Training

    Courses to train future generation of scholars in the classical language shall be conducted. Two kinds of courses are envisaged to be conducted every year short term and long term ones . Short term workshops
    Short term workshops of one week each at the first instance [may be extended to two week duration if the need is felt in the next series], will be conducted on
  • (1) Chandassu

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  • (2) palaeography and epigraphy

    • (3) manuscrptology and textual criticism
    (4) lexicography
    (5) linguistics
    (6) historiography and religion studies
    (7) comparative literature and
    (8) reading and appreciation of classical Kannada texts.

    Intake of each course shall be of 20 persons to be conducted at CUK as well as in different parts of Karnataka. One workshop, once in two to three months shall be conducted. The postgraduates and the registrants for doctoral work at different universities and institutions shall be the participants. Under exceptional circumstances young lecturers who do not have doctoral degree may also be admitted. These shall be conducted in collaboration with local institutions wherever necessary. Long term winter schools Winter schools in ‘Classical Kannada Studies’ of four week duration will be conducted with

    (1) palaeography and epigraphy
    (2) manuscrptology and textual criticism
    (3) Chandassu
    (4) lexicography
    (5) linguistics
    (6) historiography and religion studies
    (7) comparative literature and
    (8) reading and appreciation of classical Kannada texts as major components.

    Intake of a winter school shall be 40 persons to be conducted at the CUK. One such programme shall be conducted in a year. The postgraduates and the registrants for doctoral work at different universities and institutions shall be the participants. Under exceptional circumstances young lecturers who do not have doctoral degree may also be admitted. Emphasis in both these types of courses is on ‘hands on’ activity with the classical texts and not purely lecture oriented. In addition, a pool of experts in classical Kannada studies who can impart teaching in uniform competence shall emerge.