CURRICULUM VITAE Name : Dr. P. Perumalsamy Address for communication, Phone No. and E-mail ID: Professor cum Deputy Director Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri Mysuru - 570 006. Karnataka Date of Birth : 24.04.1961 Marital Status : Married Educational Qualifications : Phone No. 08212345024 (O) 9433022664 (M) E-mail : dr_ppsamycal@yahoo.co.in Sl. No. Education Year Percentage a) SSLC 1977 68% b) PUC 1978 63.3% c) B.Sc. (Physics) 1982 56.3% d) M.A. (Linguistics) 1986 65.4% e) Ph.D (Linguistics) 1991 f) Pragya in Hindi (under Government of India, Hindi Teaching scheme) g) Computer Training in IT and MS-Office from CMC, Kolkata Date of joining into Govt. Service : 23.10.1992 Present post held : Professor cum Deputy Director Scale of Pay : 37,400-67,000/- GP 10,000/- Name of the present Employer : Director Central Institute of Indian Languages, Manasagangotri Mysore-570 006. Karnataka 1
Languages Known : Sl. No. Language Understand Speak Read Write 1 Tamil Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 English Yes Yes Yes Yes 3 Hindi Yes Yes Yes Yes 4 Kannada Yes Yes No No 5 Bengali Yes Yes No No Professional Experience (Research/ Teaching): (A) Working Experience 1. Worked as a Junior Research Fellow in UGC sponsored Major Research Project, Bharathiar University w.e.f. 23.02.1988 to 31.12.1989. 2. Worked as a Senior Research Investigator in CIIL sponsored Research Project, Bharathiar University w.e.f. 09.03.1992 to 20.10.1992. 3. Investigator (Language) in Office of the Registrar General, India, Language Division w.e.f. 23.10.1992 to 28.02.2006. 4. Research Officer (Language) in Office of the Registrar General, India, Language Division w.e.f. 01.03.2006 to 31-03-2017 5. Professor cum Deputy Director in Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore w.e.f. 06-04-2017 onwards (B) Participation in Course/Institute, Conference/Symposium and Workshop 1. Institute/Course a. Participated in UGC sponsored three weeks Short Term Institute in Sociolinguistics (Period: 1st March, 1988 to 21 st March, 1988) b. Participated UGC cosponsored Summer Course on Inter Disciplinary Research Methodology in the 2
Study of Tribal Communities (Period: 01.06.1988 to 15.07.1988(45days) 2. Conference/Symposium i. Participated in the Third All India Tamil Linguists conference, Thanjavur and presented a paper A Sociolinguistic Analysis of the Language of Advertising (in Tamil) in 1988 ii. Participated in the Seventeenth All India Dravidian Linguists Conference, Kanyakumari and presented a paper Kinship Terms in Tamil: A Sociolinguistic Study in 1990 iii. Participated in the All India Tamil Linguists conference, Coimbatore and presented a paper Requesting pattern in Tamil: Role of Linguistic Features Making it polite on 8 th and 9 th June, 1996 iv. Participated in the Twenty fifth All India Dravidian Linguists conference, Chennai and presented a paper Pattern of Request with Reference to Different Social Groups in Tamil in 1997 v. Participated in the National Symposium on Methods in Quantitative Linguistics held at I.S.I, Kolkata and presented a paper Inter relationship between Social Status and Language Use: A case of Negative Request in 1998 3. Workshop 1. Participated in the Workshop on Literacy Material Production for Adult Learners in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Period: From 7 th August to 16 th August, 1989) 2. Participated in the Workshop on Preparation of Scientific Literatures in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada for Neo literates in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Period: 16th October to 25 th October, 1989). 3
3. Participated in the Workshop on Imparting Skills on Writing Popular science in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore (Period: 21 st February to 27 th February 1990). 4. Participated as a Resource person in the Training cum workshop programme on Problems in Teaching Tamil as First Language in the Tribal context of Nilgiris (Material Production) in Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. 5. Participated in the Regional workshop on Some Issues in Quantitative Linguistics held at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata(Period : 14 th and 15 th March, 1995) 6. Participated in the National Workshop on Statistical and Computational Intervention in Language in Plural Society: The case of India in I.S.I. Kolkata on 12 th and 13 th March, 1997 4. Research Dissertations/Reports Submitted so far a) A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language of Advertising - M.A.Dissertation-1986. b) Status Marking in Tamil: A Sociolinguistic Study-Ph.D. Dissertation-1991. c) A Sociolinguistic Survey of Tamil and Telugu Speech varieties spoken in the Western Districts of Tamil Nadu-UGC Major Research Project Report 1992. d) Under the Linguistic Survey of India Scheme the following achievements are made: i. LSI Orissa: A Linguistic Description of Kisan (Dravidian family) - The report is published ii. LSI Sikkim: Linguistic Descriptions on 1. Limbu and 2. Tamang (Tibeto Burman Family) The volume is published in website and as a book 4
iii. LSI Bihar: A Linguistic Description of Ho (Austro-Asiatic Family) - The volume is under scrutiny for publication iv. LSI West Bengal: Linguistic Descriptions on 1. Bodo and 2. Toto (Tibeto Burman Family) - The volume is published as a draft in website (B) List of Publications 1. Articles v. LSI Himachal Pradesh: A Linguistic Description on Kinnauri Language has been submitted and the volume isunder scrutiny for publication 1) Uraiyatalil Anthasthirkerpa Itamperum Panivu (Status Indicating Polite Features in Conversations) National Seminar on Current Trends in Linguistics (Commemoration Volume for Prof. S. Rajendran's Sixtieth Birthday), 2012, Editors: Dr.K.Visvanathan and Dr. P. Mangayarkarasi, Thanjavur: Tamil University. 2) Patterns of Requests with Reference to Different Social Groups in Tamil Villages in Studies in Dravidian (V.I Subramaniom Commemoration Volume I) Eds. G.K. Panikkar, B. Ramakrishna Reddy, K. Rangan & B.B. Rajapurohit, 2015, Thiruvananthapuram: International School of Dravdian Linguistics pp.281-300. 3) Documentation and Preservation of Mother Tongues Spoken in Madhya Pradesh in Bulletin 2015, Bhopal: Tribal Research and Development Institute, Vol. No. 57 (October 14-September 15) pp. 85-98. 4) Tamil Address Forms in the Changing Scenario in Recent Advances in Linguistics Eds. C.Sivashanmugam et al, 2010, Coimbatore: Bharathiar University, pp. 94-101. 5) Interrelationship between Social Status and Language Use: A case of Negative Request in Tamil in Rainbow of Linguistics Vol.II Eds. Niladri Sekhar Dash, Probal Dasgupta and Pabitra Sarkar, 2006, pp.9-16 Kolkata: T. Media Publication. 5
6) The Impact of Regional and Social Variables on the Speech Behaviour of Kota Tribe in Nilgiri Hills Eds. Swapan Kumar Banerjee and Krishna Bhattacharya, 2006-07 in Indian Journal of Linguistics Vol.25& 26, pp.191-202. 7) A Study of Communicability and Intelligibility of Advertisements in Tamil with Special Reference to Tooth Paste and Health Drink in Language in India E Journal, Ed. M.S. Thirumalai, October, 2009. 8) The Reflection of Status through Gestures in Conversation (in Tamil), in Moliyiyal Aayvugal Dept. of Linguistics, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, 2007, pp.157-167. 9) Kongu Tamil Kinship Terms in the Changed Social Situations (in Tamil) Tamiliyal Araycci, 2008, vol.13: pp. 34 59. 10) The Use of Second Person Pronoun (You (sg) / You (pl) in Conversation: Does it Show Social Solidarity or Distance (in Tamil) Tamiliyal Araycci, 2007, vol.12: pp. 17 32. 11) The Feminine Gender Discrimination in Today s Tamil Language Use (in Tamil), Tamiliyal Araycci, 2006, vol.9: pp 71 76. 12) The Strength of Tamils Who Settled in Other States and their Mono, Bi and Multilingual Skills (in Tamil) Tamiliyal Araycci, 2004, vol.5: pp. 25 40. 13) Kisan Mother Tongue, its Reflection in the Recent Censuses and its Basic Linguistic Features in Working Papers on Linguistics and Literature Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 2004, pp. 83 88. 14) Kisan in Linguistic Survey of India, office of the Registrar General, India New Delhi 2002, pp: 497 515. 15) The style of a Tamil Advertisement: A Sociolinguistic Analysis (in Tamil), Pulamai, 2001, vol. 27: pp. 63 79. 16) The Politeness Features of Tamil Language Spoken in Konku Region in Prof. Karunakaran s 60 th Birthday Commemoration Volume, 2001, pp: 198 200. 6
17) A Study on Regional and Social Perspectives of Languages: A case of Western Tamil in the Working Papers on Linguistics and Literature, Bharathiar University, 2000, pp: 131 138. 18) A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Telugu Speech Varieties Spoken in the Western Districts of Tamilnadu, in IJDL, 1998, vol. xxvii, pp: 119 124. 19) The Use of Suffixes / Word final Sound / words in the Masculine Personal Names in Pulamai, 1996, vol. 22:pp. 38 47. 20) The Use of Suffixes and the Reflection of Social Structure in Peria Puranam in Mozhiyiyal, 1988, vol. 12: 1 & 2, pp. 103 129. 21) The Language Style and Mode of Address Used in Short Stories in Ayvukkovai, 1988, pp. 331 336. 2. Book and Questionnaire 1) A Book on Molikkum Anthasthirkum Itaye Nilavum Utanuravu (An Inter Relationship Exists between Language Use and Social Status), Kolkata: Mrs. S. Vimala devi, 2013. 2) Questionnaire for ASociolinguistic Survey on Tamil and Telugu Speech Varieties Spoken in the Western Districts of Tamilnadu, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore 1988, pp. 1 37. (Prepared with the guidance of Prof. K. Karunakaran and Dr. C. Sivashanmugam) 3. E- Publication 1. Status Marking in Tamil: A Sociolinguistic Study, Ph.d. Thesis Published in Language in India E Journal, Ed. M.S. Thirumalai, June, 2008 7
Membership in esteemed Institutions/ Journals 1) Life member, International School of Dravidian Linguistics (IJDL) 2) Life member of Linguistic Society of India (Indian Linguistics) 3) Life Member, Pulamai Mandram ( Research Journal in Tamil Tamiliyal Aaraycci) Miscellaneous 1) Selected for ICSSR s award of partial assistance to Ph.D. scholars 2) A citation from UNESCO for taking part in their World Language Report 3) Additional charge in the Division s Hindi Implementation committee as Secretary, Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) on language related matters 4) Participated in the analysis of Language Data in the 1991, 2001 and 2011 Census works 5) Recipient of the Certificate of Honour and Bronze Medal towards the service rendered to Census of India, 2001. 6) Recipient of the Certificate of Honour and Silver Medal towards the service rendered to Census of India, 2011 8