Jeevanandam the third Ph D in Gender Studies

 Jeevanandam Sankar became the third student to get his Ph d in Gender Studies.One of my student from history rang me up and said Mam you are being partial and you never put up History students getting their degrees.I told her that History is an old Programme since 1979 but Gender studies came into existence only in 2007 and is a young programme and we have a history of more than 20 to 25 years of struggle to establish this Centre. However my history students are also dear to me and a Ph D in any discipline is a matter of pride for both the student and the teacher. I am very proud the fact that in the next convocation I will have 4 of my gender studies and 1 history student get their degree formally. All my earlier  history students who have got their Ph.D  with me are in academics.Raja is a faculty in Annamalai Univ.Lavanya in Osmania Univ, Zuali in Mizoram University anf Harish is    a faculty in Allahabad University.Padma my first student with a Ph.D in history  is a very well established Gender Consultant. All of these students are very close to my heart.

Jeeva with the external examiner Prof.Manimekhalai,  the Director of the Centre for Women's Studies at Bhartidas University, Trichnapalli and the students of Women's Studies after the viva.