Avvai Natarajan

Avvai Natarajan
Born Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation Scholar, educationist
Awards Padma Shri
Website Official web site

Avvai Natarajan is an Indian scholar, educationist and the former Vice-Chancellor of Thanjavur Tamil University. The Government of India honored Natarajan in 2011, with the fourth highest civilian award of Padma Shri.[1]

Biography

Avvai Natarajan, hailing from the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is a former secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Department of Tamil Language Development and Culture.[2][3] Holder of an MLitt and a doctoral degree (PhD) in Tamil literature,[4] Natarajan has also worked as the Vice Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur.[2][3][5][6] He is a member of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil, an institute established by the Government of India for propagation of classical Tamil language and culture.[7] He also sits in the advisory councils of Sattakadir[8] and the Madras Development Society.[9] He has delivered keynote addresses in many seminars[10] and holds the chair of the selection committee of the Aram Award.[11] In 2011, the Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri, honoring his contributions towards Tamil language and culture.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 15, 2014. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "ISRC". ISRC. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Zoom Info cache". Zoom Info. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Milestone - Avvai Natarajan 1". Video. YouTube. 6 October 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Hindu". The Hindu. March 17, 2011. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Profile on Zoom Info". Zoom Info. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  7. ↑ "CICT". CICT. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Sattakadir". Sattakadir. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  9. ↑ "MDS". MDS. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Speech". Sai Ram Engineering College. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Business Wire". Business Wire. 2014. Retrieved November 26, 2014.
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