Work & Professional Experience
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Research and Teaching experience 37 years
| Research/Teaching | Place/Institution | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Tutor in Tamil | Dept. of Tamil, Govt. Arts College, Krishnagiri | 06.12.1974 – 30.06.1975 |
| Ph.D. Scholar (Full Time) | International Institute of Tamil Studies, Chennai (University of Madras) | Feb. 1976 – Feb. 1980 |
| Post – Doctoral Fellow | Tamil Language Departments, University of Madras (Fellowships given by Pondicherry Govt. in the name of poet Bharathiar) | 01.09.1980 – 31.08.1982 |
| Post Doctoral Fellow | Tamil University, Thanjavur. | 20.10.1982 – 04.07.1983 |
| Post Doctoral Fellow | Dept. of Sociology, Tamil University, Thanjavur | 05.07.1983 – 26.12.1984 |
| D. Lit. Fellow | Dept. of Sociology, Tamil University, Thanjavur | 27.12.1984 – 02.08.1987 |
| Lecturer | Dept. of Folklore, Tamil University, Thanjavur | 03.08.1987 – 30.09.1996 |
| Reader | Dept. of Folklore, Tamil University, Thanjavur | 10.10.1996 – 26.07.2008 |
| Professor | Dept. of Folklore, Tamil University, Thanjavur | 27.07.2008 – 30.06.2011 |
| Emeritus Fellow | Subramania Bharathiar School of Tamil, Pondicherry University, Puducherry. | 01.08.2013 – 31.07.2015 |
| Emeritus Fellow | Department of Literature, Tamil University, Thanjavur. | 15.04.2016 – 14.04.2018 |
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Administrative experience 15 years
| Period | Posting |
|---|---|
| 01.07.1999 – 30.06.2002 | Head of the Dept. of Folklore, Tamil University |
| 01.07.2005 – 30.06.2008 | Head of the Dept. of Folklore, Tamil University |
| 04.11.2009 – 11.12.2010 | Head i/c. Dept of Philosophy, Tamil University |
| 12.12.2007 – 11.12.2010 | Dean, Language Faculty, Tamil University |
| 12.08.2003 – 31.08.2008 | Director i/c. Dept. of Publication, Tamil University |
| 02.09.2008 – 01.08.2010 | Director i/c. Directorate of Distance Education, Tamil University |
| 15.09.1992 – 25.01.1995 | Organising Secretary, Cultural Research Forum, Tamil University Teachers Association, Tamil University. |
| 10.12.1995 – March 2012 | Secretary (Tamilnadu), Folklore Society of South Indian Languages, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. |
| 09.06.2001 – 08.06.2003 | Thanjavur District Vice President, Tamilnadu Science Forum. |
| - | Member of Syndicate, Senate, Finance Committee, Research Committee, Publication Committee, etc., in Tamil University. |
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Completed research projects
| Topic | Financial Assistance | Period of completion |
|---|---|---|
| Prose works of Poet Bharathiar (in Tamil) | Fellowship given by Govt. of Pondicherry, Dept. of Tamil Language, University of Madras | 1982 |
| Nittoori Katha – Historical Geographical Research (in Tamil) | Tamil University | 1983 |
| Historical – Geographical Research – An Introduction and Researches (in Tamil) | Tamil University | 1986 |
| Folklore Survey of Old Ramnad District. (in Tamil) | Tamil University | 1989 |
| Folklore – An Introduction (in Tamil) | Tamil University | 1992 |
| Folk Performing Arts of Tamilnadu (in Tamil) | Tamil University | 1999 |
| Dictionary of Folklore Technical Terms | Tamil University | 2000 |
| Folk tales of South India – Tamilnadu (in English) | Ford Foundation through FOSSILS | 2003 |
| Tamil Classical Literature and Folklore – Continuation of Tradition (in Tamil) | Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai. | 2010 |
| Pongal Festival (in Tamil) | Tamil University (UCG) | 2011 |
| A critical study on Ballads of Desingu Raja | Pondicherry University (UGC Emeritus Fellow) | 2015 |
| A critical study of the influence of Folklore on Tamil Literature | Tamil University, Thanjavur. (UGC Emeritus Fellow) | 2018 |