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Karnataka
By Our Staff Correspondent
He told presspersons here that the decision had been taken as per the law and as per the resolutions passed in the Senate and the Syndicate of the university. The former Chief Minister and Chairman of Revenue Reforms Commission, M. Veerappa Moily, recently objected to the decision stating that it defeated the objective of establishing the university, which represented language, culture, history, and folklore of Karnataka. "Those who have not read the Act or have forgotten the contents of the Act after reading it are making such statements," Mr. Gowda said. He said the university had not burdened scholars by asking them to conduct "regular" classes. Even the courses introduced were unique. It had not introduced the postgraduate courses. The university had been conducting certificate, diploma and graduate courses in Music, Painting, and Sculpture. It planned to introduce postgraduate diploma courses in Women Studies, Karnataka Studies, Studies in Dalit Culture, Folk Arts, Archaeology, Culture and Tourism and for administrators, a Diploma in Administrative Kannada. The university had planned to undertake diploma courses in Theatre Training, he said. The Department of Dravidian Culture studies had surpassed the work done by the Dravidian University, he said. He said that before introducing the courses, the issue was discussed threadbare at a seminar. Many eminent writers, including Channaveera Kanavi and G.S. Shivarudrappa, acknowledged the plans of the university in commencing unique courses. The National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) commended the university for safeguarding its uniqueness. About the publications, he said the university had been concentrating on various disciplines, which were untouched by others. Its emphasis had been on inter-disciplinary studies. Mr. Gowda said the university had been aiming at establishing "Sirigannada Granthalaya", a library with all categories of books. He regretted that the Government assistance of Rs. 4 core had not been sufficient to take up ambitious projects. The university had planned to establish various Chairs for Hyderabad-Karnataka Regional Studies, Centre for Regional studies, Chairs for Studies on Gandhi, Nehru, Ambedkar, and Chairs for Jain Culture, Buddha, Yakshagana, Vijayanagaa, and Vichara Sahitya, he added.
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