T. Rajeswari

For several years, T. Rajeswari has been involved in the Caṅkam project coordinated by the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures (CSMC) at the University of Hamburg. Her work focuses in particular on the preparation, revision and correction of critical editions of Old Tamil texts, as well as on writing introductions to these ancient texts.

Her current research centres on compiling a lexical index for the Kalittokai, including the meanings of words in Tamil and English accompanied by a morphological analysis, as well as on producing a critical edition of the Patiṟṟuppattu.

• 1971, Bachelor of Science in Zoology, S. T. Hindu College, Nāgercoil
• 1973, Master’s degree in Tamil Language and Literature, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
• 1974, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.), Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai
• 1985, Master’s degree in Education (M.Ed.), Annamalai University, Chidambaram
• 1985, PhD in Tamil Literature, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (thesis topic: critical edition and study of the Bhāratha Māvintham)
• n.d., Postdoctoral research in Tamil literature, Department of Tamil, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram (topic: technical terminology of the Vīracōḻiyam Yāppuppaṭalam)
• n.d., Postgraduate Diploma in Manuscript Studies, Institute of Asian Studies (I.I.T.S.), Adyar, Chennai
• n.d., Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, IGNOU, Chennai

• Senior Researcher, Caṅkam project, EFEO Centre in Pondicherry, since 2004.
• Senior Researcher, NETamil project, EFEO Centre in Pondicherry, from November 2014 to May 2019.

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Tamil, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
• Research Assistant on the ‘Dictionary of Idioms and Phrases in Contemporary Tamil’ project, supervised by Prof. P. R. Subramoniam, Mozhi Trust, Tiruvānmiyūr, Chennai, from 1993 to 1994.
• Lecturer (Tamil), Bhakthavatsalam Memorial College for Women, Korattur, Chennai, from July 1994 to August 1996.
• Lecturer (Tamil), Government Arts and Science College for Women, Kumbakonam, from 27 August 1996 to 15 October 1998.
• Senior Lecturer in Tamil, Lady Willingdon Institute of Advanced Study in Education (IASE), Triplicane, Chennai, from October 1998 to 24 December 2001.

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