A. R. Venkatachalapathy

Venkatachalapathy was born on 30 September 1967. ==Education==

Venkatachalapathy obtained his B.Com degree from University of Madras in 1987 and his MA in History from Madurai Kamaraj University in 1989. He received his PhD in history from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 1995. ==Career==

Venkatachalapathy worked in the History Department of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University from 1995 to 2000 and that of University of Madras from 2000 to 2001. Since June 2001, he has been a faculty member of the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS). His main areas of research are social and cultural history of colonial Tamil Nadu. He is regularly involved in 'The Hindu Literary Festival' (The Hindu Lit for Life) annual events as a speaker, interviewer, resource person etc. He also reviews books in The Hindu. In 2007, he was awarded the V. K. R. V. Rao prize in Social Science Research. He also writes columns for The Hindu, Frontline, Outlook, India Today, Dinamalar and Kalachuvadu magazine. ==Awards and fellowships==

• Sahitya Akademi Award, 2024 • Visiting Fellow, , Paris (1996). • Visiting Fellow, Indo-French Cultural Exchange Programme, , Paris (1997–1998). • Visiting assistant professor, Department of South Asian Languages and Civilizations, University of Chicago (1999). • UPE Visiting Fellow, University of Hyderabad (2005). • Charles Wallace Visiting Fellow, Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge (2006). • V. K. R. V. Rao prize in Social Science Research (2007) ==Bibliography==