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Issue No. 50
இதழ் 50 [ ஆகஸ்ட் 16 - செப்டம்பர் 17, 2008 ] 
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Educational Qualifications 1945 SSLC, St. Joseph's High School, Thiruchirapalli (First rank in the school) 1947 Intermediate, St. Joseph's College, Thiruchirapalli 1949 B.Sc. (Chemistry), Vivekananda College, Chennai 1952 B.L., Madras Law College, Madras 1953 Law Apprentice, District & Sessions Court, Thiruchirapalli I.A.S. Competitive Examinations (First rank from Madras Presidency) 1954 Joined Indian Foreign Service in 1954, but transferred on request to the Indian Administrative Service, TamilNadu cadre Service Record 1954-55 I.A.S. Probationer, I.A.S. Training School, New Delhi 1955-56 Assistant Collector (under training), Coimbatore District 1956-58 Sub-Collector, Pollachi 1958-61 Assistant Financial Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, New Delhi 1961-62 Deputy Secretary, Industries Department, Government of TamilNadu, Chennai 1962-66 Director of Handlooms and Textiles, TamilNadu Projects handled: Construction of nine co-operative spinning mills Establishment of Handloom Finance Corporation (First Chairman) Started Handloom Weavers Provident Fund Scheme 1966 Joint-Secretary, Food Department, and Special Officer, TUCS Project handled: Kamadhenu Co-operative supermarket, Chennai 1966-67 Private Secretary to Food Minister, Government of India, New Delhi 1967-70 Managing Director, Modern Bakeries (India) Ltd., Ministry of Food, Government of India, New Delhi Project handled: Establishment of nine Modern Bakery units, one each in 9 States, with Australian and Canadian collaboration 1972-74 Chairman, TamilNadu State Textile Corporation Project handled: Took over 12 closed textile mills in Coimbatore district and turned them round to make profits in 2 years 1974-79 Joint Secretary, Ministry of Industries, Government of India, New Delhi Project handled: Secretariat for Industrial Approvals dealing with Industrial Licensing, Foreign Collaboration, Import of Capital Goods etc. 1979-80 Managing Director, TamilNadu Industrial Development Corporation Important projects handled: TamilNadu Industrial Explosives, Ranipet Titan Watch Company, Hosur 1980 Secretary to Government, Industries Department, Government of TamilNadu Voluntary retirement from I.A.S. in October to take up full- time academic work Research Activities 1961-68 Research on Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions (first phase) Important publications: 1965 - Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions of the Cheras of the Sangam Age at Pugalur 1966 - Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions of the Pandyas of the Sangam Age at Mangulam 1966 - Corpus of the Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions (Monograph) 1968-86 Research on the Indus Script (first phase) 1977 Publication of The Indus Script: Texts, Concordance and Tables (in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, and the Archaeological Survey of India, New Delhi) 1991-2003 Research on Tamil-Brahmi Inscriptions (second phase) 1991-96 - Second round of field work for copying the cave inscriptions 2003 - Published Early Tamil Epigraphy (Cre-A & Harvard University) 2003 - until now Research on the Indus Script (second phase) 2007 Established the Indus Research Centre at Roja Muthiah Research Library, Chennai Working on the book Interpreting the Indus Script: The Dravidian Model (to be published by Penguin India in 2009) Other research publications Published more than a hundred research papers in English and Tamil on the Indus and the Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions in various journals and other publications in India and abroad (Bibliographies including reviews are available in this volume) Participation in International Conferences Presented papers at the Conference-Seminars on Tamil Studies at Kualalumpur (1966 & 1987), Chennai (1968), Paris (1970), Madurai (1981) and Thanjavur (1995) Also presented papers on the Indus Script at International conferences at Helsinki (1980, 1993), Tokyo (1983), Philadelphia (1978, 1999), California (1999) and Harvard (2003) Academic offices and posts held 1980-90 Co-ordinator, International Association of Tamil Research 1987-91 Editor, Dinamani, Chennai 1988 President, Archaeology Section, Indian History Congress at Dharwar 1998 General President, Annual Congress of the Epigraphical Society of India at Thrissur 2001 General President, Indian History Congress at Bhopal 2004 Hon. Rector, Madura College, Madurai 2004-05 Hon. Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies Member, Tamil Valarchi Kazhakam, University of Madras Member, Mozhi Trust, Chennai Member, U.Ve. Swaminathaiyar Research Library, Chennai Hon. Consultant, Indus Research Centre, RMRL, Chennai Awards and Distinctions 1945 Fr. Betram Gold Medal 1945-47 Fr. Betram Scholarship 1947 Rt. Hon. V.S. Srinivasa Sastri Gold Medal 1970-72 Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship 1992-95 National Fellowship, Indian Council of Historical Research 1995 Gold Medal and the title Tamil Chemmal (Madurai Kamaraj University) 1998 Copper plaque of the TamilNadu Archaeological Society 2001 Award by the Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America 2003 Dr. M. Rajamanikkanar Centre for Historical Research, Thiruchirapalli: Award for achievements in Tamil Epigraphy 2004 Prof. V. Chelvanayakam Award, Colombo, Srilanka Probus Club of Chennai: Scroll of Honour : Probus Award of Excellence (Sponsored by the Rotary Club, Chennai) 2005 Tirukoyilur Cultural Academy:Award of Gold Medal and the title 'Kapila-vanar' In recognition of services to Tamil Epigraphy 2006 P.L.Gupta Medal, by the South Indian Numismatic Society Tiruvavaduthurai Adheenam Annual Award for 2006: Award of the title 'Sentamizh Selvar' Sri Gomathesvara Vidyapeetha, Sravanabelegola, Karnataka: Cash Award of Rs.21,000 for deciphering ancient Jaina Tamil-Brahmi Cave Inscriptions in TamilNadu 2007 The Madras Sanskrit College Centenary Awards: Award of the Title 'Prachina-Tattva-Chintamani'. For historical and archaeological research Dharmapuram Adheenam Annual Award for 2007: Award of Gold medal and the title 'Semmozhi Selvar'. For services to Tamil Journalism and Epigraphy 2008 Dravidian University Award Personal Life Married to Gowri in 1955. They have 2 sons. The elder son, Vidyasagar, who was working as an Engineer, died in a tragic accident in 1986. Gowri Mahadevan died in 1992. The younger son, Prof. Sridhar Mahadevan, is teaching at the University of Mass., USA. Iravatham Mahadevan has two grandchildren. He has founded the Vidyasagar Educational Trust in memory of his elder son with a personal donation of Rs.fifty lakhs. The Trust has donated Rs.40 lakhs to Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, to establish the Vidyasagar Institute of Bio-Medical Technology and Science, affiliated to BITS, Pilani, for M.S. and Phd., degrees. The Trust is also awarding annual scholarships to poor students studying in polytechnics and industrial training institutes in TamilNadu. Iravatham Mahadevan lives at Chennai. Address No.B1, Narumukai Apts., Brindavan Nagar Extn., Adambakkam, Chennai 600 088. Tel : 044 2253 3230. Email ID : iravatham@vsnl.net this is txt file |
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