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Her Life

Family & Education

June 3, 2021
by Matilda Chathura Suresh
Dr. Nirmala Suresh was born on June 18,1950 to Irudayaraj and Regina in Thanjavur, TamilNadu, India. She was the middle child, with two brothers Dr.Thiagarajan Irudayaraj and Mr.Jayaraj Irudayaraj. 

She was married to the late Mr.Philbert Joseph Suresh in 1977 and and are survived by their Son , Lambert Rishi, Daughter Matilda Chathura , Son-in Law Brian Lucas and Grandchildren Oliver Michael and Giselle Pauline Joan. 

Nirmala grew up in Tiruchirappalli and attended Holy Cross college and completed B.A(Economics); B.Ed; & M.A (Literature). 

She went on to complete her post Graduate studies in University of Madras - M.Phil (Literature); Ph.D (Literature) and wrote her doctoral thesis on The Evolution of Modern Indian Japanese Haiku Poems.

Accomplishments

June 3, 2021
by Matilda Chathura Suresh
Among many of her accomplishments, highlighting below are a few: 

She authored and published 12 books on Tamil Literature and received one of the highest honours - the “Pavendhar Barathidasan Award” for exceptional contribution to Tamil Literature.

She was Tamil News Anchor in DoorDharshan ( Doordarshan is an Indian public service broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) for many years and was one of the well known faces on Television in the 80’s. 

She was in the organizing committee when Saint Pope John Paul visited Chennai in 1986 and was specially blessed by him. 

She also contested in Elections to be Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the DMK Party in the 90’s. 

She did a cameo role in a Tamil Movie - Keladi Kanmani.

She was a great orator and spoke in various events in Chennai and around the world (Middle East, Germany, Canada). 

She was an educator and a total of spent 15 years in teaching in University of Madras, Holy Cross College and other Colleges and also at St.Micheal’s Academy.