P. S. Sundaram
Indian professor
P. S. Sundaram (1910–1998), born Pazmarneri Subrahmanya Sundaram, was an Indian professor of English, best known for translating the Tirukkural and various Tamil classics into English. He had degrees in English from the University of Madras and the Oxford University. He served as professor of English for about 40 years in different parts of North India.
Biography
P. S. Sundaram was born into a Tamil-speaking family. In 1930, he obtained a first-class master's degree in English literature from the Presidency College, Chennai. He went to the Oxford University for higher studies and returned to India in 1934, after which he joined the DAV College in Lahore, beginning his decades-long career as a distinguished academic. In 1938, he joined the Ravenshaw College in Cuttack as head of the English department. He went on to become the principal, and in 1953 he became a member of the Orissa Public Service Commission. With his government service ending in 1959, he was forced to seek non-government employment in his mid-forties. He then joined as principal of the Bareilly College and later continued in the same capacity at the Maharani's College in Jaipur until his retirement in 1974.
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