V. Gopalakrishna (Institute of Asian Studies, Chennai)

Dr. V. Gopalakrishna
Professor & Head, Department of Kannada Studies
Institute of Asian Studies
Chemmancherry, Chennai - 600 119  INDIA

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Description of work:

Dr. V. Gopalakrishna is a post-graduate and a doctoral degree holder in
Kannada of Bangalore University, and has studied Malayalam, Sanskrit,
Telugu, Hindi and Tamil as well as English. Dr. Gopalakrishna, a toponymist
specialising in place names, is currently guiding several research scholars
to PhD degree in comparative studies. He has translated several works from
Malayalam to Kannada and vice-versa besides composing original scholarly
works in Kannada. He is editing A Multilingual Dictionary
(Kannada-Kannada-English-Tamil-Japanese) and multi-volume Encyclopaedia of
the Folk Culture of Karnataka as well as manuscripts and commemorative
volume projects. He is a life member of the Dravidian Linguistics
Association, the Place-name Society of India, Kannada Sahitiya Parishat,
Karnataka Itihasa Akademi, etc.

Dr. Gopalakrishna has published over 60 articles on place names,
linguistics and literature. His books include:

Kandara (1978) a collection of Malayalam short stories rendered into Kannada;

Sthalanama Adhyayangalu (1988) a collection of research papers in Kannada
on place-name studies;

Kannada Samskaram Nammude Abhimanam (1990) a Malayalam monograph translated
from Kannada;

Namakkal Ramalinga Pillai (1993) Kannada rendering of Tamil biography,
Sahitiya Akademi;

Tatvamasi, Kannada rendering of original Malayalam work, Sahitiya Akademi

Tanjavur to Vijayarajagiridurga, (editor) a travelogue in Kannada edited
from palmleaf manuscript (1997).

Keywords: Kannada, Karnataka, toponymy, folklore, lexicography,
multilingual dictionary