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Education Ministry Approves Centers of Excellence for Five Classical Languages
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News18•04-10-2026, 16:21
Education Ministry Approves Centers of Excellence for Five Classical Languages
- •The Union Ministry of Education has taken a significant step to preserve classical Assamese, Bengali, Pali, Marathi, and Prakrit languages.
- •Five Centers of Excellence will be established across the country for the study of these languages, receiving official approval.
- •These centers aim to strengthen academic research, digitization, preservation, and dissemination of classical language heritage.
- •Centers of Excellence will be built in Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Pune, and Gujarat.
- •These centers will provide specialized institutional platforms for advanced research and academic activities in their respective classical languages.
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The Ministry of Education has approved Centers of Excellence for five classical languages: Assamese, Bengali, Pali, Marathi, and Prakrit.
The Center of Excellence for Classical Pali will be established at the Central University of Odisha.
These centers will focus on academic research, scholarly work, documentation, preservation, digitization, and the widespread dissemination of India's classical language heritage.
