Prof. D. Amalraj is a former Professor of English. He has put in nearly
45 years of teaching and research experience. He has published so many Study
Aid-series on Shakespearean works such as Twelfth Night, The Merchant of
Venice, Julius Caser, and The Tempest. He has authored two books.
One is Literary Terms and it is a personal publication. The other is Research
Methodology for Literary Research with author ISBN as a reference text for
research scholars. Last June 2018, he has brought out his fifth edition of it. It
has been prescribed as a reference text for MA English both in Periyar
University and PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. It has been
naturally born out of his rich experience in teaching Research Methodology. It
contains all the guidelines recommended in Anderson and Poole and MLA 7th
and 8th editions. He has got his six articles on various topics in
different fields published in six printed anthologies. Two more anthologies are
expected to be published with his two articles.
He started his teaching career in June 1969 at Kandasamy Naidu College
for Men at Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. Since June 1970 till he has retired as a Selection Grade
lecturer in 2004, he has worked at Kandasamy Kandar College, Paramathy Velur,
Namakkal District in Tamil Nadu, India. Soon after his retirement, from June 15, 2004,
he has worked as the head and Research Supervisor for M.Phil regular Students
of Periyar University, Salem, India till he got relieved in December 2011. He has also
worked as a Part time Professor at Coimbatore Bishop Appasamy College, Tamil Nadu, India from June
2011 to March 2012.