Ministry of Education Approves Five Centres of Excellence for Studies in Classical Languages

The Department of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education has approved the establishment of five Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for studies in Classical Assamese, Classical Bengali, Classical Marathi, Classical Pali, and Classical Prakrit. These Centres will be hosted at Tezpur University (Assam), Visva-Bharati University (West Bengal), Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Maharashtra), Central University of Odisha, and Central University of Gujarat respectively. The initiative aims to provide institutional support for advanced academic research, preservation, digitisation of linguistic and literary heritage, and the wider dissemination of knowledge regarding these classical languages across multiple states.