Jyotsna Kamat's Home Page

First Online: May 26, 2000
Page Last Updated: November 16, 2024
We regret to inform our readers that Jyotsna Kamat passed away on August 24, 2022

Jyostna Kamat Dr. Jyotsna Kamat is a writer, scholar, and researcher living in Bengaluru.
She served as an executive in the State owned All India Radio and is a principal contributor to Kamat's Potpourri website.
Her published works span three languages and cover such topics as history, folklore, and humor.
She established Kamat Memorial Foundation to remember her husband, K.L.Kamat.
Jyotsna Kamat passed away o August 24, 2022. She was 86.
A documentary of her life in Kannada narrated by writer Nemichandra is at: Jyotsna Kamat, A Living History

Biographic Details

Personal:	Husband - (late) Krishnanand Kamat. Father: (late) Ganesh Burde, mother: (late) Sharadabai Burde Sisters: (late) Usha Madiman and Sushama Arur Brother (late) Prakash Burde
Education:	B.A. - Sanskrit and Kannada, Karnatak University, Dharwad Diploma in Education, GBTC, Dharwad M.A. - History - Karnataka University, Dharwad, Ph.D. - History - Karnataka University, Dharwad
Professions:	Teacher (Women's Training College, Dharwad), Researcher (Karnatak Univ. Dharwad), Administrator (All India Radio, Dharwad, Bangalore, Mysore, Calcutta, Bombay, Jaipur) President, Krishnanand Kamat Memorial Trust, Honavar
Languages:	Konkani, Kannada, English, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, and Sanskrit
Interests:	Light humor, Medieval history, Women's issues
Publications:	More than 500 articles, research papers, and invited lectures in English, Kannada and Konkani Languages
Books:	Social Life in Medieval Karnataka -Abhinava 1980 Samsaradalli Swarasya- TVS Gruntha Mala, 1987 Karnatakada Shikshana Parampare - Bombay University, 1989 Samsaradalli Swarasya II - Pustakalaya, 1992 Heegedhive Navu - Pustakalaya - 1993 Mahile - Ondu Adhyanana (Womanhood - A Study), Nava Karnataka, 1999 Nage- Kedige (The Poking Flower, Humorous short essays in Kannada), Manohara Grintha Mala, 1999 Nenapinalli Ninthavaru (Those Persisted..., Biographical sketches in Kannada), 2000 Mahile -Andu-Indu (Woman -then and now, research, in Kannada), Prema Sai Publishers, 2000 Editor, Patra Parachi ("Letters from Far") -- Collection of Letters by K.L.Kamat, Manohara Grintha Mala, 2004 Editor, "Hingidru Nam Kamti" - Tributes to K.L.Kamat, Kamat Foundation, 2004 Suragya Sar (A Collection of Konkani Wedding Songs in Konkani), Basti Prakashan, 2005 "Ovyo Gavuya" (Folk music CD based on my book Suragya Sar), 2005 Education in Karnataka through the ages, 2005 Kamaladevi Chattopadhaya - jivita ani karya, Konkani, Vishwa Konkani Kendra, 2009 Editor, "Parisara Paryatana", 2011, Sumukha Prakashana Chandbibi, Vasanta Prakashana, 2017 Karunadina Janajeevana, Karnataka Itihas Samshodhana Mandal, 2007 Nage Navilu, Navakarnataka, 2013 \| Buy at Navakarnataka Sangeet Sarasi, Editor, Pragati Graphics, 2016 \| Buy at Navakarnataka Kaigannadiyalli Kannadati, Kannada, Karnataka Itihas Samshodhana Mandal, 2008 Kolkatta Dinagalu, Ankita Books, 2022 Sadhakarodabe, Navakarnataka, 2022 Books About Me: "Sangata" -- Life and Achievements of Jyotsna Kamat and U.K. Chandrabhagadevi by Dr. Geetha Shenoy,
Awards:	Karnataka Literary Academy Award 1988 (for the book Karnatakada Shikshana Parampare) Rajyotsava Award 1991 (for extraordinary contribution to Kannada language and literature through electronic media) Best Kannada Woman Writer of 1995-96 and the K. Shamarao scholarship award. A.S. Krishna Rao memorial grant and scholarship by Mumbai Karnataka Foundation, 1998 Vidooshi honor for non-creative Scholarship, 2001 Rev. Kittel Award for Research in Kannada Literature, 2001 Honorary President of Karnataka History Congress (2001) Honor by North American Konkani Association (2000) Chidananda Murthy Award (2018) Lifetime Achievement Award, Kanara Saraswat (2021)
Memberships:	The Indian Archaeology Society The Mythic Society of India Mahatma Gandhi Peace Foundation President, K.L.Kamat Memorial Trust
Work in Progress:	The History of Kannada Literature (to appear at Kamat's Potpourri) A series on the Saints of India (to appear in Kamat's Potpourri) Autobiography
Contact Info:	E-mail: (Expect delays) Phone: (91)80-23671911