The first day of this annual research conference organized by the Tamil Studies Department under the theme “Multi Disciplines in Tamil” was held under four sessions and 20 research papers were presented.
Along with researchers representing various universities in Sri Lanka, a group of scholars from India also participated in this two-day research conference and the keynote address was delivered by Professor T. Sanathanan of the Department of Fine Arts, University of Jaffna.
Since 2013, the Tamil Studies Department has been organizing research conferences under various themes and publishing conference proceedings and special journals, thereby making a significant contribution to the advancement of Tamil academic studies.
The second day of the conference is scheduled to be held online, and researchers representing Sri Lanka, India, the United States and South Africa will present their research there. It is also planned to present 31 research papers under five sessions on that day.
Nadeeka Daya Bandara – From Kandy.