MK distributes funds for developing Tamil lexicon
Chennai,
Dec
8:
Tamil
Nadu
Chief
Minister
M
Karunanidhi
distributed
a
grant
of
Rs
ten
lakh
each
to
the
Dravidian
University
at
Kuppam
in
Andhra
Pradesh
and
Madras
University
for
translating
Dravidian
language
literature
in
Tamil
and
developing
the
language's
lexicon.
Mr Karunanidhi gave a cheque for Rs ten lakh to Dravidian University Vice-Chancellor G Lakshmi Narayana yesterday for translating literary works in Dravidian languages to Tamil.
The Chief Minister also gave Rs ten lakh to Madras University Vice-Chancellor S Ramachandran for assessing and improving the Tamil lexicon, an official release here said.
UNI
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Story first published: Saturday, December 8, 2007, 10:41 [IST]