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He joined the Tamil Nadu Educational Service in 1964 and later became professor and head of the Tamil department at Government Arts College, Kumbakonam. He obtained his PhD in Tamil literature in 1975 from the University of Madras. He was mentored by Mu. Varadarajan. He worked as an assistant professor at Madras Presidency College from 1964 to 1974. He went on to serve as the head professor at Mannargudi, Ramanathapuram, Coimbatore, Rasipuram, Ponneri and Kumbakonam colleges.
Ramalingam was a member of the General Council and Executive Committee of the Sahitya Akademi from 1988-92. He was also a member of the 'Tamil Nadu Poets' group,' run by K.A.P. Viswanatham, for twenty years.
He retired as the head of the Tamil Department at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli from 1985 to 2000. In November 2024, the Tamil Nadu government honoured his contributions to Tamil literature and nationalized his works.
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