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| Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Bharathiar University to set up Confucius Institute
MoU signed between BU and Huaihua University, China
NEW BEGINNING: G. Thiruvasagam, Vice-Chancellor, Bharathiar
University (left) exchanging an MoU with Xia li fa, Chancellor
and President of Huaihua University, China (right), in China
recently.
COIMBATORE: A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed recently
between the Bharathiar University and the Huaihua University,
China, for founding the Bharathiar University Confucius Institute
at the university premises in Coimbatore.
Indian heritage:
This is in pursuance of the memorandum of agreement (MoA) between
the two parties in November last to enable Chinese students
take up degree courses in Linguistics and Computer Science at
the Bharathiar University. At that time it was decided to set
up a Chair to promote Indian heritage, culture and fine arts
at the Huaihua University, while its counterpart would come
up at Bharathiar University to promote Chinese heritage, culture
and fine arts.
Accordingly, the courses for the Chinese students began their
course in January.
The MoU that was signed by Vice-Chancellor G. Thiruvasagam and
Chancellor and President of Huaihua University Xia li fa during
the former’s visit to China would enable the establishment
of the institute.
Philosophy:
“The Chinese have a strong belief that the 2,500-year-old
philosophy of Confucius has made them excel in the field of
education. That is why they have requested us to promote the
institute to conduct research on Chinese culture, language and
also conduct courses on Confucius,” Mr. Thiruvasagam said.
Bharathiar University would apply to the headquarters of the
Confucius Institute for founding the institute.
The headquarters would also provide the institute with all the
relevant documents.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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