T. S. Rukmani
Trichur Subramaniam Rukmani, often known as T. S. Rukmani, was a Sanskritist who served many years on the faculty of Concordia University and retired in 2012. She was a prolific author on Indian Philosophy and translator of many Sanskrit texts into English. She died on November 24, 2024, in Bengaluru, India, at the age of 94.
Biography
Rukmani was born in Kerala State, India. She received a B.A. in Sanskrit, Mathematics, Economics and English, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Sanskrit.She later received an honorary Doctor of Literature degree from University of Delhi in recognition of her four-volume translation of a Sanskrit text called Yogavartiika of Vijnanabhiksu , on Yoga philosophy by Vijnanabhiksu.
From 1964 to 1981 Rukmani served as Lecturer or Senior Lecturer at Indraprastha College, University of Delhi.
From 1982 to 1993 she served as the Principal of Miranda House, University of Delhi.
From 1993 to 1995, she served as Professor and Head of the Department of Hindu Studies and Indian Philosophy, University of Durban-Westville, in Durban, South Africa.
From 1996 to 2012 she served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Hindu Studies at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.
In the mid-1990s, Rukmani served as chief editor of the Journal of the Indological Society of Southern Africa and of Nidān: International Journal for Indian Studies, and has served on the boards of several other journals, such as the Journal of Hinduism and the Journal of Hindu Studies.
In 2013, Rukmani was the subject of a festschrift.