Prof. (Dr.) M. R. Biju, currently working as Dean, School of Social Sciences and Professor of Public Administration and Policy Studies, Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod. He also serves as a Member of the Court and Academic Council of the University. He has served the full term as Dean, School of Social Sciences (2017-2020), Dean, School of Legal Studies (2019-2022) a short span as Dean, Academic (2020) and also served as Chief Vigilance Officer of CU Kerala during 2023-2024.

Prof. M. R. Biju is one of the widely cited writers in the field of Social Sciences with 230 citations and H-index of 9 and i10 index of 9. 

Prof. Biju is the Editor of South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies (SAJOSPS), a UGC Listed Journal (No.34425 Dated 11.01.2017 with an impact factor of 3.1028). It is a Twenty Five year old research journal which is indexed and abstracted by renowned indexing and abstracting agencies worldwide. Notable among them include the US Library of Congress, Michigan University, University of Manchester, Columbia University, University of West Indies, University of Pardubice etc. He is also serving as Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Political Science (IJOPS).

As a prolific writer on socio-political and developmental issues he has published Thirty Five (35) books, over one hundred (100+) research papers , Seventeen [17] book chapters and 11 (Eleven) Seminar Proceedings. Out of 35 titles Six  are single authored and remaining are Edited ones. All the books were  published by leading publishing houses in New Delhi. Notable among them include, Concept Publishing Company, Atlantic Publishers, National Publishing House, Kanishka Publishers, Mittal Publications, New Century Publications, Authors Press, APH Publishing Corporation, ABD Publishers, Manak Publishers, etc.

He has delivered 78 (Seventy Eight) Invited Lectures, 16 (Sixteen) Key note addresses and reviewed over Nine Hundred books for South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies. His research papers appeared in the renowned journals viz., Economic and Political Weekly,Mainstream, The Atlantic Journal of World Affairs, International Journal of Commerce, South Asia Politics, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Journal of Political Studies,The Indian Journal of Political Studies, South Asian Journal of Socio-Political Studies, International Journal for Research and Business Innovation, Indian Journal of Current Research (QuarterlyInternational), Grassroots Governance Journal, Punjab Journal of Politics, Meerut Journal ofPolitics and Public Administration, Journal of the Institute for the Study of Developing Areas,Kurukshetra, Yojana, Social Science in Perspective etc. Some of these have been abstracted in the International Political Science Abstracts, Paris.

His teaching and research experience, spanning over three decades, includes several achievements such as completion of Three major research projects funded by Ministry of Panchayati Raj, Govt. of India and University Grants Commission, New Delhi and the post-doctoral fellowship awarded by the UGC in 2004-07. He has been closely associating with three prestigious constitutional bodies in the country as Expert and Examiner. 

He has also successfully guided several doctoral students of CU Kerala and University of Kerala. Seven students are currently pursuing their doctoral studies under his supervision.

He is consistently making professional academic contributions in the capacity of an Associate Board Member of Economics and Management, a prestigious journal published by the Technical University of Liberce, Czech Republic; as the Director and Member Secretary of the Asian Institute of Development Research (AIDR); and as a life Member of several Academic and Professional Bodies.

He is also serving on the Editorial Board of International Journal of Business, Innovation and Administration. Also working as Member of the PG Board of Studies of Central University of Rajasthan and Gandhi gram Rural Institute, Dindugul. Earlier he served as Member PG Board of Studies of the Dept. of Political Science and Public Administration of the University of Kerala.