G. Balasubramanian

G. Balasubramanian served as the Vice-Chancellor of Tamil University, Thanjavur, in Tamil Nadu, India, from 4 October 2018 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. He wrote many research articles on linguistics and Tamilology.

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 1997 Studies in Linguistics, Prof.T.B.Venugopala Panicker Felicitation Volume, (Ed) University of Calicut, 2006 Translated the book Flowers and Formulas (by Jaroslav Vacek) from English into Tamil as Saṅga Ilakkiyattil iyaṟkaikKuṟiyiiṭu:Ainthiṇai Malarkaḷum, Marapukaḷum, , Adayalam, Putthanattham, I Edition, 2015 Moziyiyal oppu Nōkku, , Sri Venkateswara Publications, Kuppam, I Edition, 2018 Reflections in Applied Linguistics, Excel India Publishers, New Delhi, First Impression, August 2018

Awards State Teacher Award for 2013 (Government of Andhra Pradesh)