M.A., M.Phil., Ph.d
Fulbright Post doctoral Fellow at Berkeley, California in 1988-89
Areas of Interest/Specialization
Economic History, Religion and Society and Gender Studies
Experience
35 years of teaching and research
Awards & Honours
Best Woman Historian award for the period from 1996-2001 given by the Indian History Congress for the book 'Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India' published by IIAS, Shimla, 2nd edition, 2007.
Fulbright Fellow in 1988-89 at Berkely, California.
Fellow of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla from 1992-1995.
Indo-Shastri Award for the year 1998 tenable at York university, Toronto.
President Of the Medieval India Section of the Indian History Congress, Mysore,2003.
International Collaboration/Consultancy
NIL
Best Peer Reviewed Publications (upto 5)
Textiles and Weavers in Medieval South India, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, 2006.
Walking Naked: Women, Society, Spirituality in South India, Indian Institute of Advanced Study, 2nd revised edition, 2007.
Biography as History, co-ed. book, Orient Blackswan, 2009
Historical Dictionary of the Tamils, Scarecrow Press, Maryland, 2007.
A to Z of the Tamils, Scarecrow Press, Maryland, 2010.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books (upto 3)
1.'The Taming Of Alli', Atlantis, 'A Women's Studies Journal, vol. 27.1, 2002, published from Canada.
2.'Chaste Widows, Cunning Wives and Amazonian Warriors', Asian Ethnology, Volume 69-1, 2010 published by the Nanzan Institute of Religion and Culture, Japan.
3. 'Perspectives on Women and Work in Precolonial south India', International Journal of Asian Studies, vol.7, part 1, Jan 2010, Cambridge University press.
