

* As one of the four writers whose works were recorded in their own voices for the Archives of U.S. * As the ‘Woman of 1999-2000’ by the International Women’s Association. Mayor of the City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. * First Tamil writer with the prestigious ‘Honorary Citizen award’ by Dr. * As ‘Sinthanai Selvi’ by All Women’s Organizations of Trichy (1998). * As one of the fifty women who have influenced the evolution of independent India under the title ‘Women Who’ve made India’ by the magazine Femina (1997). under International Writing Program and International Visiting Program (1986).

* By The Madras & Coromandel Jaycees as an ‘Outstanding Young Person’ in the field of Journalism (1976). * Advisory Board of the Central Sahithya Academy.īoard Member of the Central Film Censor Board for three years till 1998. * Gandhigram Rural University – Gandhigram * Avinashilingam College of Home Science – Coimbatore * Senate of Bharathidasan University – Trichy * National High Level Committee for Awareness on Drug Abuse. * The Tamil and English editions of the first volume the ‘South’, the second volume the ‘East’ and the third volume the ‘West’ of this project ‘KNIT India through Literature’ have already been published. * Interviews accompanied by a creative work of the respective writer, are published along with her travelogues of the regions, as also an in-depth article by a scholar on the cultural and literary heritage of the various languages. * ‘KNIT India through Literature’ with a mission to meet and interview the statewide writers of all the 18 Indian languages that are approved by the VIIIth Schedule of Indian constitution. * LEAP (Leadership Education Action Programme) * ANBU (Awareness Needed for Betterment of Underpriviledged) * Strengthening legislation to curb drug trafficking and drug-abuse effectively. * Any problem, when attacked at various angles simultaneously is sure to lose its shape and virility. Maalan (1986)Ī citizen’s movement, which believes in betterment of society through individual awakening. * AGNI(Awakened Group for National Integration) with Mr. * Traveled with Rajiv Gandhi to write about him * ‘Thiriveni Sangamam’ as ‘Nimmathi Ungal Choice’ * Oru Pennin Kaathai (Chennai Doordarshan) * Appaa (Father – The story of G.D.Naidu) All the women in the household stand around and tell the women to bathe the ‘child’ properly, otherwise, it will catch a cold and this happened with her. When a child is born in a family, people of her community ask those women who do not have children, to bathe a grinding stone imagining it to be a child. * Founder of AGNI(Awakened Group for National Integration) * Board Member of the Central Film Censor Board for three years * Sivasankari charitable trust (CCT), 1998 * Sivasankari Charitable Foundation (CCF), 2006
