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 Pondicherry
Institute of Linguistics and Culture (PILC) is an autonomous research centre established
with a view to promote advanced research in the fields of Linguistic and Culture in the Union Territory of Pondicherry.PILC
is the only research centre which has been established and is being financially supported by the Government of
Pondicherry. The institute is being managed by the Governing Body with the Education Minister as its Chairman,
and the Education Secretary as the Vice-Chairman. Linguistics
and Culture, combined together as thrust areas of research in PILC, are a rare combination
of subjects which have not been taken care of by any of the institutions in and around Pondicherry. Perhaps, in
the whole of India, Pondicherry was the only region until 1981 where linguistics was completely unknown as a discipline. In 1981, the
International School of Dravidian Linguistics (ISDL) came forward to start centre
at Pondicherry with the grant-in-aid of the Pondicherry government. Later, in 1986, the Pondicherry government
decided to take over the regional centre under its direct fold and rechristened it as the Pondicherry Institute
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PILC has been conducting various research programmes under three faculties, namely Faculty of Linguistic
Studies, Faculty of Ethnographic Studies, Faculty of Literary Studies. Majority of the research programmes are
very much relevant to the Union Territory of Pondicherry . Encyclopaedia
of Pondichery: Even in the history of Pondicherry Union Territory, the state has not been represented with its magnificent conformity of culture, history and literary excellency. Presently, PILC has designed a plan to prepare an Encyclopaedia of Pondicherry specially focussing on the history of arts, culture, literature and archaeology of the Union Territory Library With a view to enriching and disseminating knowledge, PILC with strenuous efforts has been building up a good library. The library is accumulating standard research books as and when books with intellectual and academic excellence and published in any part of the world. It is also subscribing to various intellectual research journals from international research area. Within a short period of 8 years, PILC has collected more than 18,800 books both in Indian and English languages. Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and Culture19, Cinna Subbaraya Pillai Street Pondicherry - 605 001, India Email: pilc@md3.vsnl.net.in |
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