Career
After retiring as professors in the Department of Folk Arts and Culture from the Madurai Kamaraj University, the couple continue their studies on folk art and culture. Along with their troupe, they conduct performances that are sought after by connoisseurs and lovers of Tamil folk music around the world. The couple have brought out several albums of authentic Tamil folk music
Having recorded more than 10,000 audio cassettes of authentic folk music, the couple are now working towards classifying this extensive collection to generate a Tamil folk music grammar and guide.
They also plan to compile an encyclopaedia of Tamil folk art Doctor Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan has published twenty three articles on folk art
She has given thirty talks over the radio on folk art and music Doctor Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan and Doctor Navaneethakrishnan have co-authored eleven books on different subjects related to the field
