Ambedkar University Delhi launches centre for research on Indian languages
The university said that the Centre has been created with the financial grant received from Rs 6 crore from the Art, Culture and Languages Department of the Delhi Government.
Ambedkar University Delhi launches centre for research on Indian languages
Ambedkar University Delhi has come up with a Centre for Research and Archiving in Indian Languages and Indic Knowledge Systems (CRA-ILIKS) under the School of Letters to investigate the working of myriad knowledge systems of pre-colonial India.
The university said that the Centre has been created with the financial grant received from Rs 6 crore from the Art, Culture and Languages Department of the Delhi Government. Ambedkar University further said that CRA-ILIKS will have four components. It will build a Bhasha archive, a vast, multi-pronged and constantly growing digital collection propelled by a multilingual search engine and user-friendly interface on the web. It will be accompanied by a substantial programme of translation, transcription and curation. The multidisciplinary academic research and a publication programme will make the other two necessary components.
Two academic journals, one in Hindi and other in English will also be published. Professor Anu Singh Lather, the Vice-Chancellor of AUD said that the Centre has been launched in line with the emphasis by the New Education Policy (NEP 2020) on Indian Knowledge Systems. She further added that the research is intended to challenge the dominance of western social theory and the notion that the English language is the only medium of knowledge production. CRA-ILIKS will soon launch aforesaid archive as well as an encyclopedia of Indian thought and knowledge systems, the VC of AUD said.
Meanwhile, a group of students of the College of Art has started an online petition to Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal and Delhi University Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh to not merge the college with city government-run Ambedkar University. Delhi University was informed that the office of LG has in principle approved the merger of College of Art (CoA) subject to its de-affiliation from the varsity.
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