The Ministry of Education has invited 1,000 higher education institutions across the country to register and nominate one student each under the Kashi Tamil Sangamam 5.0 initiative.
In a social media post, the Ministry said the initiative aims to encourage students to study the timeless verses of the Thirukkural in their preferred language.
It added that selected students will also have the opportunity to undertake an internship, with each receiving a stipend of 10,000 rupees. Interested institutions can register on the website kts.cict.in. and Locations are spanning across Varanasi (Kashi), Prayagraj, and Ayodhya.
The Theme is, “Thirukkural Payilvom – Thirukkural Abhyas Karen” (focusing on the study and dissemination of the classical Tamil text Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar).
Participating institutions can register and nominate one student each on merit to study the Thirukkural in their preferred language.