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A. Harindranath

Born on November 15, 1956

Birth Place: Vellur, (via) Payyannur, Kannur (Dt), Kerala State, India.

Father: A.V. Haridasan Nambiar

Mother: A. Sarojini Amma

B. Sc (Physics), Sree Krishna College, Guruvayur, Kerala (1977)

M. Sc (Physics), Calicut University, Kerala (1979)
Ph. D. (Physics), The City University of New York (1985), Subject: Theoretical Nuclear Physics
1985-1994: Post Doctoral Associate, Visiting Associate and Post Doctoral Associate at Iowa State University, California Institute of Technology and The Ohio State University.
Joined Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata as Associate Professor in 1994. Currently Senior Professor, SINP.
Coauthor of about sixty publications in international journals. Guide to five Ph. D. theses in the area of Quantum Field Theory.
Extra curricular activities:
Won first prize in Malayalam poetry competition, school division, conducted by Mathrubhumi Weekly in 1971 and 1972.
(Poems "Dussasanan" and "Anudyutaparvam" inspired by Vyasa Mahabharata.)
Maintainer of
1) Mahabharata Resources Page at
http://www.mahabharata-resources.org
2)  Harivamsa Resources, Krishnanattam resources, etc. at

http://www.dvaipayana.net/

Currently (2013) spending spare time on studying Harivamsa
(http://www.dvaipayana.net/harivamsa/harivamsa.html)

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Purushothaman Avaroth
Born February 1955
wife: Shailaja (marriage in 1985), daughter: Aswathi (1988), son: Unnikrishnan (1991)
Chemical Engineer (B. Tech, IIT, Madras (1977), M. Tech, IIT Mumbai (1981)
Working as Project Manager, (Design of Chemical and Pharmaceutical Plants)

Address:

Other Works:

• Interested in watching Krishnanattam performances (a temple ritual theatre performed at Krishna temple, Guruvayur) and collecting information on it. Wrote following articles on Krishnanattam jointly with A. Harindranath.
  • Krishnanattam - An Overview
    http://www.dvaipayana.net/krishnanattam/Krishnanattam.html
  • Naraka-Satyabhama yuddham in Krishnanattam
    http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/performance/satya-naraka.pdf
  • Krishnadushcheshthitakathanam in Krishnanattam
    http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/performance/kdkkf.pdf
• Reading Mahabharata (versions in English and Malayalam) and related articles. Translating articles etc. on Mahabharata from English to Malayalam and vice versa. Wrote following articles on Mahabharata jointly with A. Harindranath.
  • Mahabharata Variations in Malayalam
    http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/variations/mvm.pdf
  • Nizhalkkuttu and other Mahabharata Episodes from Kerala
    http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/variations/mbh_conf1_paper_ap_ah.pdf
  • "Yatrasayayamgrho Muni"
    http://www.mahabharata-resources.org/ola/ola/yatrasayam.pdf

At present, engaged in translating Harivamsa from Sanskrit to English. On-going translation available at
http://mahabharata-resources.org/harivamsa/harivamsa-cs-index.html