G. Balasubramanian | |
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கோ. பாலசுப்பிரமணியன் | |
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12th Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur | |
In office 4 October 2018 - 3 October 2021 | |
Chancellor(s) | Banwarilal Purohit (2017-21) R. N. Ravi (2021-) |
Preceded by | G. Bhaskaran |
Succeeded by | V. Thiruvalluvan |
Personal details | |
Born | Kaduvakkudi, Tanjore District, Madras State,(now Thiruvarur District,Tamil Nadu),India | 15 April 1959
Alma mater | Madurai Kamaraj University |
G. Balasubramanian served as the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University,Thanjavur,in Tamil Nadu,India,from 4 October 2018 [1] [2] [3] [4] to 3 October 2021.
He was born on 15 April 1959 at Kaduvakkudi village in Mannargudi taluk in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. He did his M.A.,in Linguistics (1983) and in Tamil literature (1989) and Ph.D.,in Madurai Kamaraj University. [3]
He worked as Research Fellow and Research Associate (1987–89) in Department of Ancient Industries of Tamil University,Thanjavur,Tamil Nadu Lecturer and Reader (1989-2006) in Linguistics (Tamil),Department of Malayalam of University of Calicut,Kerala,Associate Professor and Professor (2006-2009,2011–16) and Rector (2016–18) in Department of Dravidian and Computational Linguistics,of Dravidian University,Kuppam,Andhra Pradesh,Visiting Professor of Tamil in Department of South Asian Studies,of Faculty of Oriental Studies,Warsaw University,Poland (2009–11) [1] [5] He wrote many research articles on Linguistics and Tamilology. [6]
He knew Tamil (Mother Tongue),English,Malayalam and Telugu (working knowledge). [3] He translated many articles from Tamil to Malayalam and vice versa. [6] [7]
His projects include Survey,Documentation and Revitalization of Endangered Languages in the Border Districts of Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh,Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu and Kolar of Karnataka (UGC,2015-2020),Border area Bilingualism of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh :A Study of Language Attitudes,Language Use and Convergence (UGC,2015-2019),Malama:kku:A Linguistic Description and Assessment of Language Endangerment (UGC),Language of Malakka:ran:Phonology with Vocabulary (Dravidian University,2007–08) and Linguistic Description of Mahl (Lakshadweep Socio-cultural Research Commission,2001–02) [1] He presented and published more than 20 research articles in national and international level. [5]