M'lore: Palthadi Aachar Takes Charge as President of Tulu Sahitya Academy

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Daijiworld Media Network—Mangalore (TU/CN)

Mangalore, Oct 19: Academician Dr Palthadi Ramakrishna Achar took over as president of the Tulu Sahitya Academy on Saturday October 18.

On his arrival at the academy office in the Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) building, he was given a rousing welcome. Speaking after assuming charge, he asked various organizations working for the development of Tulu language and literature to work with   the academy as they share the same objective.

Dr Achar said he would sit with other academy members to discuss several plans for the development of the language. He added, ‘Establishing a Tulu Pustaka Pradikara, Tulu film industry, and Tulu Kammata (seminar), are some of our plans. Tulu books should be translated into other languages’.

He said that efforts should continue to aim for a place in the eighth schedule to the Indian Constitution. Dr Achar opined that all members of parliament in the state should support this effort.

Showing interest in introducing Tulu as a medium of instruction, he said Tulu classes should be held for interested people, especially outsiders. ‘The academy should provide assistance to researchers. Research articles will help develop the language. We should try to get an opportunity in media to spread the language’, he stressed.

Incumbent president M K Sitharam Kulal, registrar Shivarudrappa, Pradip Kumar Kalkura, Dr Vaman Nandavar, Dr Vasant Kumar Perla, Savanur Sitharama Rai, Damodar N S, Ramadas Baikampadi, and S V Achar also spoke on the occasion.