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Professor (em) K. Nachimuthu

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Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

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Krishnaswamy Nachimuthu (b. 1947). Joined the Pondy NETamil team in 2018 as a member of group C Tolkāppiyam. Professor and Head, Dept. of Tamil of the Central University of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur (2013-2018). Professor of Tamil and former Chairperson, CIL, SLL & CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2007-2013), Prof. & Head, Dept. of Tamil (1973-2007), Kerala University, Dean, Faculty of Oriental Studies (2000-2002). Research Associate, Inst. of Indology, Cologne Univ., Germany, Visiting Prof. of Tamil, Warsaw Univ., Poland etc.) Until 2018 he worked as the Professor of Tamil and Head, Dept. Tamil of the Central University of Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur. He earlier worked as member of the faculty of the Department of Tamil University of Kerala from 1973-2007 in various capacities including Professor and Head of the Department Dean of the Faculty of Oriental Studies and Member of the Senate and lateras Professor of Tamil and Chairperson, CIL, SLL & CS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi (2007). He is the Tamil Convener, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi. He specializes in traditional grammar, history of language, lexicography, historical and cultural studies, translation and comparative studies with reference to Malayalam Hindi and Tamil in addition to place name studies. He has published/edited 20 books in addition to more than one hundred and fifty research papers in Tamil English and Malayalam.

Current research: Critical Edition of Tolkāppiyam Collatikāram with Teyvaccilaiyar’s commentary

Books

  • Karaiyer(r)unkaruththukkal, Nachimuthu Institute of Research For Language Culture, Coimbatore 2012.
  • Lakkaṇa Āraiyccikkaṭṭuraikaḷ, Nachimuthu Institute of Research For Language Culture, Coimbatore, 2007.
  • Tolkāppiyakkaṭṭuraikaḷ, Nachimuthu Institute of Research For Language Culture, Coimbatore, 2007.
  • Tamiḻ Tanta cānrōrkaḷ, Nachimuthu Institute of Research For Language Culture, Coimbatore, 2007.
  • UlakamtetumTamiḻ, Nachimuthu Institute of Research For Language Culture, Coimbatore, 2007.
  • Kalveṭṭukaḷum Cuvaṭikaḷum, Sekar Pathippakam, Chennai, 2007.