Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mangesh V. Nadkarni
Unless it is a different academic entirely, the automated Google Books and Scholar searches appear to reveal some fairly widely cited papers on the structure of Dravidian languages.  He has also written a book about Sri Aurobindo.  He would appear to meet |the notability guideline for academics
— User:Ihcoyc, 04:17, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:SCHOLAR (Wikipedia:Notability)