The AICTE has made major changes to the requirements for engineering admissions. Until now it was compulsory that Maths, Physics and Chemistry were essential subjects in Class 12 to study engineering. The AICTE Approval Process Handbook 2022-23 has said that it is not necessary to have studied...
K Roja, who studied Tamil medium in a government school, is now doing research on Plant Biology and Biotechnology at Loyola College. Roja is the first woman from Irular community to do her PhD. T Sakthivel, an Irular man hailing from Salayampalayam, did his PhD on brick kiln labour in...
Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammaiyar was a pioneering feminist and Dravidianist whose life and work is worth recalling in the context of International Women’s Day. She was an associate of leading luminaries in Indian politics such as Mahatma Gandhi, Periyar, Thiru Vi Ka, Varadarajulu Naidu, Anna and...
Kausalya Srinivasan, a Bharatanatyam expert and Fulbright scholar, has embarked on a project to teach the dance form to Irular children in Tindivanam. On a recent evening, Irular children and their parents had gathered at the Thai Tamil school in Rosanai, Tindivanam. It was an awareness...
The state budget expanded the Dravidian model in making education accessible to underprivileged sections. For instance, among the announcements was a major scheme to educate girl children. The Moovalur Ramamirtham Ammayar marriage assistance scheme has now become a scheme for supporting higher...
Staring at the night sky from a coir cot in his village, Sivaperuman would not have dreamed he’d be studying asteroids at Arizona University
Every year, some 3 lakh students passing Class 12 in Tamil Nadu are denied the opportunity of studying UG or integrated five-year courses in many central government educational institutions. These are Tamil medium students and they are unable to take the entrance exams for these courses which...
Sundaravel studied in Tamil medium in school but is now a polyglot who knows Japanese and English. He struggled in his first year engineering since all the classes were in English but as the course went on he was able to settle down. Today, Sundaravel is teaching English to school students in...
Studying medicine is a dream for most. Despite doing well in school, many in villages can't dream of pursuing it. Here's one who worked in grocery shops to purchase application forms
In the 19th century, an American taught medical students in Tamil so that doctors would serve their communities. But now it’s all in English
