Avvai Natarajan

Avvai Natarajan
Born(1936-04-24)24 April 1936
Cheyyar, Madras Presidency, British India (now Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu, India)
Died21 November 2022(2022-11-21) (aged 86)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Occupation(s)Scholar, educationist
AwardsPadma Shri
WebsiteOfficial web site

Avvai Natarajan (24 April 1936 – 21 November 2022) was an Indian scholar and educationist who was 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, was a secretary to the Government of Tamil Nadu in the Department of Tamil Language Development and Culture.[2] Holder of an MLitt and a doctoral degree (PhD) in Tamil literature,[3] Natarajan has also worked as the Vice Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur.[2][4] He was 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.[5] He also sat in the advisory councils of Sattakadir[6] and the Madras Development Society.[7] He has delivered keynote addresses in many seminars[8] and held the chair of the selection committee of the Aram Award.[9] In 2011, the Government of India honoured him with the civilian award of Padma Shri, honoring his contributions towards Tamil language and culture.[1]

Death

Natarajan died in Chennai, Tamil Nadu on 21 November 2022, at the age of 86.[10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Padma Shri" (PDF). Padma Shri. 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "ISRC". ISRC. 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Milestone - Avvai Natarajan 1". Video. YouTube. 6 October 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ^ "The Hindu". The Hindu. 17 March 2011. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. ^ "CICT". CICT. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  6. ^ "Sattakadir". Sattakadir. 2014. Archived from the original on 5 December 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  7. ^ "MDS". MDS. 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Speech". Sai Ram Engineering College. 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Business Wire". Business Wire. 2014. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  10. ^ தினத்தந்தி (21 November 2022). "தமிழறிஞர் அவ்வை நடராஜன் காலமானார்". www.dailythanthi.com (in Tamil). Retrieved 21 November 2022.