Research in Dravidian Languages by S. Vaiyapuri Pillai first published in 1946.
being the Presidential Address at the Dravidian Languages Section, the All-India Oriental Conference, Nagpur, 1946

A separate section for the Dravidian languages has long been a necessity. Year by year there has been a growing strength of researchers in this field. The research work also has been growing in importance, urgency and complexity. So little has been done and so vast is the subject that the work here needs more time to be devoted to it than what the general language section can afford. The workers will not at all be benefited if their papers are merely taken as read. These considerations must have weighed with the Executive Committee in making their decision and they must be- congratulated on this wise step.