Dr. Prabhakaran was born in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu. He holds B.Sc. and
M.Sc. degrees in Mathematics from the University of Madras, Chennai.
After working as a lecturer in engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu for
six years, he migrated to the USA and obtained his M.S. and Ph.D. in
Computer Science and MBA in Information Management from U.S.
universities. He has held senior positions in private companies, and he
has also managed and directed Supercomputing facilities for NASA
(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and U.S. Army.
Dr. Prabhakaran is passionate about the Tamil language, Tamil
literature, Tamil culture, and the Tamils' welfare. He has served as
President of the Washington Tamil Association, Secretary of the Tamil
Nadu Foundation, and Vice President of the Federation of Tamil Sangams
of North America.
In 2003, Dr. Prabhakaran founded the Tamil Literary Study Group in
Washington, D.C. Under the auspices of this group, he conducted classes
on Tamil literature. He has coordinated and successfully conducted major
international conferences in the USA on Thirukkural, Puranaanuuru, and
Kurunthokai.
Dr. Prabhakaran has authored several blogs on Thirukkural, Puranaanuuru,
Kurunthokai, and other Tamil literary classics. He has authored books on
Puranaanuuru and Kurunthokai. He has also published his Thirukkural
related essays in English as a book under the title, “The Ageless Wisdom
(As embodied in Thirukkural).” His next book on Thirukkural, “Puthiya
paarvaiyil Thirukkural (புதிய பார்வையில் திருக்குறள்),” will be released
soon.
He has delivered several lectures on Thirukkural and Puranaanuuru in
various cities in the USA and India. His lectures are available on
YouTube.
Dr. Prabhakaran considers promoting Thirukkural and Sangam Literature in
western countries as his mission in life. He lives with his wife Geetha
in Maryland, USA.