Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil
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The Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil (CECT), established by the Government of India with a view to promoting the cause of Classical Tamil, has been functioning at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, a branch of the Department of Higher Education, Language Bureau, Ministry of Human Resource Development. It is engaged in the task of developing Tamil through various programmes of its own.
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[edit] Projects
The following are the ten major projects of The Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil (CECT):
- Definitive Editions of Ancient Tamil Works
- Translation of Ancient Tamil Works
- Historical Grammar of Tamil
- Antiquity of Tamil: An Inter-Disciplinary Research
- Synchronic And Diachronic Study of Tamil Dialects
- India As a Linguistic Area
- Digital Library For Ancient Tamil Studies
- Online Teaching of Classical Tamil
- Corpus Development For Classical Tamil Works
- Visual Episodes on Classical Tamil
[edit] Tamil Language Promotion Board (TLPB)
[edit] Chairman
Prof. V.C. Kulandai Swamy
[edit] Members
Prof. M. Nannan
Dr. Silamboli Chellappan
Kavikko Dr. Abdul Rahman
Dr. Manavai Mustafa
Dr. Avvai Natarajan
Prof. Solomon Pappiah
Kavinar Dr. Erode Thamizhanban
Perunkavikko Dr. V.M. Sethuraman
Prof. M.P. Balasubramaniyam
Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan
