Educational Qualifications

  • 2018
    PhD (Tamil), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

  • 2012
    MPhil (Tamil), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

  • 2010
    Bachelor of Education (Tamil Language Teaching), Gandhigram Rural Institute, India.

  • 2009
    MA, (Tamil and Indian Literature) Gandhigram Rural University, India.

  • 2007
    BA, (Tamil) Periyar University, India.

  • 2008
    PGDJMC, Madurai Kamaraj University, India.

  • 2012
    COP (Mongolian Language), Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Academic and Professional Experience

  • 2023 – Present
    Senior Lecturer & Head, Tamil Language and Literature Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences.

  • 2024
    Visiting Lecturer, The Open University of Sri Lanka.

  • 2018 – 2022
    Lecturer & Head, Tamil Language and Literature Programme, Singapore University of Social Sciences

  • 2015 - 2017
    Tamil Language Teaching Assistant, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India.

Selected Publications

Research Papers:

Manivannan Murugesan, & Dr. N. Chandra Segaran, (July 2018)
Institutional Modernity Depicted in Tamil Fiction, Arima Nokku (Quarterly International Journal), Chennai, India, 41-46, ISSN: 2320-4842.

Manivannan Murugesan, (January 2018)
Subramania Bharati and Bengali Literature - A Comparative Study, Bangabidya: International Journal of Bengal Studies, Vol: 10, Kolkata, India. 408-422. ISSN: 2277- 7717.

Manivannan Murugesan, (January – February 2018)
A Comparative Study of Lakshminath Bezbaroa and Subramania Bharati, Indian Literature Sahitya Akademi’s Bimonthly Journal, No:303, Vol.LXI, No:1, 166-180, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, India. ISSN: 0019580-4.

Manivannan Murugesan, & Dr. N. Chandra Segaran, (July – Septemper 2017)
Tamiḻil Cutantirattiṟkup Pintaiya Puṉaikatai Ilakkiyaṅkaḷil Navīṉattuvam, Journal of Modern Thamizh Research (A Quarterly International Multilateral Thamizh Journal), Vol-5, No-3, 222-238. Raja Publications, Thiruchirappalli, India, ISSN: 2321-984X.

Manivannan M., (June 2017)
Pāratiyārum Intiya Ilakkiyamum (Bharathiar and Indian Literature), Ungal Noolagam (Monthly Journal), New Century Book House (P) Ltd., Chennai, India, 65-69. ISSN: 2394- 7535-29.

Manivannan Murugesan, (October 2016)
Emerging Environmental Consciousness in Modern Tamil Poetry, the International Conference on Literature, Faculty of Languages and Arts, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.329-351. ISBN: 978-602-74971-1-5.

Manivannan M., Cevvilakkiya Aṅkata Marapu Tamiḻ Intik Kavitaikaḷ (Classical Literary Satirical Tradition in Modern Tamil and Hindi poems),New Century Book House (P) Ltd., Chennai, India, 153-163. ISBN: 978-81-2342-880-2.


Book Review:

Manivannan M., (July 2016)
Bārati Kaviñaṉum Kāppurimaiyum (Copyright History of Bharati’s writings) – by A.R.Venkatachalapathy, Ungal Noolagam (Monthly Journal), New Century Book House (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. 28-33. ISSN: 2394-7535-18


Invited Lectures:

International Seminar on “Comparative Studies of Tamil Malayalam Agricultural Songs, Riddles, Customs ad Beliefs”, organized by Manonmaniam Sundaranar International Centre for Dravidian Cultural Studies, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. 5th December 2024.

Panellist, Singapore Writers Festival. 17th November 2024.

International Seminar on “Epic Tradition in Tamil and Malayalam Literature”, organized by Department of Tamil, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. 22nd January 2022.

4th Tamil language lecture series, Academy of Singapore Teachers (AST), Ministry of Education. 14th October 2021.

Classical Status Quo of Modern Indian Languages; the road map ahead with emphasis on Tamil language, LangFest 2018: 4th International Conclave on Mother Language at India International Centre, New Delhi. 18th February 2018.

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