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CURRICULUM VITAE
1. NAME : L. RAMAMOORTHY
2. POSITION : Reader-cum-Research Officer
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Manasagangothri, Mysore
3. EXPERIENCE ON ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATION:
a. Officer in-charge of Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL):
Developed Corpus for 22 scheduled languages, Part-of-Speech and Chunking
annotation, conducted and supervised more than 100 training programmes/workshops
on Natural Language Processing with Universities and Institutions in different parts of
the country.
b. Officer in-charge of Scheme for Preservation and Protection for Endangered
Languages (SPPEL): Coordinated with 29 Universities and 70 Principal Investigators,
conducted various training programmes on documentation.
c. Officer in-charge of Education Technology: Supervised the production of 250 visual
episodes under Basha Mandakini on Language, Literature and Culture. Developed
online courses for Urdu, Manipuri and Telugu.
d. Officer in-charge of Grant in Aid Scheme: Cleared more than 1000 proposals
covering 42 languages under various schemes of GIA.
e. Officer in-charge of CIIL Library
f. Public Information Officer – Right to Information Act, 2015 (RTI)
g. Co-ordinator – Mother Tongue Survey of India Project – Coordinating with
Linguistic Resource Persons for transcribing and analyzing the data‟s of Mother
Tongues.
h. Co-ordinator – Study on Tribal Languages of Karnataka – Coordinating with
Resource Persons in collection & analyzes of data‟s of 6 Tribal languages of Karnataka.
i. Co-ordinator for Training staff of Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI), Mauritius in
Education Technology.
j. Coordinator for Tri-lingual Sri Lanka Project: Trained Officials of Sri Lanka in Tamil.
k. Director PILC - introduced Ph.D programmes and brought of Publication of
International standards.
l. Editor in Chief – Internationally reputed journal – PILC Journal of Dravidic studies.
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4. ACADEMIC RECORD (from Bachelor Degree onwards) :
Examination Subjects Institution Year Marks/Class
B.Sc. Chemistry Madurai Kamaraj
University, Madurai
1979 I Class
M.A. Linguistics Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
1982 I Class
M.A. Sociology Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
1984 -
Ph.D. Linguistics Annamalai University
Annamalai Nagar
1988 Awarded
5. AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS :
a. Awarded National Merit Scholarship for the year 1979-82. Annamalai University.
b. Awarded T.P.M. Gold Medal for Securing First Rank in the Post Graduate Studies
in Annamalai University.
c. Awarded U.G.C. Fellowship for the Years 1982-86
d. The book entitled „Tamil Ilakkiyangal : kaTTavilppum, kaTTamaippum‟ (Tamil
Literature : Structural and Deconstruction Approach) was selected as a best book on
Literary Criticism for the year 2005 by the Government of Tamilnadu and awarded
First Prize.
e. The book entitled „Mozhiyum adhigaramum‟ (Language and Power) was selected as
a best book on Language Development for the year 2005 by the Tamilnadu
Progressive Writers Association and awarded First Prize.
6. EMPLOYMENT DETAILS:
Institution Post Held Period
Department of Linguistics
Tamil University, Thanjavur
Junior Research
Assistant
Aug.1986 - Mar. 1988
School of Indian Languages Tamil
University, Thanjavur
Senior Research
Assistant
Mar. 1988 - Mar. 1990
Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and
Culture, Pondicherry
Research Assistant Mar. 1990 - Jul. 1995
Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and
Culture, Pondicherry
Senior Lecturer Nov. 2000 onwards
Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and
Culture, Pondicherry
Director-in-charge Jul.1996 - Oct'2000
University of Michigan, USA Visiting Scholar Sept. 2009 - Apr. 2010
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7. Ph.D. GUIDANCE:
a) Ten candidates were awarded Ph.D. degree under my guidance.
b) Eight more are working for Ph.D's.
8. VISIT ABROAD:
a) Sri Lanka: Participated and presented a paper on Evaluation of Tamil Technical
Terms in the International Seminar on Tamil Cultural Studies, 1992.
b) Malaysia: Participated and presented a paper on Manonmaniyam Sundaram Pillai’s
Contribution to Tamil in the Conference on Tamil Stalwarts, 2006.
c) USA: Visiting scholar at University of Michigan, from September 2009 to April
2010.
d) Srilanka: Visited in connection with Study on contours of the Ten Year National
Master Plan to move Srilanka towards a Trilingual at High Pay Commission of
India, Colombo during November 12-17, 2010.
e) Singapore: Participated in the 9th World Tamil Teachers‟ Conference and presented
a paper entitled Language teaching through corpora from September 8-10, 2011.
f) Mauritius: Participated as Language expert in multidisciplinary workshop on
“Emerging Trends in Education: Curriculum, Technology & Research” from July 9-
17, 2014.
g) France: Participated and presented a paper on “Strategies of Language teaching for
preservation of Indian languages in diasporas” in the International Conference on
Indian Languages in Diasporas: Strategies of Retention and Modes of
Transmission”-French West Indies from October 29-31, 2015.
9. PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
a) Language Loyalty and Displacement among Telugu Minorities in
Pondicherry. PILC 2000.
b) Modernisation of Tamil with Reference to Administration PILC 2000.
c) Ya:nar (ed) PILC 2000.
d) Tamil aaTchi mozhi (ed) PILC 2000.
e) Mozhiyum Athikaaramum (Language and Power) Annam Publication 2005.
f) Tamil Ilakkiyangal KaTTaviLppum KaTTamaippum (Tamil Literature :
Structural and Deconstruction Approach) Kavya Publication 2005.
g) Paaveendarin Mozhi Karutthiyalgal (Language Ideologies of Bharathidasan)
Tamil University, 2006. (Endowment Lecture).
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h) Proceedings on Multimedia Enhanced Language Teaching (E-Book), Edited
L. Ramamoorthy & Nirmala in Languages in India Website, 2009.
i) Linguistic Purism in Multilinguial context (E-Book) L. Ramamoorthy,
Languages in India Website, 2010.
j) Purism in Tamil – Lambert Publication – 2011.
k) Peoples Linguistic Survey, Pondicherry –Orient BlackSwan Publication–
2016.
l) Pedagogical grammar of Tamil (Mimeo).
10. EDITORSHIP:
a) Edited Moliyilal a biannual Tamil Linguistics Journal, Annamalai University,
Vol. 9 - 1986.
b) Associate Editor of PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies a Biannual Journal of
Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture from 1992-1996.
c) Editor-in-chief of PILC Journal of Dravidic Studies from 1996-2000.
d) Chief coordinator of Ya:nar a biannual working papers in PILC.
e) Associate Editor- Languages in India, Online Journal.
f) Parsing Indian Languages, Ed. L. Ramamoorthy & others.
g) Bharatidasan Selected Poems, Editor-in-chief, PILC.
h) Vanidasan Translated in to English, Editor, PILC.
i) English-English-Tamil Dictionary, Co-editor, Longman.
j) New Directions in Linguistics, Co-editor, Bharadiar University.
k) Readings in Applied Linguistics, Co-editor, Bharadiar University.
11. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES:
a) Life Member of All India Tamil Linguistics Association.
b) Life Member of All India Folklore Association.
c) Life Member of Dravidian Linguistic Association.
d) Executive Member of All India Tamil Linguistic Association.
e) Vice President of Pondicherry History congress (1998 - 2000).
f) Member in the Board of studies of Madras University and Bharathiyar
University for P.G. Courses (1998-2001).
g) Executive member of Lexicographic Society of India.
h) Member in the Board of Studies of Linguistics (P.G level), Madras University
2005-2008.
i) Member in the Board of Studies of Linguistics (P.G level), Tamil University
2005-2008.
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j) Member in the Board of Studies in Linguistics, Dravidian University, Kuppam
2009-10.
k) Member in the Selection Committee Meeting of „Colleges with Potential for
Excellence (CPE)‟ - Sep. 23, 2010.
l) Member in the 5th
Project Review and Steering Group (PRSG) Meeting for the
project entitled “Indian language computing initiative: National Roll-out plan
phase-II”, MCIT, New Delhi - Feb. 26, 2013.
m) Member in the Chunking Standards Meeting at MCIT, New Delhi - Dec. 17,
2013.
n) Member in the 6th Project Review and Steering Group (PRSG) Meeting for the
project entitled “Indian Language Computing Initiative: National Roll-out plan
phase-II” at MCIT, New Delhi - Jan. 16, 2014.
o) Member in the Board of Studies in Linguistics, Central University of Kerala,
Kasargod 2014-15.
p) Member in the “Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Secretary,
Tribal Affairs for preparation of policies for various PTGs of Andaman &
Nicobar Islands” at New Delhi – Jan. 8, 2015.
q) Member in the Expert Meeting to discuss about the NLP activities in Tamil,
Digitalizing the books, Online teaching and open source software‟s for the
development of Computational Tamil organized by the Tamil Virtual
Academy, Chennai : August 1-2, 2015.
12. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
i) Research Projects Undertaken:
a) Submitted a Research Report entitled „Bilingualism in Tanjore District’ to the
Department of Linguistics. Tamil University, Thanjavur.
b) Submitted a Research Report entitled „Language Loyalty and Language
Displacement among Telugu Minorities in Pondicherry’ to Pondicherry Institute of
Linguistics and Culture, Pondicherry - 1994.
c) Submitted a Project on: Linguistic Purism: A case Study of Tamil, to Pondicherry
Institute of Linguistics and Culture, Pondicherry.
d) Under taken a Project on Language use in Pondicherry in collaboration with CIIL,
Mysore.
e) Dialect Dictionary of Southern Tamil Nadu.
f) Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (Officer-in-charge)
g) Scheme for Preservation and Protection for Endangered Languages (Officer-in-charge)
h) Classical Tamil (Co-ordinator)
i) Mother Tongue Survey of India (Co-ordinator)
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ii) Language Teaching Experience:
a) Taught Tamil to Foreign Students (Malaysia, Singapore, Mauritius Students)
at Tamil University in “Language and Culture” Course - 1987.
b) Taught Linguistics and Language Planning to College and University
Teachers in the Summer Institute of Linguistics, Tamil University - 1988, 1989.
c) Taught Tamil to South African Students at Tamil University - 1989.
d) Taught Tamil to I.A.S. (Indian Administrative Service) Students, Tamil
University - 1989.
e) Taught Tamil to Foreign Students in summer courses organised by French
Institute and PILC in Pondicherry – 1999 - 2006.
f) Taught Linguistics and Telugu to the Certificate Course Students of PILC.
g) Taught Administrative Tamil to Officials of Pondicherry Government.
h) Taught Tamil in University of Michigan, USA for two semester fall 2009 and
winter 2010. During this period published two E-Books and Prepared a
monograph on pedagogical grammar of Tamil.
iii) Courses Attended:
a) Advance Institute of Language Planning -1986- University of Delhi, New Delhi.
b) Micro Computers and Programming Languages-1987-Tamil University,
Tanjore.
c) Use of Computers in Dictionary Making - 1992 - Central Institute of Indian
Languages, Mysore
d) Natural Language Processing (Both Beginners and Advanced Courses), 1992,
University of Hyderabad.
e) Preparation of Electronic Dictionary for Tamil, Department of Linguistics,
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.
f) International Summer Institute in Syntax, CIEFL, Hyderabad.
13. CONVENERSHIP:
Convener of the following projects:
a) Translation of Tamil poems into English.
i) Selected poems of Bharathidasan
ii) Selected poems of Vanidasan
iii) Selected poems of Puduvai Sivam
b) Convener of the projects to edit and publish the private diaries of Sri. Ananda
Ranga Pillai, Thiruvenkadam Pillai.
c) Convener of Legal glossary of Tamil.
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14. Work done as Officer In-charge of Schemes:
A. Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL): (April 2010 to till date)
This project aims to develop Annotated, Quality language data (Text, Speech & Sign
language) and tools in Indian Languages to the use of Individuals, Institutions and
Industry for Research & Development in Language Technology.
a) Supervised the team to develop corpus on Text (2-10 million) and Speech (100-150
hrs.) in the 22 scheduled languages and corpus on Indian Sign Language.
b) Supervised the team for conducting fieldworks for collection of text/ speech data in
22 languages.
c) Supervised the team for conducting more than 100 workshops/training
programmes/awareness programmes on Natural Language Processing in
collaboration with various institutions/universities in different parts of the country.
d) Organized various special lecture programmes by inviting experts in the NLP field
for the improvement of LDC-IL faculties.
e) Supervised more than 50 Short Term Goal Oriented Projects in LDC-IL to achieve
the scheduled targets in 22 Indian languages.
f) Conducted more than 50 expert‟s meetings/discussions to achieve the objectives of
LDC-IL.
g) Conducted and coordinated various Regional/National workshops/Seminars in
collaboration with different institutions/universities.
B. Scheme for Preservation and Protection for Endangered Languages (2013-15):
This scheme aims to study 520 Endangered Languages which are spoken by more/less
than 10,000 speakers in co-ordination with Principal Investigator‟s of different
universities/institutions. During 2013-15, 70 languages were selected on priority basis
and allotted to 36 Principal Investigator‟s of different universities.
C. Centre for Human Resource Development:
a) One of the organizers of New Linguistic Survey of India- Summer Camp held at
CIIL from 21-5-2008 to 30-06-2008 under the aegis of NLSI .Eight workshops on
Dravidian and Arial Linguistics were organized for 460 participants from all over
India.
b) Organized in the North Eastern Winter School of Linguistics during February 2008
at Shillong and co-ordinated the course on Sociolinguistics.
c) Rationalized the cadres and honorarium of staff who are working under various
projects by conveying meetings of recruitment committee and also participated in
the staff selection committee meetings as the conveyor of recruitment committee.
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D. Bhasha Mandakini –Tamil
a) Cleared all the 28 pending visual episodes and finalized another 6 episodes during
this period. This includes minimum 4 sitting of duration 45 minutes per sitting
viz., pre-preview, preview, post-preview and final correction to review a single
episode. Completed 45 Visual Episodes on different topics related to Language,
Culture, Personality etc.
b) Allotted 35 new episodes to the producers by evaluating the academic and
production scripts.
c) Checked and corrected the Tamil dubbed version of 70 visual episodes.
d) Organized a documentary festival at Madurai to screen Tamil visual episodes for
public.
e) Organized the workshop to identify the titles for making Visual documentaries by
inviting 15 scholars from Tamilnadu during Sept. 2008
E. Central Scheme on Classical Tamil
As the financial coordinator of the scheme, coordinated several programmes
and participated in the Review Committee Meetings.
15. SEMINARS / CONFERENCES:
i) Papers presented in the International Conferences / Seminars:
1. Evaluation of Tamil Technical Terms - International Seminar on Tamil Cultural
Studies, Sri Lanka, 1992.
2. Ideology behind Tamil Purism in South Asian Linguistic Analysis, New Delhi
1997.
3. The Role of Interactivity in Language Teaching through Multimedia - World
Tamil Internet Conference, Chennai, 2004.
4. Reformulating Dialect Dictionaries - International Conference on Lexicography,
Annamalai University, 2004.
5. Manonmaniyam Sundaram Pillai’s Contribution to Tamil - Conference on
Tamil Stalwarts, Malaysia 2006.
6. International Workshop for Tamil Instructors to Draw Common Strategies in Tamil
Curriculum: Spoken Tamil, March 12-13, University of Texas, USA, 2010.
7. Special Workshop for ALC Languages Assessment, February 20, 2010, University
of Michigan, USA.
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8. “Is Language a Primary Symbol of Identity?” A case study of Tamil in South
Asia “In the Workshop on Competing Language Loyalties in South and Central
Asia” organized by CIIL in collaboration with NORDIC centre from Mar. 4-6,
2008.
9. Endangerment of Tribal Languages in Indian Context - 30th All India
Conference of the Linguist conducted from Nov. 26-29, 2008.
10. Participated and presented a paper in the “2nd
International Telugu Internet
Conference (ITIC-2012)” at Gitam University, Visakhapatnam from Nov. 2-4,
2012.
11. Language and Power in the context of digital divide - International Seminar on
Language and Power at JNU, New Delhi from Apr. 6-7, 2013.
12. Emerging trends in documentation of endangered languages - 30th
South Asian
Languages Analysis Roundtable (SALA 30) at University of Hyderabad,
Hyderabad from Feb. 6-8, 2014.
13. Multilingualism and Linguistic Poverty: Indian Language in the Digital
context - The 11th Language and Development Conference organized by the
British Council at New Delhi from Nov. 18-20, 2015.
ii) Conducted/Co-ordinated International Conferences:
1. 9th Annual Tamil Internet Conference-2010 organized by INFITT in collaboration
with Tamil Nadu government at Coimbatore from June 23-27, 2010.
2. International Conference on „Language Development and Computing Methods
(ICLDCM-2010)‟ at Karunya University, Coimbatore from Dec. 2-3, 2010.
3. ICON 2010-8th International Conference on Natural Language Processing at IIT,
Kharagpur from Dec. 8-11, 2010.
4. International Seminar on Recent Advances in Linguistic Research at Bharathiar
University, Coimbatore from Dec. 15-16, 2010.
5. WiSSAP-2011: 6th
Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing at IIT,
Guwahati on Jan. 8-11, 2011.
6. International Workshop on New Ways of Analyzing Variations Asia-Pacific 2011
at New Delhi from Feb. 23-26, 2011.
7. International Seminar on Prosodic Interfaces held at Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi from Nov. 25-27, 2011.
8. 9th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON-2011) at
Anna University, Chennai from Dec. 16-19, 2011.
9. 7th Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing (WiSSAP-2012) at Indian
Institute of Science, Bangalore from Jan. 6-9, 2012.
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10. COLING 2012: 24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics at
IIT, Mumbai from Dec. 10-14, 2012.
11. TIC-2012: 11th International Tamil Internet Conference on the topic Tamil
Computing for Mobiles & Tablet at Annamalai University, Chidambaram,
TamilNadu from Dec. 28-30, 2012.
12. WiSSAP-2013: 8th
Winter School on Speech and Audio Processing at Indian
Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai from Feb. 22-25, 2013.
13. International Seminar on “Current Trends in Dravidian Linguistics” at University
of Kerala, Trivendrum from May 28-31, 2013.
14. Two weeks training programme on the topic “Emerging Technologies in
Language Teaching” for the academic staff of Mahatma Gandhi Institute,
Mauritius at CIIL, Mysore from July 17-30, 2013.
15. 35th Annual and 1
st International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India
(ICOLSI-1) at CIIL, Mysore from Nov. 27-29, 2013.
16. 10th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON 2013) at
C-DAC, Noida from Dec. 18-20, 2013.
17. International Conference of South Asian Languages and Literatures (ICOSAL) at
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from Jan. 23-25, 2014.
18. Five-day International workshop on “Learning & Experience sharing Mission”
for 12 Sri Lankan delegates at CIIL, Mysore from Mar. 17-23, 2014.
19. 13th Tamil Internet International Conference at Pondicherry University,
Pondicherry from Sep. 19-21, 2014.
20. (ICOLSI-2)- 2nd
International Conference of the Linguistic Society of India at
University of Kerala, Trivandrum, Kerala from Dec. 1-4, 2014.
21. Third International Seminar on “Globalization and Tribal” organized at Bidisa,
West Bengal in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore from Dec. 7-8, 2014.
22. 11th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON 2014) at
Goa University, Goa from Dec. 18-21, 2014.
23. International Conference on Syntactic Typology: Language Contact and
Convergence at NEHU, Shillong from Nov. 23-28, 2015.
24. International Workshop on “Tamil Epigraphy: Corpus analysis, Database
Construction and Information Retrieval” at Tamil University, Thanjavur, Tamil
Nadu from Dec. 1-11, 2015.
25. 12th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (ICON 2015) at
the Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-
K), Trivandrum from Dec. 11-14, 2015.
26. International Workshop on Noun Modifying Constructions at Deccan College,
Pune from Dec. 21-22, 2015.
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iii) Papers presented in the National Conferences / Seminars:
English
1. Modernization of Tamil in Murasoli - All India Tamil teachers Association
Conference - 1983.
2. Translation of Negative Prefix un-into Tamil - All India Tamil Teachers
Association Conference - 1984.
3. Coinage of Technical Terms: Some Identifications - All India Tamil Teachers
Association Conference - 1985.
4. Language Modernization and Communication - Advanced Institute of Language
Planning - 1986 - New Delhi.
5. Cost-benefit Analysis of Tamil in Administration - All India Tamil Teachers
Association Conference - 1986.
6. Plural Formation in Telugu Dialects - Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and
Culture Seminar - 1991.
7. Language Maintenance / Loss of Telugu Minorities - Pondicherry Institute of
Linguistics and Culture Seminar - 1991.
8. Evaluation of Tamil Technical Terms - International Seminar of Tamil Cultural
Studies - 1992.
9. Tense Formation in Telugu - Presented in 13th All India Tamil Linguistics
Association Conference, 1994.
10. Teaching of Culture to Second Language Learners - Seminar on Second
Language Teaching, IITS, Madras, 1995.
11. The Role of Dialects in Language Planning - Seminar on Dimensions of
Dialectology, PILC, 1995.
12. Adaptation Process in Tamil : A Case of Administrative Forms, National
seminar cum workshop on language planning for administration, Hyderabad.
13. Ideology behind Tamil Purism - SALA 1997, PJDS Vol.6.2.
14. Social Dimension of Special Dictionary, Annamalai University, 1996.
15. Is Identity Crisis a Factor for Maintenance of Saurashtra Language Madurai
Kamaraj University, 1997.
16. Functional Approach to Language Teaching - CIIL, Mysore, 1996.
17. Power Status as a Determinant Factor for Language Choice, New Delhi 1997.
18. Puristic idom: the case of Tamil; presented at All India Linguistic Conference at
Aligarh 1998.
19. PNG markers in kamma Dialect of Telugu, 22nd All India Conference of
Linguists, Kanpur, 1999.
20. Attitudes towards Tamil Purism, An evaluation, 23rd All India Conference of
Linguists, Annamalai Nagar 2000.
21. Vowel Correspondence in Telugu Dialects and Proto-Dravidian Reflexes, All
India Seminar on Dravidian Linguistics, Annamalai University, 2000.
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22. Values of Tamil Language in Cyber Space, All India seminar on computational
linguistics, Annamalai University, 2001.
23. Inflectional Homonymy, All India Seminar on computational linguistics,
Coimbatore, 2001.
24. Word Structure of Pondicherry Telugu National Seminar on word structure,
Dravidian University, Cuppam, 2001.
25. Linguistics Landscaping and Reminiscence of French Legacy : The case of
Pondicherry, National seminar on Linguistic landscaping, Annamalai University,
2002.
26. Sociological Study of Language Education in Pondicherry, National Seminar on
Language Education in India, Annamalai University, 2002.
27. Morphological Parsing : The case of Um-ending Nouns in Tamil. International
Seminar on Tamil Computational Linguistics, Chennai, 2002.
28. Intricacies in the Translation of Bharathi's Poems, National Seminar on
Translation, Annamalai University, 2002.
29. The Impact of Globalization in the Process of Translation, National Seminar on
Translation and Computers, Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, 2002.
30. Pragmatic Study of the Lexical Item cumma in Tamil, National Seminar on
Lexical Studies, Annamalai University 2002.
31. The Notion of Tamil Development: Theory & Practice ICOSAL Conference:
Annamalai University.
32. Language of Globalization: A case study of Tamil Advertisement e.Tamil
Language in India: March issue.
33. European Impact and Paradigm shift in Tamil Development Shanthiniketan
seminar in European impact Nov. 2002.
34. Studies in Tamil Sociolinguistics: pavala vizha karutharangu tamizh mozhi thurai,
March, 2003.
35. The Role of Interactivity in Developing Language Skill through Multimedia in
the world Tamil Internet Conference, August, 2003 at Madras.
36. Particles and Clitics in the workshop on Modern Tamil Grammar,
October, 2003 at Annamalai University.
37. Multilingualism and Mother Tongue Acquisition in Pondicherry in the
National Seminar on second language acquisition, December, 2003 at University of
Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
38. Towards Reformulating Tamil Dialect Dictionaries in the International
Conference on Lexicography, January, 2004, Annamalai University.
39. Power Differentials in Tamil in the National Seminar on Language,
Power in Communication, February, 2004, Mumbai.
40. The Status of Minority Languages in the Globalizing World. All Indian Social
Science Congress, Dindugal, 2005.
41. Perception of Gender in Tamil Dictionary IInd International Conference on
Lexicography, Chennai, 2005.
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42. Personal Names and Politics: Seminar on place names and personal names,
Tirupati, 2004.
43. Language Modernization in the Context of Globalization, Hindi Central
Institute 2006, Mysore.
44. Status of Endangerment to the Tribal Languages, Bharathiyar University, 2006,
Coimbatore.
45. Language Planning in Tamil with Special Reference to Administration – 29th
All India Symposium on Language Planning at Annamalai University Dec. 2008.
46. National Seminar on the Language of Humor at University of Kerala, Trivandrum
from Nov. 1-3, 2011.
47. National Seminar on “New Perspectives in Applied Linguistics” at Annamalai
University from Dec. 20-21, 2011.
48. Key-note address in the National seminar on “Coinage of Technical Term in
Tamil” at IITSs, Chennai from Oct. 3-5, 2012.
49. Language of Women in Sangam Literature in a National Seminar on Gender and
Language in the Indian Linguistic Area at University of Kerala, Trivandrum from
March 12-14, 2014.
50. Participated and Presented a paper in a Seminar on “Aesthetic features in Sangan
Text” conducted at Konga Nadu College, Erode on January 10, 2015.
51. Participated and presented a paper in the National seminar on “Society, Language
and Culture” at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai from 28-30 March, 2016.
Tamil :
1. Karical Ka:TTu KaTita:cikaL - o:r naTaiyiyal pa:rvai - All India Tamil
Literary Association Conference - 1987.
2. Ariviyal Tamilum TiTTamiTutalum - All India Scientific Tamil Association
Conference - 1987.
3. Ariviyal Karuttu PulappaTuttam - All India Scientific Tamil Association
Conference - 1987.
4. Tamil Eluttu Arimukam - Seminar on Tamil Development Bharathiyar
University, Coimbatore - 1991.
5. Nirappeyar a:yvu - International Society for Tamil Cultural Studies Conference -
1992, Published in Pulamai.
6. Makkal Peyar a:yvu - Seminar on Moliyum Panpa:tum - 1992.
7. Tamil Valarcciyum Porula:ta:ra Valarcciyum - Kalanciyam-1995.
8. Tamilil Putumaiyakkamum, Tu:ymaiyakkamum, Ya:nar 1997.
9. Taramoliyum Tamilum, Ya:nar 1998.
10. Penniyamum moli nirnaya va:tamum, Penniya Ayyvukal, PILC
publication.
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11. Tamil(t) tu:ymai, Yana:r 1999.
12. Aracu a:naikalil Tamil, paper presented at Seminar on Administrative Tamil
organised by Tamilnadu government 1999.
13. Pulam peyarnto:r molitakkavaippum, ilappum, "Tamil kalai",
12: 1-4, 2000.
14. Tamil unarvum tamil valarcciyum: moliyiyal anukumurai a:you. Tamiliyal
A:yuvukal 2001.
15. Vitukataiyil porunmaik kattamaippu, Dept of Folklore, Tamil University, 2001.
16. Col uravukal vilakkum kannamma kaatal - Puduvai Ayyvukal, 2001.
17. takaval tolilnutpa puratciyum ayal natukalil Tamil valarcciyum, Seminar on
Tamil studies in foreign countries, Tamil University, 2002.
18. Molipeyarpiyal nokki Bharathidasan tamil adaikal, Bharathidasan memorial
Seminar, Tamil University, Thanjavur.
19. Col vilaiyattu uyarntha kavip panpu aaguma? Thirukuralai mun vaithu
mozhi kattamaippu aayvu, Valluvam 2002.
20. Aara Tamil Pathinen keelkanakku nool karutharangu melaichivapuri chentamizh
kalluri, January 2003.
21. Tamilum Naveenapaduthuthalum : Chennai palkaikazha pavala vizha
karutharangu, February 2003.
22. Paintamizh mudal pattini taivam varai: mozhi kuurukal kattamaikkum
kannaki. Alagappa palkalai kazhaka Tamizh turai karutarangu, March 2003.
23. Mozhiyiyal parvaiyil pazha mozhikal : mani vizha malar, May, 2003.
24. Moodin mullai mozhi sanga ilakkiya karutharangu. Annamalai palkalai
kazhakam, September, 2003.
25. Mozhiyum aathikaramum, Vallinam itazh 5-6, 2004.
26. Kanini payanpattil Tamil, in Tamil valara valikal, (seminar proceedings) 2004.
27. Ce:ral Madavannam: Oru kuriyiyal a:yvu, In Tamil ilakkiya ayvukal (seminar
proceedings) Mayilam, 2005.
28. Kavitaiyum Porulum: Mo:liyiyal a:yu in PILC seminar proceedings 2005.
29. Karuttadal no:kkil kurinjip pattu PILC seminar, 2005.
30. Kuyil Pattu – Freud‟s Approach, Bharathiyar University, 2005.
(To be updated)
16. Special Lectures Delivered:
1. Dr. M. Varadarajanar Endowment lectures at University of Madras, Chennai - 2003
on the topics (a) Contradiction in Tamil development and (b) Language and space.
2. Given Bharathidasan‟s Endowment Lecture at Tamil University on the topic
“Language Ideologies of Bharathidasan”. Published as a book by Tamil University.
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3. Given more than 100 special lectures on Language Modernization, Language
Planning, Literary Criticism and Language Maintenance to the college teachers at
various UGC refresher courses.
4. Delivered a lecture on “Socio-Linguistics and Literature” in the University of Madras
under Prof. N. Subbu Reddiyar endowment Lecture series on February 19, 2008.
5. Delivered two lectures on “The Role of reference books in Teaching and Learning” to
the college teacher in the UGC Reference Course on February 20, 2008 of Tamil
University, Thanjavur.
6. Delivered a special lecture to the participants of “Orientation Course for DIET
Teachers” conducted by SRLC and PILC on October 23, 2008.
7. Delivered a lecture on “Language Teaching through TV Media” to the resource
persons of RLC held at CIIL during November 2008.
8. Delivered a special lecture on “Socio Linguistic Aspects of Language Teaching” at
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on November 7, 2008.
9. Delivered four special lectures on “Tamil and Linguistics” in University of Madras
on November 14-15, 2008.
10. Delivered a special lecture on “The role of Linguistics in Literary –Appreciation” in
the second international conference on Tamil Literature organized by R. foundation
at Mayiladudurai on 21-22 December 2008.
11. Delivered a special lecture in the “Orientation Programme in Linguistics for High
School Tamil teachers” at Vivekananda College of Arts and Science for Women,
Elayambalayam on January 2, 2009.
12. Delivered valedictory address in the Seminar on “Tholkappiam Poetics and Classical
Tamil Literature” jointly organized with Classical Tamil Institute and Manonmaniam
Sundaranar University, Tirunelveli on March 11, 2009.
13. Delivered a lecture on “Sangam Literature” in the training programme for Malaysian
Tamil Teachers on Sangam Literature at Tamil University, Thanjavur on March 12,
2009.
14. Delivered two special lectures on “Translation Register and NTM” under the course
on “Translation in Scientific Text” organized by Tamil University, on September 13,
2009.
15. Delivered a lecture on „Globalization and Language maintenance‟ in the workshop
organized during SALA conference at CIIL, Mysore from January 10-31, 2011.
16. Delivered a series of lecture on Socio-linguistics in the Orientation Programme for
College Teachers who teach Tamil as Second Language held at Bharathiyar
University, Coimbatore on Sep. 20-24, 2011.
17. Delivered a series of lecture in the seven day „Manipuri Translation Festival‟
programme organized by NTM Project, CIIL at Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, Imphal,
Manipur from February 20-26, 2012.
18. Delivered a series of lecture as Visiting Fellow on Corpus Linguistics and on
Development of Corpora for Indian Languages in the 6 days programme organized at
Annamalai University, Chidambaram during March 12-14, 2012.
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19. Delivered a lecture on the topic “Tamil influences on Kerala Paanineeyam” in the 10-
day workshop on “The Impact of Tholkaappiyam on the Traditional Grammars of
Malayalam” at University of Kerala, Trivandrum from Dec. 10-19, 2012.
20. Participated as an expert and delivered a lecture on the topic “Computer Aided
Translation of Knowledge Texts: Challenges & Perspectives” in the five day
Orientation Programme on Translation organized by the NTM Project, CIIL at the
Dept. of Linguistics, Manipur University, Canchipur, Imphal from Jan. 28 to Feb.1,
2013.
21. Delivered an inaugural speech in the National Seminar held at SRM University,
Tamil Nadu from Feb. 6-8, 2013.
22. Delivered a lecture in the “Training Program to the School teachers” organized by the
International Institute of Tamil Studies (IITS), Chennai from Feb. 6-8, 2013.
23. Delivered a Key note address in the National Seminar on “POS Annotation for
Classical Tamil: Issues & Perspectives” organized by the Central Institute of
Classical Tamil (CICT), Chennai at IITS, Chennai from March 11-13, 2013.
24. Delivered a valedictory address on the Seminar organized on the topic “Preparation
of index and dictionary in a media for Sangans text” at Bharathiar University, Tamil
Nadu on January 10, 2015.
25. Delivered two lectures on “Treatment of Morphology in Tamil Traditional
Grammars” organized by Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai in CAS in
Linguistics, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on
February 12, 2015.
26. Delivered two special lectures on “Sangam Literature in Linguistics Perspective”
organized by Central Institute of Classical Tamil, Chennai at Ranimary College,
Chennai on February 13, 2015.
17. Conferences/Seminars/Workshops Attended:
1. Workshop on preparation of profile for the Endangered Languages in
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka at Kuppam from Sep. 22-29, 2008.
2. Workshop on “Preparation of Multi Media Teaching Materials for Indian
Languages” at Guwahati from Oct. 13-19, 2008.
3. Workshop on “Endangered Languages in Tamilnadu and Kerala” at
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Jan. 2009.
4. Seminar on the “Representative of the Linguistic Minorities in Delhi” on
Feb. 21, 2009.
5. Workshop on “Preparation of Testing Tools for Language Communication
at undergraduate level through aptitude testing and interview context” at
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu from Mar. 9-11, 2009.
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6. National Workshop on People‟s Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) at
Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from Mar. 2-3, 2011.
7. 33-AICL - 33rd
All India Conference of Linguists at Chandigarh from Oct.
1-3, 2011.
8. Seminar cum Workshop on Linguistic Knowledge in Language Technology
at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu from Nov. 21-25,
2011.
9. National Workshop on Setting of Parameters for collecting Speech data for
Tribal Languages organized by Bharathiar University, Coimbatore at
Valparai, Tamil Nadu from Nov. 28 – Dec. 2, 2011.
10. National Seminar On POS Annotation for Indian Languages: Issues &
Perspectives at CIIL, Mysore from Dec. 12-13, 2011.
11. Ten day Workshop for Tamil Nadu College and University Teachers and
research scholars to train them in Tamil language technology at SRM
University, Kattankulathur, Chennai from Jan. 20-30, 2012.
12. National workshop on Tone and Intonation: Theory, Typology and
Computation held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati from
Jan. 26-27, 2012.
13. National Seminar on “Tolkappiyam Poetics and Tamil Literature” at PILC,
Pondicherry from Mar. 9-11, 2012.
14. National Workshop on “To design the curriculum on Linguistics &
Language Technology” at Central University of Kerala, Kasargod on Jun.
4, 2012.
15. National Seminar on Speech Synthesis & its Applications at University of
Kerala, Trivendrum from July 9-11, 2012.
16. Two day colloquium to mark the 25 years of NLP research in India
Paninian Perspective at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from August
2-3, 2012.
17. National workshop on Computational Linguistics & Machine Translation
from English to Indian languages at Amrita University, Coimbatore from
Oct. 15-19, 2012.
18. National Seminar on Research Opportunities in Machine Learning &
Natural Language Processing at National Engineering College, Kovilpatti,
Tamilnadu from Dec. 3-6, 2012.
19. National Conference on”Development of Computational Tamil” at Loyola
College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu on Dec. 16, 2012.
20. Workshop on Kannada Natural Language Processing at C-DAC, Bangalore
on Dec. 21, 2012.
21. National Workshop on Grammatical issues in Classical languages at
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai from Feb. 9-10, 2013.
22. National Workshop on Language Technology at International Institute of
Tamil Studies (IITS), Chennai from Feb. 24-28, 2013.
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23. National workshop on Tamil POS Tagging at Madurai Kamaraj University,
Madurai from Mar. 1-5, 2013.
24. National Seminar on Linguistics & Language Technology at Regional
Campus (Gurunanak Dev University), Jallandhar, Punjab from Mar. 6-7,
2013.
25. Workshop on “Natural Language Processing and Speech Recognition”
organized by the R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore from Apr. 15-17,
2013.
26. 41st
All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics at University of Madras,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu from Jun. 20-22, 2013.
27. National Seminar on “2nd
Endangered and lesser known Languages” at the
University of Lucknow, Lucknow from Oct. 23-24, 2013.
28. National Conference on “Outcome-based Education – The Road to Future:
Indian Languages and their Technological Applications” at the Hindustan
University, Chennai from Dec. 4-6, 2013.
29. National Seminar on “Evaluation of Computer and Internet Assisted Tamil
Learning Materials” at Tamil University, Thanjavur from Dec. 9-11, 2013.
30. National Seminar on Research Perspective on Speech & Language
Processing for Human Computer Interaction” at National Engineering
College, Kovilpatti, Tamil Nadu from Jan. 2-5, 2014.
31. National Seminar on Tamil Internet at International Institute of Tamil
Studies, Chennai on Jan. 6, 2014.
32. National Workshop on Corpus based Dictionary at Rajah Serfoji
Government College, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu from Jan. 27-29, 2014.
33. National Seminar on Linguistics and its Role in Language Teacher Training
at CAS in Linguistics, Annamalai University, Chidambaram on Feb. 18,
2014.
34. Training cum Workshop on “Speech Technology for Tamil” at Madurai
Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu from Feb. 19-21, 2014.
35. Workshop on Tamil Computing in Emerging Trends of Globalization at
Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram from Feb. 27 to Mar. 5, 2014.
36. Training Program on Language Technology at the Department of Hindi,
Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer from Mar. 6-12, 2014.
37. National workshop on Data Analysis: Tools and Methods at English and
Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Shillong, Meghalaya Aug. 7-8,
2014.
38. National Workshop on Standardisation of Gondi Dictionary, Kannada
University, Hampi from Aug. 24- 29, 2014.
39. National Workshop on Part-of-Speech (POS) Tagging at Central University
of Kerala, Kasargod Oct. 27-31, 2014.
40. National Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Teaching and Learning at
CIIL, Mysore from Nov. 20-22, 2014.
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18. OTHERS:
1. Participated in the programme of “Teaching of Indian Languages- A Hand book
for Teachers” organized by NCERT from Feb. 18-22, 2008.
2. Participated in five workshops organized by National Testing Service, CIIL, at
Chennai, New Delhi and CIIL.
3. Participated in the „Refresher Course for the University and College Teachers‟ at
Bharathiar University, Coimbatore on October 15, 2010.
4. Participated in the Meeting at Ministry of HRD, New Delhi in connection with
“Proposals for training Tamil teachers and Material preparation for developing
Trilingual Srilanka”.
5. Coordinated - 5th Linguistics Summer School in the Indian Mountains (LISSIM)
organized by FOSSIL at Kangra valley, Himachal Pradesh during May 25-June
8, 2011.
6. Participated in a meeting on Urdu Online Course Materials held at NCPUL, New
Delhi on Sep. 16-18, 2011.
7. Participated as a Subject Expert (External) in the Selection Committee constituted
for recruitment of staff for the dept. of Computational Linguistics, Dravidian
University, Kuppam on May 11, 2012.
8. Participated in the Final Editorial Collective Workshop of People‟s Linguistic
Survey of India (PLSI) organized by the Bhasha Research and Publication Centre,
Vadodara, Gujarat at Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR), New
Delhi from Sep. 21-23, 2012.
9. Participated as an expert in the preparation of Mission Document for the Dept. of
Linguistics, Dravidian University, Kuppam on Sep. 28, 2012.
10. Participated as an external examiner in the “M.Phil Computational Linguistics
Viva Voice examination” held at the Department of Linguistics, University of
Kerala, Trivandrum on Mar. 18, 2013.
11. Programme Advisory Committee Meeting of CIIL-MGI, Moka, Mauritius at
CIIL, Mysore from June 6-9, 2013.
41. National Conference on “Tribal Studies and Odia” at Centurion University,
Odisha in collaboration with CIIL, Mysore from Dec. 19-21, 2014.
42. National workshop on “Tamil Computational Linguistics and Language
Technology” at the M.D.T. Hindu College, Tirunelveli Dist., Tamil Nadu
from Jan. 4-6, 2016.
43. National Workshop on “Teaching Literature through Information and
Communication Technology” at Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil
Nadu from Jan. 7-8, 2016.
44. National Workshop on Semantically Classified Vocabulary (Malayalam-
English) at Central University of Kerala, Kasaragod, Kerala from Jan. 21-
27, 2016.
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12. First Core Committee Meeting w.r.t. SPPEL constitution at CIIL, Mysore from
June 13-14, 2013.
13. Second Core Committee Meeting at CIIL, Mysore – Aug. 12-14, 2013.
14. First Orientation Meeting about Collection, Transcription & Analysis of data etc.
at Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad from Aug. 29-30, 2013.
15. Workshop on finalizing the questionnaire for documentation of endangered
languages at CIIL, Mysore from Sep. 18-20, 2013.
16. Second Orientation Meeting - Collection, Transcription & Analysis of data etc. at
Gauhati University, Guwahati on Oct. 3, 2013.
17. Third Orientation Meeting - Collection, Transcription & Analysis of data etc. at
Lucknow University, Lucknow on Oct. 25, 2013.
18. Fourth Orientation Meeting - collection, transcription & analysis of data etc. at
University of Kashmir, Srinagar on Oct. 28, 2013.
19. Workshop on Linguistic Field Work at University of Kerala, Trivandrum, from
Dec. 4-13, 2013.
20. Orientation Meeting with Principal Investigator‟s of University of Kashmir at
Srinagar from Dec. 30-31, 2013.
21. Attended Meeting of the Scrutiny Board for “finalizing the setting of the Question
Papers of MA Linguistics Degree Examinations-2014” at University of Kerala,
Trivendrum on Jan. 15, 2014.
22. Workshop of Language Documentation at CIIL, Mysore from Feb. 10-11, 2014.
23. Workshop of Endangered Tribal Languages in South India at Anthropological
Survey of India, Mysore from Feb. 24-25, 2014.
24. The Intensive Course in Historical Linguistics with Special Focus on South Asian
Historical and Comparative Issues organized by University of Hyderabad in
collaboration with CIIL, Mysore at Hyderabad from 10th
Feb. to 1st Mar. 2014.
25. First Selection Committee Meeting for recruitment of Project Staff for SPPEL at
CIIL, Mysore from June 4-8, 2014.
26. Training Program on Phonetic Transcription at CIIL from Aug.4-6, 2014.
27. Workshop-cum-Training Program on field work at CIIL from Aug.18-21, 2014.
28. Orientation Meeting: Principal Investigators with Core Committee Members at
CIIL, Mysore from Sep. 26-27, 2014.
29. Workshop for Finalization of Questionnaire at CIIL, Mysore from Dec. 15-16,
2014.
30. Workshop on Module for basic grammar at CIIL, Mysore from Jan. 19-21, 2015.
31. Second Selection Committee Meeting for recruitment of Project Staff for SPPEL
at CIIL, Mysore from Jan. 30-31, 2015.
32. Coordinated a seminar entitled “3rd
Endangered and Lesser Known Languages
(ELKL-3) held at Lucknow University, Lucknow in collaboration with CIIL,
Mysore from Feb. 19-20, 2015.
33. Participated in the Expert Meeting for the Centre for Endangered Languages at
Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga on Jan. 18, 2016.
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