E. Sundaramoorthy

E. Sundaramoorthy (5 February 1942 - 13 May 2026) was a Tamil scholar, professor and writer.

Birth He was born on 5 February 1942 in Vellalur in Coimbatore district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Academic career He worked in the departments of Tamil language, Tamil literature and publication of University of Madras in various capacities for 32 years. From December 19, 2001, to December 18, 2004, he was the Vice chancellor of Tamil University in Thanjavur. He worked in Central Institute of Classical Tamil from 2008 to 2014 as Senior Fellow. Now he is appointed as the Vice Chairperson of CICT.

Works He wrote more than 70 books on various subjects including manuscriptology, publishing, grammar, and stylistics

Overseas trips In connection with the Tamil research works he went to United States of America, Germany, Sri Lanka and Malaysia. He presented a research paper in the 10th World Tamil Conference held at Chicago, Illinois, USA.