Dr. K.Pajanivelou is an alumnus of Pondicherry University. He has 26 years of teaching experience. He has contributed to the compilation of contemporary dictionary of Tamil idioms and phrases. He is a recipient of the President’s Young Scholar Award in the year 2011 for his contribution to classical Tamil. His research focuses on the application of the Russian linguist Michael Baktin’s theories in Tamil literary criticism. He has written 12 books and two of his books were awarded by the Government of Pondicherry and by the Tamil Nadu Art and literature Forum in the years 2001 and 2018 respectively. He has completed one project funded by the Central Institute of Classical Tamil. He is a UGC research Awardee and has a carried out his post-doctoral research on the topic “Narratological Study of Cilapathigaram”. He has successfully guided two Ph.D. candidates and presently guiding three Ph.D. scholars.

Literary Criticism , Tamil Poetics, Classical Literatures, Lexicography