Dr G. Vijayavenugopal

G. Vijayavenugopal (b. 1935) was educated in Annamalai University – M.A. (Tamil language & Literature (1961), M.Litt. (1963), Ph.D. (!975), Diploma in Linguistics (1963), Diploma in Telugu (1965), Diploma in Epigraphy and Archaeology (1975). After teaching at the Annamalai University (1965-68) he joined the Madurai University (1968) and held positions like Professor of Comparative Literature , Professor of Art History and Aesthetics, Special Officer for Planning and Development, Founder – Principal of Madurai Kamaraj University College, Director, Evening College. He taught at the College of Wooster, Ohio, USA (1971) and the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA (1977-79). After retiring from Madurai Kamaraj University he joined the Centre of Pondicherry of the Ecole française d’Extrême Orient in 1997. His present areas of specialisation are Epigraphy and Tamil linguistics. From 2014 to 2019 he was a member of the NETamil group A: Caṅkam.

Current research: A critical edition of the Puṟanāṉūṟu.

Books

• Pondicherry Inscriptions – Part I+II, Introduction and Texts with Notes (Compiled by Bahour S.Kuppusamy), English Translation of Part I with Glossary and Appendices. Edited by G.Vijayavenugopal, Institut Francais de Pondicherry, Ecole Francaise d’Extreme Orient, Collection Indologie 83.1+83.2, Pondicherry, 2006 + 2010.
• Intiya Ilakkiya-k-kotpatukal – Part I , Thamarai Publications, Madurai, 1984.
• Nominal Composition in Tamil, Madurai Kamaraj University, 1979.
• A Modern Evaluation of Nannul, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, 1968.