PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate 11 new medical colleges in Tamil Nadu on January 12

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to unveil 11 new medical colleges across Tamil Nadu and the new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil in Chennai on January 12, 2022, at 4 pm via video conferencing.

Tamil Nadu will soon get 11 new government medical colleges (GMCs) and a new campus of Central Institute of Classical Tamil. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate these on January 12, 2022, at 4 pm via video conferencing.

The new medical colleges will be in Virudhunagar, Namakkal, The Nilgiris, Tiruppur, Thiruvallur, Nagapattinam, Dindigul, Kallakurichi, Ariyalur, Ramanathapuram and Krishnagiri districts. 

The colleges are being established under the Centrally Sponsored scheme of 'Establishing of New Medical Colleges attached with existing district/referral hospital.' These new GMCs are being established at an estimated cost of INR 4000 crore, of which nearly INR 2145 crore has been provided by the Central government and the rest of the funding will be provided by the state government.

The new campus of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) in Chennai is in line with the Prime Minister’s vision to protect and preserve Indian heritage and promote classical languages. The campus has been built at a cost of INR 24 crore and it is fully funded by the Central government. So far CICT was operating from a rented building, now it will operate from a new three-storey campus. The new campus will have a spacious library, seminar halls, e-library and a multimedia hall.

The official statement reads, "An autonomous organization under the Union Ministry of Education, CICT is contributing to the promotion of classical Tamil by doing research activities so as to establish the ancientness and uniqueness of Tamil language. The institute library has a rich collection of over 45,000 ancient Tamil Books. To promote classical Tamil and support its students, the Institute indulges in academic activities like holding seminars and training programmes, granting fellowship etc. It also aims to translate and publish ‘Thirukkural’ in various Indian as well as 100 foreign languages. The new campus will provide an efficient working environment for the institute in its pursuit of promoting classical Tamil across the world."

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