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The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru, connected Thursday, November 20, inaugurated a two-day nationalist symposium connected ‘Language, Culture and Knowledge Systems’ arsenic portion of the observance of ‘Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas’, held annually connected November 15 to honour the commencement day of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
Shailendra Mohan, director, CIIL, who presided implicit the event, said that CIIL has developed a dictionary and teaching-learning materials for the Soliga community, including linguistic and grammatical resources, and added that the institute has plans to undertake ocular documentation of the Soliga community’s cognition to guarantee semipermanent preservation and accessibility.
Emphasising foundational literacy and numeracy, helium said that CIIL, successful collaboration with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), has developed 127 primers and is presently moving connected different Northeastern languages, portion reaffirming CIIL’s committedness to advancing connection acquisition successful alignment with the nationalist imaginativeness of Viksit Bharat 2047.
Prof. Mohan reiterated that each Indian languages irrespective of classifications represent the nation’s taste and linguistic practice and urged young researchers to actively lend to enriching India’s linguistic and cognition systems too supporting the goals of the National Education Policy 2020, particularly parent tongue-based education.
In his invited address, P.R. Dharmesh Fernandez, Professor and Deputy Director, CIIL, underscored the Union government’s committedness to recognising the invaluable contributions of tribal communities, who proceed to safeguard immoderate of the nation’s astir past languages, taste practices, and cognition systems.
Prof. Fernandez highlighted Bhagwan Birsa Munda’s enduring connection of ‘Jal, Jangal, Zameen’ and emphasised that accepted ecological cognition profoundly rooted successful tribal languages offers captious lessons for sustainable development.
Citing aboriginal references to earthy disasters successful Sangam lit and the endurance of Andaman tribal communities during the 2004 tsunami, helium illustrated however indigenous biology contented has agelong guided assemblage resilience.
Madegowda C., task manager, Ashoka Trust for Research successful Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), B.R. Hills, Chamarajanagara district, emphasised Birsa Munda’s enduring bequest arsenic a defender of Adivasi rights and a root of inspiration for tribal communities crossed India. Highlighting the heavy humanities transportation of Adivasis with wood landscapes, helium noted that accepted communities person served arsenic custodians of forests for centuries.
Dr. Madegowda besides expressed concerns astir the power of Tiger Reserves, National Parks, mining activities, and infrastructure projects connected the livelihoods and taste practices of tribal groups. He observed that though these communities person lived successful adjacent coexistence with wildlife for generations, they proceed to acquisition challenges related to relocation and onshore access.
Emphasising the gradual diminution of oral traditions, helium called for systematic linguistic documentation of lesser-known Adivasi languages successful Karnataka to guarantee that invaluable taste cognition is preserved for aboriginal generations.
Dr. Madegowda urged the CIIL to undertake broad tract surveys, community-based linguistic mapping, and action-oriented probe that straight benefits tribal learners.
He stressed the request for CIIL to collaborate with section communities to make early-grade teaching and learning materials, primers, and integer resources tailored to the sociocultural contexts of tribal children.
Sujoy Sarkar, Lecturer and Junior Research Officer (L-JRO), CIIL, and coordinator of the symposium, was present.
The two-day nationalist symposium connected ‘Language, Culture and Knowledge Systems’ volition diagnostic six world sessions, during which 19 probe papers volition beryllium presented by scholars from assorted universities, probe institutions, and NGOs crossed the country.
