Government To Set Up Centres Of Excellence For Five Classical Indian Languages At Five Institutions

Key facts

• The Centre has announced Centres of Excellence for five classical languages: Classical Assamese, Classical Bengali, Classical Marathi, Classical Pali and Classical Prakrit, to be hosted at five institutions across five states.
• The Centre of Excellence for Classical Assamese will be established at Tezpur University in Assam.
• The Centre of Excellence for Classical Bengali will be set up at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal.
• The Centre of Excellence for Classical Marathi will be established at the Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed to be University) in Pune, Maharashtra.
• The Centre of Excellence for Classical Pali will be set up at the Central University of Odisha.
• The Centre of Excellence for Classical Prakrit will be hosted at the Central University of Gujarat.