[1] He has also received several other awards including Kerala Sahitya Akademi Geetha Hiranyan Endowment.

Amal was born in 1987 to Thenguvila veettil Maniraj and Baby at Pirappancode, Thiruvananthapuram district.

[2] He passed his graduation in painting from Mavelikkara Raja Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts and Post Graduation in Art History from Visva-Bharati Santiniketan, Kolkata.

[3] After Post Graduation, He first got teaching job at Government Arts College, Thiruvananthapuram.

[1] His wife Kumiko Tanaka is a Japanese woman who studied with him in Kolkata Shantiniketan.