Malayalam literature needs global exposure: Kerala governor

Kochi | Saturday | 9th February, 2019

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Earlier, inaugurating the e-governance and e-learning system at St Albert's College here, Sathasivam said that educational institutions must use technology in areas of learning and teaching. "We have a good model in national programme of technology-enhanced learning, which has been designed and carried out by premier institutions such as Indian Institutes of Technology. Writer T Padmanabhan was felicitated at the function. We should encourage our teachers and students to upgrade their knowledge by using such resources and massive on-line open courses," he said.The next step should be to see if our institutions can offer such courses and skill-training programmes, Sathasivam said. KOCHI: In this era of globalization, Malayalam literature cannot remain confined to the geographical boundaries of Kerala and it is high time we ensured better global exposure to our works through translations, said governor P Sathasivam in Kochi on Friday.He was speaking after opening the second edition of Krithi International Book Fair and Knowledge Festival, organized by Sahitya Pravarthaka Cooperative Society (SPCS) under the department of cooperation..