Dr.P.Chengalvarayan

Chengalvarayan was born on 18th October 1953 in Moodoor, a remote village in Tiruvannamalai District, Tamil Nadu. He got his B.Sc. (Mathematics) degree through Arignar Anna Government Arts College, Cheyyar (Tamil Nadu) and B.Ed. degree through Government College of Education, Vellore (Tamil Nadu). He got a job of a head clerk at a college attached to Alagappa University, Tamil Nadu in January 1977. 

Chengalvarayan who was placed in various administrative positions of Alagappa University upto September 2010, got his Ph.D. degree from Alagappa University in 1999.[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/198423]. He pursued research in multidisciplinary areas of knowledge and published them as research papers and radio programmes on such interesting topics as

·Pythagorean Triples – A Historical Perspective, Mathematical Education, 9, 108 – 110 in 1992

·Facts Relating to Two Consecutive Natural Numbers, The Mathematics Teacher, 28, 138 – 139 in 1993

·Use of Computers in University Administration,Electronics For You, 39 – 42 in 1995

·Research Promotion Strategies in Universities, Journal of Higher Education, 20, 395 – 401 in 1997

·Preservation of Environment against Pollution in Educational Institutions, Radio programme through All India Radio, Madurai on 8th, 18th and 28th of October 1996.

·Few other articles on Pure Geometry for the understanding of geometrical principles.

He has published books on the following topics:

The Fascinating World of Numbers (New Delhi: Regal Publications, 2012)[ ISBN: 9788184841886]

Women Mathematicians, Their Contributions: A Critique (New Delhi: Regal Publications, 2007) [ISBN: 9788189915728]

These books are being used worldwide and accessioned in prestigious libraries like National Library of Australia.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/version/43383942]

His name has been documented as one of the Indian writers in Who’s Who of Indian Writers by Sahitya Akademi of India, New Delhi, India’s National Academy of Letters in 2016, in the World Book of Researchers, published from Oxford, United Kingdom in 2018 [www.bookofresearchers.com /2018/chengalvarayan-padmanaban], in  Wikipedia [https://mai.wikipedia.org/s/ov9] and also in Wikidata [https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63348419]

As a creator of world record in research pursuit he has been certified by (i)

Ammazing World Records, Chennai under the title Research Achievements of an acknowledged Indian writer in multidisciplinary areas of knowledge (2016) [www.ammazingworldrecords.com/Reasearch Achievement.html] and (ii)

Assist World Records, Puducherry for making Research Publications in Most Areas of Knowledge (2017) [www.assistworldrecords.com/recent-details.php?rid=671&record=RESEARCH].

Dr. Chengalvarayan has retired on superannuation at Alagappa University in 2010 and continues his job as an academic administrator (Deputy Controller of Examinations) at Dr.M.G.R. Educational and Research Institute, a private university in Chennai.[www.bookofresearchers.com /2018/chengalvarayan-padmanaban]