Professor Gauthaman is the Head of the Department of Tamil, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre of Post Graduate Studies in Pondicherry. He received his Ph.D. from Madras University for his thesis on the writings of Madavayya. Prof. Gauthaman is a widely respected literary and cultural critic of Tamil. He has written extensively on Dalit perspectives on Tamil culture from the Sangam age to modernist literature.
His many scholarly publications include: Enpatukakalil Tamilkalaccaram, Bangalore: Kavya, 1992; Dalit Panpadu, Pondicherry: Kauri Patippakam, 1993; Dalit Parveyil Tamil Panpadu, Pondicherry: Kauri Patippakam, 1994; Aram/Adhkaram, Coimbatore: Vidiyal Pithippagam; Pudumaippittan Enum Birammarakshas Chennai: Tamilini, 2000; Ka. Iyothidacar Ayvukal, Nagarcoil: Kalachuvadu, 2004.
Professor Gauthaman’s forays into fiction also includes: Ciluvairaj Carittaram Chennai: Tamilni, 2002.
