M. Karunanidhi Ph.D Studentship and postdoctoral research programme established at University of Cambridge

After helping establish the Ambedkar-Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, Chennai-based entrepreneur Sabarisan Vedamurthy has established the M. Karunanidhi Ph.D. Studentship and a postdoctoral research programme at the University of Cambridge.

Mr. Sabarisan and his wife Senthamarai Stalin, DMK leader M.K. Stalin’s daughter, have been included in the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors.

“Their gift to Cambridge established the M. Karunanidhi Ph.D. Studentship, alongside ongoing funding for postdoctoral research focused on the Dravidian Movement. In doing so, it honours the enduring legacy of M. Karunanidhi, the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, whose statesmanlike commitment to social welfare and inclusive progress reshaped contemporary Tamil society,” says the brochure of the Guild of Cambridge Benefactors. Mr. Sabarisan, who met Bagavanidhi, the first recipient of the Ambedkar-Kalaignar Visiting Fellowship, said his objective was to ensure sustained engagement between the SOAS and Tamil Nadu politics.