G. Balasubramanian served as the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, India, from 4 October 2018தமிழ்ப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் புதிய துணைவேந்தர் பொறுப்பேற்பு, தினமணி, 5 அக்டோபர் 2018G.BalasubramanianG.Balasubramanian, Vice Chancellor, Tamil University to 3 October 2021.
Birth He was born on 15 April 1959 at Kaduvakkudi village in Mannargudi taluk in Thiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. He did his M.A. in Linguistics (1983) and in Tamil literature (1989) and Ph.D. at Madurai Kamaraj University.
Profession He worked as research fellow and research associate (1987–89) in the Department of Ancient Industries of Tamil University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu Lecturer and Reader (1989-2006) in Linguistics (Tamil), Department of Malayalam of University of Calicut, Kerala, Associate Professor and Professor (2006-2009, 2011–16) and Rector (2016–18) in Department of Dravidian and Computational Linguistics, of Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, Visiting Professor of Tamil in Department of South Asian Studies, of Faculty of Oriental Studies, Warsaw University, Poland (2009–11).தஞ்சை தமிழ்ப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தின் துணைவேந்தராக ஜி.பாலசுப்பிரமணியன் நியமனம், தினத்தந்தி, 30 செப்டம்பர் 2018தஞ்சாவூர் தமிழ்ப் பல்கலை.க்கு புதிய துணைவேந்தர் நியமனம், தினமணி, 30 செப்டம்பர் 2018 He wrote many research articles on linguistics and Tamilology.சங்க இலக்கியத்தில் இயற்கைக்குறியீடு, அடையாளம், புத்தாநத்தம், ப.i.
Research works Other academic visits Visited Charles University in Prague as a consultant for the Project on Pandanus, 30 July - 4 August 2011 External Examiner for BATL, SIM/SUSS University, Singapore, 4–7 October 2015, 5–6 October 2016 and 9–10 October 2017 Participated and presented a paper in the International Conference on "Dictionaries in Asia: Research and Pedagogical Implications", held at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 26–29 March 1997ஒப்பு நோக்கு, ஸ்ரீ வெங்கடேஸ்வரா பப்ளிகேசன்ஸ், குப்பம், பின் அட்டை
Translation He knew Tamil (mother tongue), English, Malayalam and Telugu (working knowledge). He translated many articles from Tamil to Malayalam and vice versa.
Other works His projects include Survey, Documentation and Revitalization of Endangered Languages in the Border Districts of Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh, Krishnagiri of Tamil Nadu and Kolar of Karnataka (UGC, 2015-2020), Border area Bilingualism of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh : A Study of Language Attitudes, Language Use and Convergence (UGC, 2015-2019), Malama:kku: A Linguistic Description and Assessment of Language Endangerment (UGC), Language of Malakka:ran: Phonology with Vocabulary (Dravidian University, 2007–08) and Linguistic Description of Mahl (Lakshadweep Socio-cultural Research Commission, 2001–02) He presented and published more than 20 research articles in national and international level.
Books Translated Zero Degree, the Tamil Novel (by Charu Nivedita) from Tamil into Malayalam, (Co-translator: P.M.Girish), Current Books, Thrissur, First Impression, September 2001Zero Degree was translated into Malayalam in 1999 by Dr. G. Balasubrahmanian and Dr. P.M. Gireesh Studies in Linguistics, Prof.T.B.Venugopala Panicker Felicitation Volume, (Ed) University of Calicut, 2006Studies in linguistics : Prof. T.B. Venugopala Panicker felicitation volume, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries Translated the book Flowers and Formulas (by Jaroslav Vacek) from English into Tamil as Saṅga Ilakkiyattil iyaṟkaikKuṟiyiiṭu:Ainthiṇai Malarkaḷum, Marapukaḷum, (), Adayalam, Putthanattham, I Edition, 2015நூல் அரங்கம், வரப்பெற்றோம், தினமணி, 1 சூலை 2019 Moziyiyal oppu Nōkku, (), Sri Venkateswara Publications, Kuppam, I Edition, 2018இந்த வாரம் கலா ரசிகன், தினமணி, 14 ஏப்ரல் 2019 Reflections in Applied Linguistics, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi, First Impression, August 2018
Awards State Teacher Award for 2013 (Government of Andhra Pradesh)
References
External links New VC for Tamil varsity, The Hindu, 30 September 2018 முதலமைச்சர் எடப்பாடி பழனிச்சாமியை தஞ்சை தமிழ் பல்கலை. துணைவேந்தர் சந்திப்பு, தந்தி டிவி, 1 அக்டோபர் 2018