Tirukkural to be elective in UG courses
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The syndicate of the University of Madras has accredited the Tirukkural as an elective in undergraduate programmes in any respect affiliated schools from the upcoming even semester.
Students will study skilled ethics from the couplets of saint-poet Thiruvalluvar, Vice-Chancellor S. Gowri stated. The college would place the proposal earlier than the tutorial council and get it accredited by the Board of Studies.
Students should henceforth submit the summary of their Ph.D. theses in Tamil and English. “The abstract is generally for 10 pages. The students will have to translate their abstract into Tamil and include it in the theses,” he stated.
The goal is to allow college students not conversant with English to learn the summary in Tamil and take it ahead with their professor for analysis in the identical matter. Those not conversant with Tamil could get the summary translated freed from price by means of the Department of Tamil both on the college or on the schools, he stated. “I am also willing to translate it…,” he stated.
Technology in instructing
The syndicate has accredited the introduction of know-how in instructing and studying. A committee to develop know-how and infrastructure for schooling, instructing, studying and analysis has been constituted. It will assess the kind of infrastructure required and the strategies to use know-how for mission and on-line instructing extra successfully.
G. Bhaskaran, head in-charge of the Centre for Water Resource Management on the college, is the convener. He was chosen for his expertise at Anna University’s Institute of Remote Sensing. He will appoint six different members to the committee.
The college has additionally proposed to arrange a high-level skilled advisory committee to develop the college’s educational and analysis potential. The committee will be related to the ‘super brain committee’ at establishments in Singapore and the United States. It will be entrusted with the duty of enhancing the standard of instructing, studying and analysis.
“Teachers will be given exposure to eminent professors from abroad and India. The committee will have members, including former UGC officials; former Vice-Chancellors of various universities across the country; industrial experts from sectors such as information technology and banking, the DRDO, the ISRO and the Geological Survey of India,” Mr. Gowri stated.
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