{"id":3757,"date":"2019-03-06T12:36:43","date_gmt":"2019-03-06T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/5ineprojects.com\/kannada-university\/?page_id=3757"},"modified":"2025-06-23T13:23:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T07:53:37","slug":"department-of-dravidian-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kannadauniversity.org\/english\/department-of-dravidian-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Dravidian Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Faculty of Language<\/strong><\/h6>\n

[\/vc_column_text][stm_wp_custommenu nav_menu=”56″ width=”100%” el_class=”about-menu”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][stm_title title_tag=”h5″ title_color=”custom” page_title_enable=”true” subtitle_enable=”true” title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_margin_b=”10px”][\/stm_title][stm_title title_tag=”h6″ title_color=”custom” title_font_weight=”400″ title_color_custom=”#000000″ title_font_size=”15px” title_line_height=”25px” title_margin_b=”10px”]The focus of the department is to take up systematic study of Kannada Lliterature in the sense of creative writing and also in the sense of all texts in Kannada both oral and written. The texts (both written and oral) are placed in the larger matrix of culture to research on various issues related to history, society, polity. The literary texts are read and interpreted in the light of recent theories so as to re-read them from the context of the present. The Department has so far organized several seminars and come out with publications on Cultural interface of old texts from the point of view of present context of globalization, nativism and other issues.[\/stm_title][vc_row_inner css=”.vc_custom_1551353409867{margin-bottom: 20px !important;}” el_id=”welcome-about”][vc_column_inner][vc_single_image image=”3355″ img_size=”1000X600″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_tta_tour color=”sky” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1551782250578-541d3853-3a5d”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Introduction<\/strong><\/h6>\n

The department was functioning earlier with the name Department of Foreign and Other Indian languages and in 1998-99 the department was named as the Department of Studies in Dravidian Culture. The department is engaged in Research and teaching in the field of South Indian culture and Karnataka studies.  It carries out comparative Research in the languages, Religion and cultures of South India to foster a symbiotic relationship between the various states. The thrust area of the department is Dravidian linguistics and culture, Dravidian studies, South Indian studies and Indology.<\/p>\n

The principal objective of the dept is to interact with all other south Indian languages. To achieve these aims and objectives, the department conducts courses on comparative studies.  Department is undertaking various research projects, conducts seminars and workshops and engages in teaching. The department has organized seminars in major academic centers of South Indian. These activities help the Department to overcome language and culture barriers in South Indian Context.<\/p>\n

The research projects carried out by the department presents, consolidate and translate the Dravidian thoughts in all its manifestations. The scholars of the department are completely engaged in cultural studies and editing of the lexicons. The publication of the project \u2018Dravidian lexicon\u2019 is an example of the quality work taken up in the department. The department has rich tradition of conducting National seminars in association with premier institutions of south India. The department has introduced a course- Dravida Adhyayan (Dravidian Studies) for Kannada MA.Ph.D.(integrated)  and M.Phil. programs.<\/p>\n

The department publishes Dravida Adhyayana<\/em>– A half yearly journal. The   journal contains scholarly articles by eminent scholars of national and international repute. This journal is a competent representative forum of the department. The faculty members of the department are experts in languages like Tamil, Tulu, Telugu, Malayalam, Kodava and Sanskrit.  With a multi lingual team of scholars, the department has now emerging as a centre of South Indian studies in Karnataka.<\/p>\n

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Vision Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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  • To promote Karnataka studies in the pan south Indian context in particular and in south Asian context in general.<\/li>\n
  • To be a premiere institution in Comparative South Indian Studies<\/li>\n
  • To promote study of other non-major Dravidian Languages and their culture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
    Mission Statement of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n
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    • To fulfill this vision the department is engaged in academic activities like teaching, undertaking research project, conducting seminars, workshops, and special lectures apart from publishing the research journal, the activities will be scaled up further.<\/li>\n
    • To be a center for south Indian studies\/ Dravidian Studies<\/li>\n
    • To build a platform for scholars of Dravidian\/ South Indian studies<\/li>\n
    • To have a comprehensive knowledge of other Dravidian languages in Kannada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      Uniqueness of the Department<\/strong><\/h6>\n

      The Department offers courses on Dravidian Studies, South Indian Studies, Comparative Dravidian literature and Comparative Dravidian linguistics at various levels of programs. The thrust of these papers is its focus on the local and regional history and culture. The department believes that local and region is important in being global in its approach. Since 1994 on wards the department has undertaken about 40 research projects and organized 20 seminars\/workshops. There are 22 issues of the half yearly research journal \u2013 Dravida adhyayana<\/em>\u2013are published so for.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Department Profile” tab_id=”1551783308061-f6ed8aa5-fdcb”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

      Department Profile<\/strong><\/h6>\n