PANCHAPAKESA JAYARAMAN

(Dr. P. Jayaraman), (June 20, 1932) a teacher, scholar, poet & administrator, is very much dedicated to enrichment and promotion of Indian culture, values, philosophy, languages and literature.

At the request of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mumbai, India, he came to the USA in November 1980 to establish a Bhavan's branch in New York.

Books:

✦Three Text Books in Hindi

✦ Edited books on Jai Prakash Narayan & Vande Mataram (In English)

✦Hindi Grammar in Tamil, Tamil-Hindi Self-Taught

✦A Course in Hindi Kavisri Bharati

✦ A Comparative Study of Poetic Works by the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati and Hindi poet Suryakant Tripathi 'Nirala'- in Hindi

✦ Stories from Purananooru (ancient Tamil work) in Hindi.

✦ Chitrit Pratima (Hindi translation of the late Akhilan's Tamil novel Chittirap Paavai)

✦ Bhakti Ke Aayaam

✦Chinmoy Kavya

✦Silambu (Anklet)

✦ Sant Vani, a 11volume project

✦Edited and published books on Mahatma Gandhi, Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Patel, Architects and Builders of Modern India, Swami Vivekananda-The Prophet of India and Jainism-A Tribute to Ahimsa.

Awards:

✦ "Sahitya Vachaspati" award from Hindi Sahitya Sammelan ✦ "Sahitya Bhushan" award from U. P. Hindi Samsthan. ✦ His Excellency Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, President of India honored him with award for his outstanding services for the promotion of Hindi language and literature abroad for the year 2003. ◆ Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award 2006. ✦ On 31st March 2009, the President of India H. E. Smt. Pratibha Patil honored him with the award of 'Padma Sri'.

Retired from the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, USA in December 2007 after 28 years of service. He continues to teach Hindi in the Bhavan, USA.

E. Mail Address: drpjayaraman@gmail.com