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Harvard Tamil Chair: Australian Chapter Victoria

Harvard Tamil Chair - Melbourne Chapter

Source: Harvard Tamil Chair - Melbourne Chapter

Harvard University is almost certain to house a department dedicated to Tamil, thanks to an initiative taken by two India-born doctors. The Ivy League university which has a 100-year-old Sanskrit chair has now shown interest in constituting a Sangam Tamil chair. Harvard University, located at Cambridge in Massachusetts, has demanded a fund of $6 million to form the chair.As part of the global effort to set up a Tamil chair at Harvard University, the Tamil community in Victoria created a Fundraiser. Karthik Arasu explains more.



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