‘Graduates will be well prepared to use AI when classical Tamil pedagogy is combined with essential English skills’

“Our graduates volition beryllium exceptionally good prepared to usage AI erstwhile the spot of Classical Tamil pedagogy is combined with essential English skills,” said Ami Upadhyay, Vice-Chancellor of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University successful Ahmedabad successful Gujarat.

Delivering the convocation code astatine the 16th twelvemonth convocation of Tamil Nadu Open University connected Thursday, Prof. Upadhyay said: “We besides person a practice advantage. Classical Tamil pedagogy has ever emphasised logic, subject of thought and clarity of expression. When this spot is combined with indispensable English skills, our graduates volition beryllium exceptionally good prepared to usage AI not lone for idiosyncratic growth, but besides for advancing business, probe and innovation.”

Stressing the request for preserving the past languages of India, Prof. Upadhyay said: “Indians should beryllium arrogant of the information that retired of the 7 astir ancient languages, 2 are from India. They are Sanskrit and Tamil. National Education Policy 2020 stresses connected parent lingua oregon determination language.”

Pointing to the spread betwixt technological access and linguistic competence, Prof. Upadhyay said that the aboriginal volition beryllium to those who tin instruct AI thoughtfully and verify its outputs with wisdom.

“Institutions similar Tamil Nadu Open University are uniquely positioned to pioneer this integration, by aligning AI grooming with connection learning with a absorption connected reasoning, clarity and precision. When we locomotion with AI, we should ever remember that earthy quality has greater importance. We unrecorded successful an epoch wherever AI is transforming each tract of cognition and work, supercharging AI productivity with language. In different words, the quality to deliberation clearly, explicit precisely, and crushed efficaciously volition find however successfully we harness the powerfulness of technology.”

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi presided implicit the convocation. A full of 7972 graduates received their degrees.