T. P. Meenakshisundaram
T. P. Meenakshisundaram | |
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Born | Thenpattinam, Chengelput district, India | 8 January 1901
Died | 27 August 1980 | (aged 79)
Other names | Te Po Meenkshisunadaranar |
Occupation(s) | Writer Academic |
Years active | 1923–1980 |
Known for | Tamil and English literature |
Parent | S. Ponnusami Gramani |
Awards | Padma Bhushan TN Sahitya Akademi Award |
Thenpattinam Ponnuswamy Meenakshisundaram (1901–1980), popularly known as Te Po Meenkshisunadaranar, was an Indian scholar, writer of Tamil and English literature[1] and the founder and vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University.[2]
Life
Born on 8 January 1901 at Thenpattinam, in the erstwhile Chengelput district of the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu to S. Ponnusami Gramani, Meenakshisundaram did his college studies at Pachaiyappa's College from where he secured his BA (1920), BL (1922), MA in History (1923) and a Diploma in Economics.[3] After starting his career in 1923 as a lawyer and serving the Madras Corporation Council in 1924, he shifted his career as a professor of Tamil and served Annamalai University from 1954 to 1958 and the Presidency College, Chennai till 1961. He was serving as the director of the Center for Advanced Study in Dravidian Linguistics of Annamalai University when he was appointed as the founder vice chancellor of Madurai Kamaraj University[4] in 1966, a post he held till 1971.[3]
Meenakshisundaram published several works in Tamil and English.
See also
References
- ^ "Collected works of Prof. T. P. Meenakshisundaram". National Library of Australia. 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ "History of the College". Kamaraj College. 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b "Life History". Tamil Electronic Library. 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ^ a b "From merchant to Tirukkural scholar". The Hindu. 18 October 2015. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- ISBN 90-04-04190-7.
- ISBN 90-04-09365-6.
- ISBN 978-81-7824-149-4.
- ASIN B0000D5M8P.
- OCLC 5228059.
- OCLC 4825530.
- OCLC 8280976.
- ^ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai. 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
External links
- T. P. Meenakshisundaram (April 1966). "Tiruppavai, Tiruvempavai in South East Asia". Address at the First International Tamil Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tamil Nation. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
- T. P. Meenakshisundaram (2016). "The One beyond the reach of thought". Introduction to "Bhagwan Yogi Ramsuratkumar Paamaalai". Ram Surat. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
Further reading
- Ā. Irā Vēṅkaṭācalapati (2006). In Those Days There was No Coffee: Writings in Cultural History. Yoda Press. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-81-902272-7-8.
- T. P. Meenakshisundaram (1977). Collected works of Prof. T. P. Meenakshisundaram. Sarvodaya Ilakkiya Pannai, Madurai.