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Mathias Samuel Soundra Pandian (16 December 1958-10 November 2014) popularly known as MSS Pandian was an eminent social scientist whose area of interest covered the Dravidian Movement, South Indian politics, cinema, caste, identity and several other socially relevant issues. Pandian joined the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi as a professor in 2009, He was serving in the School of Social Sciences’ Centre for Historical Studies where he offered courses on ‘Region, Language and the Politics of Nation Making’ and ‘Caste, Culture and Communication: An Alternative Intellectual History of Modern India’.[1]

Early Life and Education
MSS Pandian belonged to Marthandam, a town in Kanyakumari district. Pandian completed his B.A. in Economics from Scott Christian College, Nagercoil in 1978. He then shifted to Chennai to pursue his post graduation from The Madras Christian College which he completed in 1980. He finished his Ph.D from Madras University in 1987.