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Head: Dominic Goodall

École française d'Extrême-Orient
16-19 rue Dumas
605 001 Pondicherry, India

Tel: +91 413 233 45 39
Fax: +91 413 233 08 86 goodalldominic@gmail.com
administration@efeo-pondicherry.org


PRESENTATION
LIBRARY
Retirement of Franklin Taagore
01 JUNE 22
Franklin Taagore, who has been working as a clerk at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO since 1972, retired on 1 June 2022, after a service of 50 years.
Departure of Suganya Anandakichenin
01 JULY 18
Suganya Anandakichenin, is leaving the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO to join the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, University of Hamburg after having worked here as a  ...
Departure of B. Thilakasundaram
01 JUNE 18
B. Thilakasivasundaram, who joined the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO in June 2014 as a system-administrator for the NETamil Project, has left to join Tata Consultancy Services  ...
Farewell tea for Dakshinamurthy, gardener
10 JULY 17
A farewell tea took place on Monday 10th July at 3.30 pm to bid farewell to our gardener  Dakshinamurthy, to give him a farewell gift and to wish him all the best for the future.  ...
Departure of Lal Bahadur Chokhal, watchman
02 JULY 17
Lal Bahadur Chokhal, who has been working with us as a watchman since 11th June 1999, decided to resign on 1st July 2016. We wish him good luck in his new position as a chef in a  ...
In memoriam R. Varadadesikan
02 MAY 17
It is with sorrow that we announce that R. VARADADESIKAN, Pandit of Sanskrit and Tamil at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO, passed away on 2nd May 2017 at the age of 94. He dedicated  ...
Farewell to Salette Marie
01 MARCH 17
With a heavy heart, Salette Marie decided to take early retirement on 1st March, for health reasons. She personally invited everyone to tea on 28th February to celebrate the many  ...
Venkataraja Sarma, receiving an award from President Abdul Kalam in Delhi
Venkataraja Sarma, receiving an award from President Abdul Kalam in Delhi
Departure of Professor V. Venkataraja Sarma
31 DECEMBER 16
In the field of Sanskrit grammar, V. Venkataraja Sarma has long been working in collaboration with François Grimal on the Dictionary of Examples of Paninian Grammar, the  ...
Devaki Sabkota says her farewells
Devaki Sabkota says her farewells
Departure of Nirajan Kafle and Devaki Sabkota
07 MARCH 16
Nirajan Kafle and Devaki Sabkota, who have been active participants in the intellectual life of the Centre over the past year, left today for the Netherlands. Both have made  ...
Ravi (G. Ravindran)
Ravi (G. Ravindran)
In memoriam G. Ravindran (1960–2015).
25 DECEMBER 15
Photographer at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO from 3rd May 1979 until today, in recent years, Ravi has digitised countless palm-leaves in South Indian archives for  ...
Departure of Manjunath Bhat
01 NOVEMBER 13
Manjunath BHAT, who joined the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO as a Researcher in September 2011 and worked on Bālarāmāyaṇa project with Dr. H.N. Bhat and on a critical  ...
H.N. Bhat (Pondicherry Centre) retires
28 FEBRUARY 13
Dr. H.N. Bhat, Sanskritist, retired on 28th February 2013 after almost 24 years of service at the Pondicherry Centre of the École française  ...
Departure of D. Krishnaraj, Watchman
22 APRIL 12
Krishnaraj D., Service Agent, has retired from the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO on 22nd April 2012, after 20 years of service as a security agent. He has joined another company in  ...
Departure of Daniele Cuneo (EFEO scholar and former member of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Vienna University)
04 NOVEMBER 11
Daniele Cuneo, former member of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies, Vienna University, left Pondicherry on November 4th, after a one-month stay, with  ...
a manuscript leaf of the Saubhagyacandratapa
a manuscript leaf of the Saubhagyacandratapa
Departure of Elaine Fisher (Fulbright scholar, Columbia University)
28 SEPTEMBER 11
Elaine Fisher (Fulbright scholar and doctoral student of Comlumbia University, US) has left Pondicherry after having been affiliated for almost a year to the the EFEO Center in  ...
Retirement of Marie-Therese, Service Agent
01 JULY 11
Mery Therase A., Service Agent, has retired for health reasons from the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO on 1st July 2011, after 19 years of service as a maid.
Departure of V. Lalitha
30 JUNE 11
V. Lalitha, research fellow, has retired from the EFEO Centre of Pondichéry on July 1st. She will return to her native region, Kerala, after 17 years of service. She has  ...
Departure of Leah Comeau (Fulbright scholar)
29 JUNE 11
Leah Comeau, a Fulbright researcher affiliated to the EFEO Centre of Pondicherry, has gone back to USA after a year spent in the EFEO Centre of Pondicherry in order to continue her  ...
Nirajan Kafle in the library at 19 Dumas Street
Nirajan Kafle in the library at 19 Dumas Street
Departure of Nirajan Kafle
02 MAY 11
Nirajan Kafle is returning to Nepal after 3 years of doctoral studies in the Franco-German “Early Tantra” project, a project co-financed by the ANR  (Agence  ...
Dominic Goodall announces his departure
Dominic Goodall announces his departure
Departure of Dominic Goodall
28 APRIL 11
Dominic Goodall, posted at the Pondicherry Centre of the EFEO since 2000 and Head of the Centre since 2000, left Pondicherry at the end of April. He is now posted in Paris, where he  ...