Brief Profile
• Awarded Gold Medal For securing First Rank in M.A.Linguistics, Annamalai University.
• Serving as Mentor Professor, Bharathiyar University (From 2021 for three years)
• Under Visiting professorship , Tamil university (2020-21) submitted a Research Report on the Conceptualization of Grammar by Tolkappiyar.
• Served as Reader cum Research Officer in the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 2007 -2019 (Group A Officer in the Central Civil Service Cadre, Govt. of India). Co-ordinated many academic programs in the areas of Language Technology, Language Documentation, Education Technology in collaboration with most of the universities and technological Institutions in India.
•Served as a Director in-charge in Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture (PILC) for four years and initiated many innovative programs.
-.Published seven books in English through International publishers like Springer, and four books in Tamil.
• As the Head of Educational Technology, brought out more than 200 visual episodes on Tamil language, literature, history, culture etc.
-• Sixteen Ph.Ds were awarded through my guidance
• Served as a visiting fellow in the University of Michigan from 2009-2010.
• Co-ordiantor and Resource person for Mahatma Gandhi Institute, Mauritius for developing ‘Language Resource Centre’ for Indian Languages through MHRD, Govt. of India.
• Co-ordinator for ‘Trilingual Srilanka’ program for training teachers and administrators in Tamil and English.
• Resource person for developing corpus and using technology for Singapore and Malaysians Tamil teachers.
Contribution at the National Level:
• As the Co-ordinator of the scheme for Protection and Preservation of Endangered Languages, I have co-ordinated with many Universities and Institutes to train scholars in Documenting Endangered Languages.
• Brought out a handbook for cultural documentation which is used by all universities.
• Co-ordinated with CDAC, IITs’ and Universities in evolving strategies for language technology in Indian languages through Linguistic Data consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL) project of MHRD, Govt. of India.
• My book on Tamil literary criticism (Tamil) was selected by the Govt. of the Tamilnadu as the best book of the year 2005 and won the first prize.
• The Book on Language and Power (Tamil) was selected as the best book of the year 2005 by Tamilnadu progressive writers association.
• The Institute for Tamil educational research and development, Chennai has conferred the title “Moliyiyal Semmal” for my contribution to the development of computational Tamil at national level.
• The Bhasha Institute, NGO, Wardha, Maharashtra has given a certificate of appreciation for academic contribution to the Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India.
Education
| Degree | College Name | Year Of Passing |
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| Ph.D. | Annamalai University | 1988 |
| Post Graduation | Annamalai University | 1981 |
| Post Graduation | Annamalai University | 1985 |
Experience
| Employer Name | Designation | Start From | End To |
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| Central Institute of Indian Languages ,Government of India | Reader cum research officer ( central civil service) | 01/03/2007 | 01/01/2009 |
| Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture ( Autonomous body ubder Government of Pondicherry | Director | 01/09/1996 | 01/04/2000 |
| Tamil university | visiting Professor | 01/09/2020 | 01/08/2021 |
| University of Michigan | Teaching Fellow | 01/09/2009 | 01/04/2010 |
Teaching & Research Guidance
| Level Of Teaching | Subjects |
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| Research Guidance | Language planning, Literary criticism, Second Language teaching |
| Short term/Continuing Education/Specialist Courses conducted | Linguistics, Language modernization, Language Technology, Language Documentation |
Recent and Major Publications
- Ramamoorthy (2021). "Tolkappiyarin vili marapu". Arimaa nookku, 15:2
- Ramamoorthy (2020). "Linguistic poverty". International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 49:2
- Ramamoorthy (2018). "Strategies of Teaching in the Diasporic context". Languages in India, 26
- Ramamoorthy (2017). "Samooga Oodagangalil Tamil". Panuval, 8:1
- Ramamoorthy (2016). "Ilakkiya Aayvugalil Kanini". Peyal, 3:1
- Ramamoorthy et.al (2015). "Effects of self regulated
strategy development(SRSD) instruction on ESL students essay writing and their cohesion and coherence". International Journal of Multidiscipiinary Educational Research, 5.16
- Ramamoorthy et.al (2015). "ESL students writing self -efficacy boosted by integrating different self regulated strategies :". International Journal of Research, 2.8
- Ramamoorthy et.al (2014). "Controversial issues on written corrective feedback". Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 4.7
- Ramamoorthy et.al (2014). "Corrective Feedback and writing improvement:The effect
of direct and indirect written corrective feedback on EFL learners mastery of articles". Zenith International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research, 4.9
- Ramamoorthy (2012). "Social construction Doctor Patient Relation : A study of
Tamil Jokes". Languages in India, 12:6
- Editors (2009). "The Impact of Tamil on the word structure of Pondicherry
Telugu". Word structure in Dravidian, 325
- Ramamoorthy (2008). "Power differentialsin Tamil". Languages in India, 8.5
- nil (2008). "European impact and paradigm shift in Tamil development". Literature, Caste and Society, 245
- Ramamoorthy (2003). "Solveleyattu Oru Kavipanbu Aaguma". valluvam, 20
- Ramamoorthy (2000). "Endangerment of Tribal
Languages in Indian Context". International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 38:2
- Ramamoorthy (1999). "Ideology behind Tamil Purism". International Journal of Dravidic Studies, 7:1
Research Projects Undertaken
| Project Title | Project Type | Commencement Date | Completion Date | Funding Agency |
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| Documentation of endangered Language | SPPEL | 06/07/2014 | 08/10/2017 | MHRD |
| Online materials for Urdhu | Education Technology | 06/03/2013 | 01/02/2015 | NCPUL |
| Corpus Development | Language Technology | 01/01/2012 | 31/03/2019 | MHRD |
| Bhasamandakini | Bhasamandakini-visual episodes | 01/01/2012 | 05/11/2012 | MHRD |
| Language Loyalty amoung Telugu speakers in Pondicherry | Major | 01/01/2012 | 31/12/2012 | PILC |
| Bilingualism in Thanjavur | Research | 05/03/2012 | 04/12/2012 | Tamil University |
Books / Chapters
Book - Co-Author, (2018). The Languages of Puducherry, Orient Blackswan
Pvt. Ltd, 97881250624 86Book - Co-Author, (2018). Utility and Application of
Corpus, Springer, 978-981-13- 1800-9Book - Co-Author, (2012). English-English Tamil Dictionary, Dorling Kindersley
(India) Pvt. Ltd.,, 97881317313 07Book - Co-Author, (2011). Parsing in Indian Languages, www.languageinindia
.com, 19302940Book - Sole Author, (2010). Purism in Tamil, Lap Lambert
Academic
Publishing GmbH
& Co., 9783838376745Book - Sole Author, (2010). Linguistic Purism and Language Planning in a
Multilingual Context Tamil in Pondicherry, Languagesiindia, 1930-2940Book - Sole Author, (2009). Linguistics Purism and
Language Planning in a
Multilingual Context, www.languagesinindia.com, 1930-2940Book - Sole Author, (2004). Pavendarin moli Karuttiyalkal, Tamil University, 8170903572Book - Sole Author, (2000). Language Loyalty and Language Displacement, PILC, 8185452105Book - Sole Author, (2000). Modernization of Tamil, Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture, 8185452113
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