(20 – 22 July 2012)
The World Tamil Youth Conference 2012 was an initiative endeavoured by National University of Singapore’s Tamil Language Society (NUS TLS) 33RD Executive Committee. Conventionally the discussion group is held every 2 years by NUS TLS. The uniqueness of this conference was meant to understand the degree of proficiency of the Tamil language especially amongst the youths and find new avenues to improve them.
There were wide array of issues discussed during the seminar. The papers were presented by academics, counselors, students and scholars from Canada, United States of America, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other countries around the world. The subjects discussed ranged from classical Tamil literature to development of Tamil cinema today.
The 3-day event was commenced by an opening ceremony held at the Guild House. There were festival events and one of the celebrities was the veteran speaker of Sun TV, Mr. Gopinath. There were also local Vasantham Central stars who appeared at this event.
In the 3-day forum, participants have learned more about the Tamil identity and how to inculcate its values and the language especially amongst the youths. Representatives of tertiary institutions and schools, lecturers, family members, counselors were strongly engaged in the open discussion. This has alleviated some of the problems and found new ways on how to further enhance the beauty of the Tamil language.
As students and academics of ERC Institute, we actively participated in the open discussion and took this opportunity to interact with professionals, academics, fellow students and the general public. With such an intellectual stimulating and engaging platform, we are definitely looking forward to participate actively in similar conferences in future.
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