Awardee - Veeramani - Periyar International

HONOURABLE AWARDEES ABOUT THE AWARD

Dr. ULRIKE NIKLAS

U.Cologne, Germany

Ulrike Niklas is a Professor and Managing Director of Institute of Indology and Tamil Studies (IITS) at the University of Cologne. Her focus is on Tamil Literature, Rural Culture, Dalit Movements, General Indology and Relations between South India & South East Asia. She is also a pioneer of the ThirukkuRaL Study Center at the Cologne University.

Her thesis was on an ancient Tamil text Muththolaayiram, but she has also worked on commentaries & prosodies on many other literary & grammatical texts. She has expanded her research on Dalit & Tribal Groups like the Irulars of Tamil Nadu and is adept in handling both the Bhakthi & Rational Dravidian Literature. In addition to Tamil & German, her language skills include Latin, French, Sanskrit, Pali & other Dravidian languages.

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