for the National Cadet Corps.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was certified under Project SAMVEDNA (an NCPCR initiative, trained by NIMHANS) to give psychological first aid and emotional support to children. He received a Certificate of Appreciation from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights for this work.
Service beyond the session room
He led the Manappully Kavu Residential Association in Palakkad to become a fully eye-donating community, likely one of the first in India. He has facilitated 3,250 eye donations and 375 body-donation pledges to Thrissur Medical College, and has pledged his own eyes and organs. He has also served as Vice Chairman of the Kidney Foundation of India and worked with the Kerala Government’s Mrithasanjeevani organ-donation programme.
Writing and media
Many Malayali readers know him through his column on family and psychological wellbeing in Malayala Manorama Arogyam. He has also written for Aksharadeepam and Kerala Kaumudi.
Book
Makkal Enna Manthram
Parenting and family essays, first published as Manorama Arogyam columns. Released by Shri T.P. Ramakrishnan, former Excise Minister of Kerala.
Book
Ente Jeevitha Counselling Anubhavangal
Reflections from decades of work with families. Released by Shri Vaisakhan, former President, Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
Co-author
Counselling in Modern Times
Co-authored with fellow professionals.
He is a regular resource person on All India Radio and Malayalam television channels.
Credentials and training
- Coach of Coaches (ICF/CCE Accredited)
- NIMHANS-trained: Psychological First Aid (Project SAMVEDNA, NCPCR)
- NLP Life Coach and NLP Practitioner (CPD accredited)
- International Mediation Advocacy and Dispute Management (accredited to IIAM, Delhi and SCMA, UK)
- Cognitive Behavioural and Emotional Intelligence Coach (Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University)
- Trainer of Trainers, Government of India (Department of Personnel); Train the Trainer, TISS
- Adolescent Counsellor certification, Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (with University of Cambridge)
- Global Career Counselling certification (UCLA Extension); Learning Disability certification (Jain University)
- Registered Expert, MSME-Development Institute, Government of India
- Five-Star Rated Professional, QEAC (UK)
Selected recognitions
- Hind Rattan AwardPresented by former Prime Minister Shri I.K. Gujral
- Chief Minister’s Innovation AwardGovernment of Kerala (Shri Oommen Chandy)
- Best Social Worker 2010-11Kerala Police (Janamaithri), Palakkad, presented by Justice Chettur Sankaran Nair
- Red Cross Award 2011Indian Red Cross Society, presented by Shri A.K. Balan, Minister
- Dr. Sukumar Azhikode AwardFor writing, presented by Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan
- Certificate of AppreciationNational Commission for Protection of Child Rights (COVID-19 child support)
- World Book of Records, LondonRecord holder for free support given to couples and families, including through the Police Women Cell
- Kerala Police Women Cell Honour 2015Presented by the Inspector General of Police, Thrissur Range
He has received 178 awards and honours in all. A full list is available on request.
Beyond work
A former college shuttle-badminton captain (C-Zone University Champions) and a black belt in karate and taekwondo, he believes a disciplined body supports a calm mind.
How he can help you
He works personally with clients on Life & Mindset Coaching, Emotional Intelligence (EQ) Coaching, Career Coaching, Adolescent Education & Parenting Coaching, and Family & Marital Mediation.
Frequently asked questions
Can I meet Prof. Dr. Regunath Parakkal personally?
Yes. He takes life, mindset, career, parenting and mediation sessions himself, by prior appointment, in Palakkad or online.
Which languages does he work in?
Malayalam, English, Tamil and Hindi.
Is he a doctor or therapist?
No. He works as a coach and mediator. He doesn’t diagnose or prescribe, and he refers clients to qualified doctors when medical or psychiatric care is needed.
Talk to him
Talk to him in confidence
Sessions with Prof. Dr. Regunath Parakkal are by prior appointment, in Palakkad or online.