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Dravidian varsity to offer off-shore courses in Singapore, Malaysia
Fulfilling the long pending demand of expatriates to learn Dravidian languages in their “home” countries, the Dravidian University has decided to start off-shore courses in post-graduation in Singapore and Malaysia in collaboration with higher education institutions there.
Dravidian University Vice-Chancellor G. Lakshminarayana said students will have the opportunity to study the programmes for one year in those countries and another year at the Dravidian University. He said two-year proficiency courses would be offered in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Tulu. The intake capacity will be 30 students per course. He said the courses would serve the second and third generation Indian settlers in keeping in touch with their language and culture.
Five chairs
To give a new impetus to Dravidian studies the university is also starting five chairs of excellence -- Bishop Caldwel Chair (The first man to study the comparative grammar of Dravidian languages), C.P. Brown Chair for Telugu studies, Kittel Chair for Kannada studies, Bischie Chair for Tamil studies and Gundert Chair for Malayalam.
Prof. Lakshminarayana said he visited China as a part of an Indian delegation recently and signed a MoU with two Chinese universities, including Shanghai Communication University and Shanghai Overseas Talent Centre for academic exchange programmes and students exchange. Accordingly, Chinese students would be trained in English and Dravidian languages.
The Vice-Chancellor said teaching in Chinese was helping Chinese students to do well in their academics . “Studying in mother-tongue helps children in easy learning as has been proven by the success of Chinese students and Chinese expatriates,” he said.
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