Early Life and Education
Kurien was born on 26 November 1921 at Calicut, Madras Presidency, British India (now Kozhikode, Kerala) into a Syrian Christian family His father was a civil surgeon in Cochin, Kerala.
He graduated in Physics from Loyola College, Madras in 1940 and then obtained his Bachelors in mechanical engineering from the University of Madras. After completing his degree, he joined the Tata Steel Technical Institute, Jamshedpur from where he graduated in 1946. He then earned Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Distinction) from Michigan State University in 1948.
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