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The Cologne University campus in Germany; (below) Tamil library at the Indology and Tamil Studies department
Pursuing a BA in Indology and Tamil studies at Cologne University in Germany had always been Balakumaran Ilangovan’s dream. But his plans have been indefinitely postponed as the university decided to discontinue the Tamil studies department’s courses in 2018 due to lack of funds.
The language has been taught at the institution since 1963 and the Tamil library is one of the largest outside India with more than 40,000 books. “The Tamil library and research material in this department stands apart from the other universities in Europe,” says Ilangovan, an engineer who now lives in Stuttgart.
Tamil department in German varsity facing closure threat
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Tamil diaspora in Europe launches a fund-raising campaign
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Tamil diaspora in Europe launches a fund-raising campaign
The Tamil diaspora in Europe has launched a fund-raising campaign to save a department teaching Tamil in the University of Cologne. The department is facing closure threat for want of funds. Started in 1963 by Klaus-Ludwig Janert, the department has 12 students at present and offers undergraduate, postgraduate and Ph.D programmes in Tamil.
According to the Tamil diaspora, the department is unique as it focuses on Tamil language unlike other European universities that focus on Hindi or Sanskrit. Two of its alumni are teaching the language in the University of Chicago and one is in Berlin University.