karthikeyan
Lecturer
(Probationary) in Linguistics
BA
(Hons.) in Linguistics, University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka (2022)
Email: rasanniksha@gmail.com
Telephone: 0212218162 (Office)
Teaching
Psycho linguistics
Applied Linguistics
History of linguistics
Language planning in multilingual society
Phonology
Second Language Teaching and Learning
socio linguistics
Research Interest
Sociolinguistics, Applied linguistics , Stylistics, Tourism, computational linguistics
Proceedings of Refereed Conferences [Published and Presented]
Nivethiga, R. (2023). Archaic forms being dropped among the speech community in Mirusuvil. In Proceedings of the International Conference on
Drama, Literature and Reality (DraLiR-2023) (pp. 454–460). Annamalai University.
Thillainathan,
A., Kanthakumar, N., Rasan, N., & Sarveswaran, K. (2026). TaLK Corpus: A
regionally diverse evaluation set for Sri Lankan Tamil speech. University of
Jaffna. Available at: https://github.com/LTG-UoJ/TaLK-Corpus-Public
Nivethiga,
R. (2023). Social realities through the language style of Dominic Jeeva’s “Thanneerum
Kanneerum” short stories. In DraLiR-2023: International Conference on Drama,
Literature and Reality (pp. 454–460). Annamalai University.
Jeyarajalingam, V., Menan, V., Velayuthan, S., Karunakaran, R., Nivethiga, R., & Sarveswaran, K. (2025). From phonemes to meaning: Evaluating large language models on Tamil. arXiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.12387
Thadsajini,s.,Nivethiga,R. (2025). The contribution of historical and religious heritage sites in cultural tourism: A study based on the Poonagary and Mannar regions. In Proceedings of the Third International Hindu Conference 2025. University of Jaffna.
University
Rev. Fr. (Dr.) H. S. David Foundation Award (2019) – Recognized as the Best Student in Linguistics in the Honours Degree Programme
Temporary Assistant Lecturer
in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna,
September 2023 – November 2024
Data Annotator
in Department of Computer Science, University of Jaffna, October 2023 –
December 2023
Script Writer
in American Institute for Lankan Studies. since 2023
Research Assistant in Department of
Computer Science, University of Jaffna,
July 2024 – July 2025
Project Member
of TaLK-Corpus , Department of Computer
Science, University of Jaffna. Since 2024
Temporary Assistant
Lecturer in Linguistics, Department of
Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna, July 2025 – February 2026
Lecturer (Probationary) in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics and English, University of Jaffna, February 2026
Resource Person, Center for Open and
Distance Learning – since 2026