சீனப் பல்கலைக்கழகத்தில் தமிழை முதன்மையாக எடுத்து படிக்க ஆர்வம்காட்டும் சீன மாணவர்கள் ..

Tamil Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing China has established recently. 10 students from different parts of China（Beijing，Yunnan(Southwest China), Shandong(East China） 

ZheJiang(southern China)…) are joining the 4 year Tamil course and will be awarded Bachelor Degree of “Tamil Language and Literature” after finishing their study here.

Today was the inaugural class, we started with a motivating Welcome speech by IATR-Y international coordinator Vetriselvan . The students are very excited about coming to know the different aspects of tamil and long standing relationship between Tamils & Chinese. Students learned their first thirukural and were  introduced to Tamil scripts on the first day of the course.

The course will include language skills training such as Listening and Speaking, writing, intensive reading, translation and interpretation, cultural history of Tamil language, literature extensive reading, academic writing, and area studies focusing on contemporary Tamil speaking areas.

The students will be funded by government to make a 6-12 month study trip in Tamil regions.

All of the 10 students are interested in Tamil language and culture and are very much willing to explore more on China-Tamil connections and to be future cultural ambassadors to connect two peoples.

Beijing Foreign Studies University, or BFSU, is a prestigious university in China under the direct leadership of the Chinese Ministry of Education. It is one of China’s top universities, and one of China’s oldest language universities，teaching the biggest number of languages and offering education at different levels.

In more than 70 years, over 90 000 people have graduated from BFSU. Among BFSU alumni who work or have worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we have over 400 ambassadors and over 1 000 counselors. BFSU is thus known as the “Cradle of Diplomats”.

Now there are two teaching faculties in Tamil Department here. Ms Zhou Xin(Eesvari) and Dr. Kalathi Veerasamy.

Zhou Xin has been learning Tamil in China for 4 years and 6 months in Pondicherry Institute of Linguistics and culture, and then in SOAS, University of London.

Dr. Kalathi Veerasamy is Assistant Professor at the Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU), Beijing, China. He holds a Ph.D in Comparative Studies from the Centre of Indian Languages, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He completed his M.Phil from the same Centre and in 2016 received the China’s Ambassador Scholarship granted by Embassy of The Peoples Republic of China in New Delhi, India. Before joining BFSU he was Assistant Professor at the Saveetha University, Chennai. His research interests centre on Shi Jing, Lu Xun, Shaolin Temple, Chinese Literature, Language, culture and social subject in respect to both India and China.