Webinar on "The Evidence of Sangam Tamil Corpus of Literature in Tracking the Post-Indus Legacies"under Ek Bharath Shreshta Bharat Program
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF INDIA ORGANIZED WEBINAR ON TAMIL SANGAM LITERATURE
National Library of India organized a Webinar on "The Evidence of Sangam Tamil Corpus of Literature in Tracking the Post-Indus Legacies" on June 27, 2020 at
4.00 to 5:30 PM through through video conferencing mode. Dr. R.Balakrishnan, IAS (Retd.), Indus Researcher delivered a lecture on the said
topic. Dr. Balakrishnan discussed about place names in ancient Tamil Sangam literature are associated with surnames and reflects the history and culture of TamilNadu. Ms.E.Gajalakshmi, ALIO
introduced the speaker and explained about the programme.
Dr.K.K.Kochukoshy,OSD, National Library delivered a welcome address.The program was also attended by the Officers and National Library Interns. The deliberation was followed by a lively interaction of the
participants with the resource person. The Around 100 participants from different parts in India participated in the
said webinar.Dr.Partha Sarathi Das, ALIO administrator of the GotoMeeting app hosted
the whole program and delivered the Vote of Thanks.
About the Speaker
Dr.R.Balakrishnan was born in the village Natham near Madurai in Tamilnadu. He had his graduation and Post Graduation in Tamil Literature. He is a Former Civil servant, Poet, Writer and Researcher. He served as an IAS officer in Odisha Cadre and retired in 2018 after 34 years of his service. At present he is the Chief Advisor, Office of the Chief Minister, Government of Odisha. He is an Indologist and has been working in this field for the last 30 years. He was awarded Doctor of Letters (Honoris causa) by Periyar Maniammai Deemed to be University, Thanjavur for his contribution in the field of Indology and particularly his work on Indus Valley Civilization. He is the Honorary Consultant of Indus Research Centre, Chennai founded by Iravatham Mahadevan. His publications are Anbulla Amma (1991), Siragukkul Vaanam (2012), Nattukural (2016), Irandam Sutru (2018), Kunrena Nimirndhu Nill (2018), Panmaya Kalvan (2018) and Journey of Civilization: from Indus to Vaigai (2019) which attracted wide attention across the globe in this year. He is a lyricist and his album inspired by “Thirukkural” is a huge success.
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