Prof. Ganesh Devy, has written and edited close to ninety books in areas including Literary Criticism, Anthropology, Education, Linguistics and Philosophy. We hear more about how Prof. Devy came to do research in languages and culture. He carried out one of the largest public linguistic survey in India and wrote many multilingual books based on findings. We hear fascinating story of Sign languages in India. We hear why Prof. Devy calls language as a bridge between consciousness and the universe. G. N. Devy has received several Lifetime Achievement Awards. He was awarded Padma Shri on 26 January 2014 in recognition of his work with denotified and nomadic tribes and endangered languages. He was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award (1993) for After Amnesia, and the SAARC Writers’ Foundation Award (2001) for his work with denotified tribals. He was given the reputed Prince Claus Award (2003) for his work for the conservation of tribal arts and craft. His Marathi book Vanaprasth received eight awards including the Durga Bhagwat Memorial Award and the Maharashtra Foundation Award. Along with Laxman Gaikwad and Mahashweta Devi, he was one of the founders of The Denotified and Nomadic Tribes Rights Action Group (DNT-RAG). He won the 2011 Linguapax Prize for his work for the preservation of linguistic diversity.
Find out more about Prof. Ganesh Devy's work at following links:
Public Linguistic Survey of India https://bhasharesearch.org/plsi
http://www.gndevy.in/
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