The Kuppuswami Sastri Research Institute was established as a tribute to one of the greatest Sanskritists that our country has produced Mahamahopadhyaya, Vidya Vacaspati, Darsana Kalanidhi, Kulapati Prof. S. Kuppuswami Sastri (1891-1944); he was also conferred with the most coveted 'L.E.S' by the then British Government during the pre-independence era of this great land.
Prof. Kuppuswami Sastri stood as a colossus of Sanskrit and Sastraic studies when they were neglected in this part of the country.
Single handedly, he brought a revolution in higher learning in Sanskrit. The Madras Sanskrit College, Chennai established in 1906, of which he was made the first Principal, stands as a testimony to his greatness even today. He attracted hundreds of students and scholars from different parts of India who benefitted from his training both in traditional and modern methods of learning and teaching in Sanskrit and different Sastras. The Presidency College (Madras), Annamalai University (Chidambaram) and Rajah's College, (Thiruvaiyaru) were some of the prestigious institutions where he nurtured Sanskrit studies and Comparative Philology. He was widely respected in India and abroad for his traditional knowledge and modern research acumen.
After the sad demise of the great savant in 1944, great men of wisdom, his students and admirers joined together to establish a research Institute as a fitting memorial to him and aptly chose the premises of the Madras Sanskrit College, Mylapore for carrying out the great work done by Prof Sastri.
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