<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Academia.edu</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:noreply@academia-mail.com">noreply@academia-mail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Apr 3, 2017 at 7:27 AM<br> Ramanujam Meganathan uploaded a paper<br><br><br><br><u></u>








<div style="color:#222;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;min-width:100%;padding:0;text-align:left;width:100%!important">
<table class="m_-1330022413979192392body" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;height:100%;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392center" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="center"><center style="min-width:580px;width:100%"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392container" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:inherit;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left">
<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row m_-1330022413979192392content-row" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%" bgcolor="white"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392center m_-1330022413979192392email-bottom-border" style="border-bottom-color:#ddd;border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="center"><center style="min-width:580px;width:100%"><a title="Academia.edu" href="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/" style="color:#2ba6cb;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img alt="Academia.edu" class="m_-1330022413979192392center" src="http://a.academia-assets.com/images/academia-logo-redesign-2015-with-padding-for-emails.png" style="border:0;clear:both;display:block;float:none;margin:0 auto;max-width:100%;outline:0;text-decoration:none;width:auto" align="none"></a></center></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392center" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="center"><center style="min-width:580px;width:100%"><b><div class="m_-1330022413979192392u-fontSansSerif m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGrayDarkest m_-1330022413979192392u-mt3x" style="color:#4b4b4b!important;font-size:14px;margin-top:12px!important">Ramanujam Meganathan just uploaded a paper:</div></b></center></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns m_-1330022413979192392email-user-media-object-md" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left" width="56"><a href="https://ncert.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/RMeganathan" style="color:#2ba6cb;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><img class="m_-1330022413979192392email-user-media-object-profile-picture" alt="Ramanujam Meganathan" src="https://0.academia-photos.com/5197386/3179488/15047087/s65_ramanujam.meganathan.jpg" style="border:0;border-radius:2px;clear:both;display:block;float:left;margin-right:12px;max-width:100%;outline:0;text-decoration:none;width:auto" align="left" height="44" border="0" width="44"></a></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392email-user-media-object-text m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle;word-break:break-word" valign="center" align="left">
<a class="m_-1330022413979192392email-user-media-object-name m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled" href="https://ncert.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/RMeganathan" style="color:#222;font-size:14px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><b>Ramanujam Meganathan</b><br></a><div class="m_-1330022413979192392email-user-media-object-second-line m_-1330022413979192392u-mb0x m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGrayDarker" style="color:#777!important;font-size:13px;margin-bottom:0!important">
<a class="m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled--grayDarker" href="https://ncert.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/" style="color:#777;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">National Council of Educational Research and Training</a>, <a class="m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled--grayDarker" href="https://ncert.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/Departments/Department_of_Education_in_Languages/Documents" style="color:#777;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Department of Education...</a>
</div>
</td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><a href="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/32218122/Medium_of_Instruction_in_School_Education_in_India_the_policy_status_and_the_demand_for_English_medium_education" style="color:#2ba6cb;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div class="m_-1330022413979192392u-fontSerif m_-1330022413979192392u-lineHeight1_3 m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGrayDarkest m_-1330022413979192392u-mt1x" style="color:#4b4b4b!important;font-family:'Georgia',serif!important;font-size:20px;line-height:1.3!important;margin-top:4px!important">Medium of Instruction in School Education in India: the policy, status and the demand for English medium education</div></a></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><a class="m_-1330022413979192392email-button m_-1330022413979192392blue" href="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/32218122/Medium_of_Instruction_in_School_Education_in_India_the_policy_status_and_the_demand_for_English_medium_education" style="background:#6288a5;border-color:#6288a5;border-radius:3px;border-style:solid;border-width:6px 18px;color:#fff;display:inline-block;font-size:13px;text-align:center;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">VIEW PAPER</a></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row m_-1330022413979192392content-row" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%" bgcolor="white"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><p style="color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 10px;padding:0;text-align:left" align="left">P.S. A study recently published in <i>PLOS ONE</i> found that papers uploaded to Academia.edu receive a 69% boost in citations over 5 years. See the study and data <a href="https://www.academia.edu/12297791/Open_Access_Meets_Discoverability_Citations_to_Articles_Posted_to_Academia.edu" style="color:#2ba6cb;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">here</a>.</p></td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table class="m_-1330022413979192392row m_-1330022413979192392content-row" style="background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;display:block;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%" bgcolor="white"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left"><td class="m_-1330022413979192392wrapper m_-1330022413979192392last" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:10px 0 0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"><table class="m_-1330022413979192392twelve m_-1330022413979192392columns" style="border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0;margin:0 auto;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:580px"><tbody><tr style="padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top" align="left">
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392email-top-border" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;border-top-color:#ddd;border-top-style:solid;border-top-width:1px;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0 0 10px;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left">
<br><p style="color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 10px;padding:0;text-align:left" align="left"></p>
<center class="m_-1330022413979192392text-gray-light" style="color:#ccc;min-width:580px;width:100%">Academia, 251 Kearny St., Suite 520, San Francisco, CA, 94108</center>
<p style="color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0 0 10px;padding:0;text-align:left" align="left"></p>
<center style="min-width:580px;width:100%">
<a class="m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGray" href="https://www.academia.edu/keypass/NnlObmhoRUd5aFl3akN4UVZUSzk5NWFCOGcwek5Qd2lSODlvRjhPQlBzND0tLU0yTkRNUGNML2hmVFltbm9nT1BLVHc9PQ==--caa666a49edeb914c084838adb66e447a4cf10c2/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/settings?a=email-notifications" style="color:#ccc!important;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a>   <a class="m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGray" href="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/privacy" style="color:#ccc!important;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Privacy Policy</a>   <a class="m_-1330022413979192392u-linkUnstyled m_-1330022413979192392u-tcGray" href="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/terms" style="color:#ccc!important;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">Terms of Service</a>   <span class="m_-1330022413979192392text-gray-light" style="color:#ccc">© 2017 Academia</span>
</center>
</td>
<td class="m_-1330022413979192392expander" style="border-collapse:collapse!important;color:#222;font-family:'Helvetica','Arial',sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:normal;line-height:19px;margin:0;padding:0;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:0;word-break:break-word" valign="top" align="left"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table>

</td></tr></tbody></table></center></td></tr></tbody></table>
<img src="https://www.academia.edu/t/516x-Lv0PNfG-yhayb/images/clear.gif" style="clear:both;display:block;float:left;max-width:100%;outline:0;text-decoration:none;width:auto" align="left" height="1" border="0" width="1">
</div>

</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies                     <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone:  (215) 898-7475<br>Fax:  (215) 573-2138                                      <br><br>Email:  <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a>    <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
</div>