TN govt sanctions Rs 10 cr for Tamil Chair at Harvard varsity

Press Trust of India  |  Chennai 

has sanctioned Rs 10 crore towards setting up of a Tamil Chair at the University in the US, Chief Minister K Palaniswami said today.

The move came following requests made to late Chief Minister by two US-based Tamils, he said.


V Janakiraman and Thirugnanasambandam, who had been making efforts for establishing the Tamil Chair at the varsity, had taken up the matter with and sought the government's help, he said.

Subsequently included it (to extend assistance to such an initiative) in the list of promises as part of AIADMK's manifesto last year, he recalled.

"I have directed that a sum of Rs 10 crore be granted on behalf of government, which follows Amma's (Jayalalithaa) footsteps, towards setting up a Tamil Chair at University and implement the (poll-time) promise," Palaniswami said in a statement.

The move will help in taking up research work on based on Tamil language, enabling more students pursue research on Tamil culture, and bringing Tamil archives being maintained in US libraries under the research ambit, he said.

These will ultimately help the world know about the richness of Tamil language, the Chief Minister added.

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First Published: Fri, October 27 2017. 16:02 IST