Prof. Purushothama Bilimale

Short Profile

 

Current Position:

 

Formerly:

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale Former Professor of Kannada

School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies

Jawaharlal Nehru University

New Delhi-110067

 

Permanent Address:

 

6098/8, Santhushti Apartments,

Sector-D, Pocket-6,

Vasant Kunj, New Delhi – 110 070,

Phone: 011-26134345, 9811733378

Email: pbilimale@gmail.com

 

Area of Specialization:

 

Language, Literature and Culture Studies, Literary Criticism, Indian Folklore, Tulu studies, and Yakshagana.

Profile:

 

Dr. Purushothama Bilimale (August 21, 1955) has served for many years as Professor of Kannada at the Kannada University, Hampi, Karnataka and then as a Director (Programs) at the American Institute of Indian studies,NewDelhi.HehasretiredasaProfessorofKannadaattheCentre of Indian Languages, School of Language, literature and Culture Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi during2020. Currently he is heading Kannada Program of the American Instituter of Indian Studies, New Delhi.

 

Prof. Bilimale is a teacher, writer, columnist, and consultant who helped students and researchers for over forty years. He has edited and revised publications that include reports, theses, dissertations, textbooks, proposals, essays, stories, and articles. He has led writing and editing workshops for students and teachers.

 

 

As a professor at the Kannada Language Chair, JNU, he has promoted excellence in teaching, researching and publishingon language, literature and culture of Karnataka in all its multilingual and plural manifestations. The Chair encouraged comparative studies across a wide range of domains and also aims at disseminating knowledge of Kannada language, literature and culture both at National and International levels. The Chair has taken translation projects with the objective of rendering into English a whole gamut of classical and non-classicalKannada textsof seminal nature. He is also working for empowering minor languages including Tulu and Kodava through publishing papers, organizing seminars and workshops.

 

AsaDirector(Programs),hecoordinatedAIISLanguageProgramsbetween 2008-2015. He taught Kannada for Summer Language students and Academicyearstudentsduring2020&2021.Healsodevelopedawebsite for Kannada Language learning ( www.kannadakalike.org) though which anyone can learn Kannada up to the intermediate level. As a scholar, Prof. Bilimale has published 27 books and 80 articles on range of disciplines, including literature, folklore and culturalstudies.

 

Prof. Bilimale hasdelivered lectures in most of the prestigious Universities including Tokyo, Colombia, Hebrew, Chicago, Hawaii and Texas. He has published 29 books and 75 articles both in Kannada and English. The recent book ‘Crow Touched Water’ has received Karnataka Sahithya Academy award. 

 

Prof. Purushothama Bilimale has received many prestigious awards such as Karnataka State award and Folklore academy. He was also received Japan Foundation Award during 2008 and Council of American Overseas Research Council grant ( CAORC) during 2014.

 

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