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Ajith Kanna

Professor

Centre/School/Special Centre

Centre for French and Francophone Studies,

School of Language Literature and Culture Studies

Room No

374

Off. Phone

011-26704646

Residence

09871487641

ajithkanna[at]mail[dot]jnu[dot]ac[dot]in , ajitsulo[at]yahoo[dot]com

Personal Webpage

http://www.jnu.ac.in

Qualifications

M.A., Ph.D.

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Mass Media & Social & Political History of France

Experience

18+ Years

Awards & Honours

(1) Invited to deliver a series of lectures, Reunion, France, November 2011.

(2) Scholarship to attend a Teachers’ Training Program, Quebec, Canada, July 2010.

(3) Visiting Professor at University of Sanaa, Yemen (Feb – May 2009).

(4) Fellowship for documentation work, Paris, France, (June – Aug 2005).

(5) Scholarship to participate in a training program at Languedoc, France, 2003.

(6) Scholarship to participate in Festival of Avignon, Avignon, France, July 1989.

International Collaboration/Consultancy

None

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

1) « Le cours de français pour les débutants (livre 1 & 2) », Omkar Publications, Lucknow 2002.

2) « Periyar 1000 questions/réponses. Il s’agit de Periyar », Translated from « Periyar 1000 questions & answers. It’s all about Periyar » by Prof. Chellaiah. (English to French), Dravidar Kazhagam Publications, Chennai, 2014. Book can be accessed onhttp://www.periyarquiz.com/downloads/periyar1000_french_book.pdf (please visit www.periyarquizster.com for online participation in the competition)

3) « Les castes doivent être détruites – Pourquoi? », Translated from « jaadhi ozhiyavendum – yen? » by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naicker. (Tamil to French), Dravidar Kazhagam Publications, Chennai, 2013.

4) « La libération de l’ignorance est la vraie libération pour les arundathiyars », Translated from « ariyaamaiyilirundhu perum viduthalai dhan arundathiyargal perum viduthalai » by Budhamitran. (Tamil to French), Langers, Delhi, 2013.

5) « Tragedy of Appasamy or an amazing story of a traveler », Langers, Delhi, 2013.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

1) « Translations of Thirukkural : Methods & Techniques », Rhetoric and Cognitive Expressions in Thirukkural, pp.169 -177, NCBH, Chennai, January 2015

2) « Advanced Learner's English Grammar Book », Arshia Publication, New Delhi, 2015.

3) « Caste must be destroyed – why? », Translated from « jaadhi ozhiyavendum yen? » by Periyar E.V. Ramasamy Naicker. (Tamil to English), Dravidar Kazhagam Publications, Chennai, 2013.

Patents (if any)