Chandrika is an Indian author in Malayalam from Kerala who writes fiction and non-fiction and is also a social scientist, activist, and columnist involved in women's and human rights and environmental and development concerns.

[2] Chandrika has taught at the Centre for Women's Studies, Pondicherry, and has also worked widely in the area of gender and development.

[6] The Muthukulam Parvathy Amma Award was bestowed upon her in 2010 for her essay titled "Aarthavamulla Sthreekal".

Her interview along with her story was published in Malayalathinte Kathakarikal, which listed her among ten prominent Malayali women writers.

They include: She had published a monograph on K. Saraswathi Amma, who was an early 20th century Malayalam feminist writer.