BIO-DATA

 

 

Name

Dr. S.S. Joshi

Designation

Fellow (Prof.) Re-reading of Gurbani Grammar Project

Date of Birth

01.04.1941

Address (Residence)

 

 

 

Office

H. No. 455,

Phase-I, Urban Estate

Patiala-147002

 

Shri Guru Granth Sahib Studies Department

Punjabi University, Patiala-147002

Telephone No.

0175-2282451 (R)

98151-73383 (M)

Educational Qualifications

M.A., M.Phil (London), Ph.D (London), F.R.A.S. (U.K.)

Positions held

  • Lecturer, Ramgarhia College, Phagwara.
  • Principal Shivalik College, Naya Nangal (Ropar) Punjab.

In Punjabi University, Patiala

  • Lecturer, Department of Linguistics (6-8-1971 - 5-4-1982)
  • Professor, Department of Linguistics (1-8-1989 - 31-3-2001)
  • Head, Deptt. of Anthropological Linguistics and Punjabi Language
  • Head, Punjabi Lexicography Department
  • Head, Department of Foreign Languages
  • Head, Deptt. of Persian, Arabic & Urdu
  • Dean, Faculty of Languages
  • Director, Planning & Monitoring
  • Director, Audio-Visual Research Centre (AVRC), (UGC-CWCR)
  • Director, Centre for Teaching of Punjabi as a Second/Foreign Language

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Life Member Dravidian Linguistic Association, Trivendrum
  • Life Member, Acoustic Society of India, Calcutta
  • Life Member, Punjabi Sahitya Academy, Ludhiana
  • Life Member, Punjabi Bhasha Academy, Jalandhar.
  • Life Member, Punjab Academy of Social Sciences, Literature and Culture, Jalandhar
  • Fellow, Royal Asiatic Society (U.K.), London.
  • Member, International Phonetic Association, Oxford.
  • Founder Member, Gobind Sadan Institute for Comparative Religious Studies, New Delhi.
  • Member, Central Advisory Committee, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
  • Expert Member, Board of Studies, Faculty of Languages, Literature and Culture Studies, J.N.U., New Delhi.
  • Expert Member, Academic Council, Delhi University, Delhi, and many other bodies.

Advisory Role

  • Member Advisory Committee, Encyclopedia of Sikhism, Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • Member Advisory Committee, Hindi Shabadarth of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • Honorary Advisor (Linguistics), Indian Institute of Romani Studies, Chandigarh.

University Bodies

  • Fellow, (Member Senate) Punjabi University, Patiala
  • Member Syndicate, Punjabi University, Patiala
  • Member, Academic Council, Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • Member, Academic Council, Jammu University, Jammu

Visiting Fellow

  • Centre for Advanced Study in  Linguistics, Osmania University, Hyderabad
  • Lal Bahadar Shastri Academy of Indian Administration, Mussoorie.

Editorial Board

  • Editor Pakha Sanjam, Punjabi University, Patiala.
  • Member, Linguistic Atlas of the Punjab, Patiala.
  • Member, Alochana, Punjabi Sahitya Academy, Ludhiana.
  • Member, South Asian Review, New Delhi.
  • Member, Khoj Patrika, Punjabi University, Patiala
  • Member, Punjabi-Spelling Dictionary (1984), Punjabi University, Patiala

Lexicon

  • Punjabi-English Dictionary, P.U.P. (1994)
  • Punjabi-English Dictionary, P.U.P (2nd Edn.) (1999).
  • English-Punjabi Dictionary (5th Edn.), (1998)
  • Punjabi Spelling Dictionary, P.U.P. (1999)
  • Sanskrit-Punjabi Dictionary, P.U.P.

Research Guided

D. Litt.           01

Ph.D              09

M.Phil.          29

Publications

In addition to (11) above, two books, two monographs, book reviews, and a large number of articles in English, Punjabi and Hindi.

Two books (in Press)

Organisation of Conferences, Seminars etc.

  • Organised a number of international and National Seminars and Workshops.
  • Resource Person in a large number of Refresher Courses for University and College Teachers.
  • Lectured in a number of Universities in India and abroad.