expand and universalize knowledge. Named after the revolutionary poet Bharathidasan, the Bharathidasan University was set up in 1982 as an offshoot of the University of Madras. The motto of the University “We will create a brave new world” has been framed from Bharathidasan’s poetic words “புதியதோர் உலகம் செய்வோம்”. The University endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new world of academic innovation for social change. List of poems made into film lyrics Thamizhukum Amudenru per Sanke Muzhangu "Thunbam Nergayil" (set in Desh by Carnatic musician Dandapani Desikar and used by film composer R. Sudarsanam in Or Iravu in 1951) Thesa gnanam Neelavana aadaikul Valiyor silar Muzhumai Nila Chithirai Pallikudam Kalyanam aagatha penae Kaatrilellam Kandavudal kadal Vaanukku nilavu Paazhai pona manam Vaana mazhai neeye Avalum Naanum Amudhum Thamizhum Awards and recognitions *Bharathidasan was conferred with the title of "Puratchi Kavingyar" (meaning the "Revolutionary Poet") by Periyar. He won the Golden Parrot Prize in 1946 for his play Amaithi-Oomai (Peace and Dumbness). He was given the Sahitya Academy Award, posthumously in 1970 for his play Pisiranthaiyar (He died in 1964 but he was given this award in 1970 after he died). On 9 October 2001, a commemorative stamp of Bharathidasan was released by the Postal Department in Chennai. Legacy Tamil Nadu's state government gives the Bharathidasan Award annually to a Tamil poet. The Government of Puducherry union territory has adopted Bharathidasan's song of Invocation to Mother Tamil as the state song of Puducherry. A state university named Bharathidasan University was established in Tiruchirappalli. Bharathidasan institute of management, one of India's top B-schools, was established in Tiruchirappalli. References External links Tamil Wikisource- works by Bharathidasan பாரதிதாசன் Works by Bharathidasan ( Tamil: பாரதிதாசன்) at the open access Tamil Literature repository: Project Madurai 1891 births 1964 deaths Anti-Brahminism Dravidian movement People from Pondicherry Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Tamil Tamil activists Tamil poets Tamil writers Children's writers in Tamil 20th-century Indian poets Tirukkural commentators Poets from Puducherry Indian Tamil people