TNPSC Thervupettagam

First permanent director of CICT

June 5 , 2020 1507 days 1497 0
  • R. Chandrasekaran has been appointed the first permanent director of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) located in Chennai.
  • CICT is an autonomous Institute of higher research functioning under the Ministry of Human Resources Development established in 2006.
  • It was formerly known as the Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil (CECT).
  • It had been functioning at the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
  • In May 2008, the CECT was moved to Chennai and was rechristened as the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT).
  • The Institute is responsible for the Kural Peedam Award.

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