Thattarathodi Raghavan
Dr. Thattarathodi Raghavan is a Reader in the Department of English of the Sri Venkateswara Arts College, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, a prestigious TTD institution which rejected the autonomous status conferred on it by the UGC. He has been on its faculty since 1966.
Dr. Raghavan is a rare specimen of an English teacher, as he fell in love with the English language and got wedded to it, severing his links with a colourful department of the Central government, i.e., Customs.
Dr. Raghavan is a research supervisor recognized by the Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. He has been an academic counsellor for Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University as well as Indira Gandhi National Open University. He has also been a resource-person for the CIEFL, Hyderabad, being a member of its external faculty at present.
Dr. Raghavan is interested as much in creative writing as in research and has quite a few publications to his credit.