V.S. KaruNAkarAchAriAr swAmi.

[semmu86]

I don't think a thread exists for this great scholar. Sri U.Ve. V.S. Karunakaran Swami was born on 1st September, 1947 in Kumbakonam as the seventh child of Sri U.Ve. Villur Nadadoor Sribhashya-Simhansadhipati Asukavi Sarvabhuma Srinidhi Swamy and Srimati Vanjulavallee, youngest sister of the 43rd Jeeyar of Sri Ahobila Mutt.

Sri Karunakaran had his early schooling in Ahobila Mutt Oriental School at Kumbakonam and later in Ramakrishna Mission School, T.Nagar, Chennai. He had his Pre-University education in A.M.Jain College Meenambakkam, Chennai. He obtained his B.E degree of Madras University in Mechanical Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai in 1968. After working with J.K.Synthetics, Kota, Dalmia Cements (Bharat) Ltd. Dalmiapuram, Rockweld Electodes Chennai, IDL Chemicals Hyderabad etc; he joined the Geological Survey of India (GSI) Ministry of Steel and Mines GOI in 1972, through the Combined Engineering Services Examinations. Later, he moved on to Ministry of Industry, where he served in various positions in Chennai and New Delhi in an illustrious career spanning over three decades. He retired as Industrial Advisor to Govt. of India in New Delhi in August 2007. Since his childhood, Sri V.S Karunkaran parrallely learnt Sanskrit & Tamil Vedas, literature and basic tenants of Sri Vaishanava Philosophy under his father Sri U.Ve Srinidhi Swamy. He had his Samsrayanam, Study of the Sri Vaishanava Grantha Chathushtayam (Sribhashya, Geeta Bhashya, Bhagavad Vishya and Rahasya Traya Sara ) and Bharanyasam - all at the feet of his father.

More info here http://nadadoor.org/vsk.htm

You can also see his upanyAsams in Vijay TV every Saturday morning 6.30 about the lucid explanation of 108 names of pirATTi....

[ajit]

Indeed a great scholar no doubt. I have heard some of his upanyAsams.

[semmu86]

And a wonderful human being too, well versed in everything from vEdAs, to endiran, to Aishwarya Rai..... I have had many oportunities to interact with him, and found him to be a very warm person.. Indeed "vidhyA dadhAthi vinayam"............