Jyotsna Kamat's Home Page

First Online: May 26, 2000
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024
We regret to inform our readers that Jyotsna Kamat passed away on August 24, 2022

Jyostna KamatDr. 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:
  1. Social Life in Medieval Karnataka -Abhinava 1980 External Link
  2. Samsaradalli Swarasya- TVS Gruntha Mala, 1987
  3. Karnatakada Shikshana Parampare - Bombay University, 1989
  4. Samsaradalli Swarasya II - Pustakalaya, 1992
  5. Heegedhive Navu - Pustakalaya - 1993
  6. Mahile - Ondu Adhyanana (Womanhood - A Study), Nava Karnataka, 1999
  7. Nage- Kedige (The Poking Flower, Humorous short essays in Kannada), Manohara Grintha Mala, 1999
  8. Nenapinalli Ninthavaru (Those Persisted..., Biographical sketches in Kannada), 2000
  9. Mahile -Andu-Indu (Woman -then and now, research, in Kannada), Prema Sai Publishers, 2000
  10. Editor, Patra Parachi ("Letters from Far") -- Collection of Letters by K.L.Kamat, Manohara Grintha Mala, 2004
  11. Editor, "Hingidru Nam Kamti" - Tributes to K.L.Kamat, Kamat Foundation, 2004
  12. Suragya Sar (A Collection of Konkani Wedding Songs in Konkani), Basti Prakashan, 2005
  13. "Ovyo Gavuya" (Folk music CD based on my book Suragya Sar), 2005
  14. Education in Karnataka through the ages, 2005
  15. Kamaladevi Chattopadhaya - jivita ani karya, Konkani, Vishwa Konkani Kendra, 2009
  16. Editor, "Parisara Paryatana", 2011, Sumukha Prakashana
  17. Chandbibi, Vasanta Prakashana, 2017
  18. Karunadina Janajeevana, Karnataka Itihas Samshodhana Mandal, 2007
  19. Nage Navilu, Navakarnataka, 2013 | Buy at Navakarnataka
  20. Sangeet Sarasi, Editor, Pragati Graphics, 2016 | Buy at Navakarnataka
  21. Kaigannadiyalli Kannadati, Kannada, Karnataka Itihas Samshodhana Mandal, 2008
  22. Kolkatta Dinagalu, Ankita Books, 2022
  23. 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:
Contact Info: E-mail: Contact Kamats (Expect delays)
Phone: (91)80-23671911
   
See Also:
Kamat's Potpourri Jyotsna Kamat's Home Page Jyotsna Kamats Home Page