Mysore/Mysuru: Prominent Kannada writers and scholars have come to a unanimous opinion that Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada (CESCK) in Mysuru, housed at Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), must get autonomous status. In this regard they have written an open letter to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa to expedite the process of…
Seminar on ‘Documentation of lesser-known Languages’ at CIIL
February 13, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: The 2-day National Seminar on ‘Documentation of lesser-known Languages: Deliberation and Medium,’ organised by Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru and Regional Centre of Central Institute of Hindi (CIH), Mysuru, at the CIIL premises here, will conclude today. In his inaugural address yesterday, Prof. Rajesh Sachdeva, former Director, CIIL, said: “to preserve lesser-known…
Telugu Studies Centre shifted out of Mysuru
November 20, 2019Suggestion to move the Classical Centre was made by Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu while in city University of Mysore to provide three-acre land to house Classical Kannada Centre Mysuru: The Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Telugu has been shifted from city-based Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) to NCERT (National Council of Educational Research…
Classical Telugu Centre likely to be shifted from Mysuru
July 16, 2019Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu suggests shifting to Andhra Pradesh or Telugu-speaking States HRD Ministry expresses willingness to act on Vice-President’s suggestion New Delhi: Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu, who had urged people of Mysuru to speak in their mother-tongue and respect the language that has come from one’s mother’s womb, has recommended shifting the Centre of…
Kannada Research Scholars undergo 5-day training
September 1, 2018Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item writing for the Kannada Research Scholars of Karnataka, was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru from Aug.27. Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer In-charge of NTS-I, in his presidential remark emphasised on the importance of practice in item writing in…
Training in Testing and Evaluation for Collegiate Teachers teaching Tamil
June 6, 2018Mysuru: Dr. P. R. Dharmesh Fernandez, Professor-cum-Deputy Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) and Head, Centre for Testing and Evaluation (CT&E), inaugurated the five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing and Evaluation and Question Item Writing for the Assistant Professors of Tamil working in Universities and Colleges in Tamil Nadu here on June 4. The workshop is…
Koraga, Kuruba languages in Karnataka becoming extinct
February 19, 2018Mysuru-based Central Institute of Indian Languages working for preservation of endangered languages New Delhi:- More than 40 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered and is believed to be heading towards extinction as only a few thousand people speak them, officials said. According to a report of the Census Directorate, there are…
Workshop on Assessing Personality
January 6, 2018Mysuru: A three-day workshop for finalising the Framework for Assessing Personality was held at the National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru recently. Skill development is an integral part of personality development education that contributes to the learner’s personality growth. Hence, at NTS-I, any achievement test construction includes testing of…
Evaluation for Urdu teachers
December 3, 2017Mysuru: A five-day training-cum-workshop on Testing and Evaluation and Item Writing for High School and PU College Urdu teachers of Karnataka and Urdu Research Scholars of various Universities of Karnataka was held at National Testing Service-India (NTS-I) of Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) in city recently. Speaking at the inaugural session, Pankaj Dwivedi, Officer…
Hindi Pakhwada Celebration at CIIL from Sept. 1 to 15
August 26, 2017Mysuru: Like every year this year also Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) is going to celebrate Hindi Pakhwada from Sept.1 to 15 at its premises in Manasagangothri. During this programme a series of competitive events will be organised for Hindi and Non-Hindi speakers such as translation and noting, essay writing, dictation and Hindi typing,…
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