MOZHI

Nestled in serene surroundings in Thiruvanmiyur is Mozhi, a public charitable institution for developing resources in language and culture. Mozhi in Tamil means Language. Founded in 1989, Mozhi has an experienced interdisciplinary team at the helm. It is constantly developing conceptual and technological tools for understanding culture.

Mozhi's work and perception of Culture has won international recognition with UNESCO and the Ford Foundation offering support to carry out its activities without interruption. The University of Chicago, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and the Tamil University of Tanjavur, offers research and technical support.

Mozhi focuses on three thrust areas. The Centre at Thiruvanmiyur concentrates on Language resources. The Roja Muthiah Research centre, which is the Bibliographic division and the Seethuraman Centre, which is the funding research on language and culture.

Mozhi uses the latest in computer technology for compiling dictionaries in Tamil and analysing texts in Tamil. The Dictionary of Contemporary Tamil by Cre-A and The Dictionary of Idioms and Phrases in Contemporary Tamil are two noteworthy publications. At present it is engaged in developing a style manual in Tamil.

Mozhi in collaboration with the University of Chicago, is engaged in maintaining, cataloguing and microfilming one of the rare collections of Tamil Material of the late Roja Muthiah Chettiar of Kottaiyyur.

The Professor Sethuraman Centre aims at promoting cross-cultural research in language, literature and culture, the requisite tools and human resources. It also intends, at a later stage, to create a network of Tamil and other Indian languages.

GRANTS FOR RESEARCH OFFERED

Deadline for filled in forms- 15th August every year. Results will be intimated before 30th October every year Last date for sending the completed manuscripts 31st December every year.

Address: Mozhi, Door No. 13, 24 East Street, Thiruvanmiyur, Chennai-600 041. Phone 442 4166

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