Tariel Putkaradze Biography

Georgian linguist, Doctor of philological sciences, philologist, dialectologist Tariel Putkaradze was born on May 9, 1960, in the High mountains of Georgian village Tomasheti (Achara, Georgia).

His works (since 1997s) are the great contribution for the field of linguistics, Kаrtvelology, Georgian dialectology.

Professor Tariel Putkaradze is an author and a head of academic programs (MA and PhD programs in Georgian language and dialects, Kartvelian dialects) at three universities around Georgia: The Saint Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia (SANGU), Kutaisi Akaki Tsereteli State University and Sokhumi State University.

He was a full professor at Kutaisi State University, The Saint Andrew the First-Called Georgian University of the Patriarchate of Georgia (SANGU).

In 2001-2021 Prof. T. Putkaradze acted as a chairman of the board of philological section of Humanitarian Sciences at the Georgian University (SANGU).

Since 1998 he has written more than 330 scientific work (among them 60 monographies and scientific collections/journals, textbooks) and about 300 publicist letters.

Prof. Putkaradze is a founder of several institutions working in the field of Field Linguistics, Kartvelology, Corpus Dialectology and Education, namely: Kartelian Language and Culture Without Borders (2001), Georgian Boards of Trustees Association (2004), National Institute of Education (2010), Georgian Mother Tongue International Fund (2015).