professor Dr S Singaravelu | |
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| Born | Singaravelu Sachithanantham 22 December 1936 |
| Died | 13 January 2020(2020-01-13) (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | Indologist and lawyer |
| Title | Professor Emeritus |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Madras,University of Malaya in Singapore (B.A.) University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (M.A.) (PhD) University of London (L.L.B.) |
| Alma mater | University of London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Indology |
| Notable works | The Ramayana Tradition in South-East Asia,The Social Life of the Tamils,Thirukkural Trilingual |
Singaravelu Sachithanantham (22 December 1936 – 13 January 2020) was aMalaysianIndologist and lawyer. He wasProfessor Emeritus at theUniversity of Malaya.[1]
Singaravelu Sachithanantham was born inThopputhurai,Chennai in India on 22 December 1936. He obtained three Bachelor of Arts degrees: his first in Economics, History and Tamil from theUniversity of Madras in 1957; his second in Economics, History and Indian Studies from the University of Malaya (Singapore) in 1959, and his third in Indian Studies (First Class Honours) from the University of Malaya in 1960. He received hisM.A. and PhD in 1965 and 1981 respectively, both from University of Malaya.
After retiring from full time academia, he pursued a legal career as an Advocate and Solicitor in theMalaysian High Courts, having obtained hisBachelor of Laws (LLB) Honours degree as an external candidate at theUniversity of London in 1989 and called to theBar on 24 November 1995.
Singaravelu was professor ofIndian Studies in the Faculty of Arts andSocial Sciences,University Malaya from 1980,[2] becomingProfessor Emeritus from 2004.[3] He wrote extensively aboutIndian,Tamil andSouth-East Asian culture, and served as Head of Department of Indian Studies, University Malaya between 1969 and 1984.[4] His notable works include The Ramayana Tradition in South-East Asia,[5] The Social Life of the Tamils[6] andThirukkural Trilingual[7] (a classic Indian text translated into English and Malay). He was one of the first lecturers in University Malaya to teach Indian Studies courses inBahasa Malaysia (the Malay language) in addition to the requisiteTamil and English, which enabled a wider stream of students to pursue courses such as Tamil Culture and Civilisation in Malaysia's national language. Under the guidance of his mentorProfessor Xavier Thaninayagam, he began researching links between Indian culture and South East Asia. His Ph.D. thesis on the Ramayana Tradition compared in detail the original literary Ramayana ofValmiki version inSanskrit with the later Tamil version ofKambaramayanam, the Malay literary versionHikayat Seri Rama and the ThaiRamakien of KingRama I.
Singaravelu died on 13 January 2020 at his home inPetaling Jaya, Selangor at the age of 83.[8]
He was made aCompanion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal Family of Malaysia in 1991.[9][10]
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