<div>Oh, great.</div> <div>So, how ya doin', Francis?</div> <div>Still not earned that pesky Ph.D?</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div>o<BR><BR><B><I>Francis M Hult <fmhult@dolphin.upenn.edu></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Via lgpolicy...<BR><BR>> Mangalore March 19:<BR>> <BR>> The Kuppam Dravidian University will start diploma, post-graduate diploma<BR>> and Ph D courses in Tulu language from the next academic year, said<BR>> University vice-chancellor Gagngishetty Lakshminarayana. He was speaking<BR>> at the Gaurava Prashasthi-2006 award distribution ceremony organised by<BR>> Karnataka Tulu Sahithya Academy at Bykampady near here on Saturday.<BR>> <BR>> He said the University had started an independent Tulu study centre last<BR>> month
and it would promote Tulu language and culture. The centre will also<BR>> install an award for the persons doing higher studies in the subject.<BR>> District in-charge minister B Nagaraja Shetty gave away the awards to<BR>> noted writer Vaman Nandavar, drama artiste Ramadas Devadiga and folklore<BR>> artiste Gopal Naik.<BR>> <BR>> Addressing the gathering, Shetty supported the demand for teaching Tulu in<BR>> schools. He said the move would help promote the language. Nandavar<BR>> expressed gratitude over the Dravidian University starting an independent<BR>> Tulu study centre and said the universities in the state too should take<BR>> up the cause of developing Tulu language as a medium of instruction in<BR>> schools. The Kerala governments announcement on installing Tulu Academy at<BR>> Manjeshwar is a welcome step and it would help conservation and<BR>> development of Tulu language and culture in the frontier areas, he said.<BR>>
<BR>> Times News Network<BR>> <BR>> http://mangalorean.com/news.php?newstype=local&newsid=40763&PHPSESSID=071cb0aaf3048f40ac71ec97a46b7e71<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><BR><p>
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