Funds Received To Set Up Tamil Chair At Harvard University!
Harvard University in the US is one among the oldest Universities in the world. A lot of languages had been taught in the University. Some of the Tamils in the US wanted Tamil to take place at Harvard University. To set up a Tamil chair at Harvard, Rs. 40 crores were needed. The Tamilnadu government donated Rs. 10 Crores and a lot of film celebs including music director cum hero “G V Prakash,” actor cum producer
Vishal Reddy
, producer K Rajan, actor cum politician
Kamal Haasan
, musician "A R Rahman," donated funds to set up a Tamil Chair at Harvard. Today, TN Minister “
K Pandiarajan
” stated that the entire amount had been collected to set up a Tamil chair and hereafter, Tamil will be taught in one of the oldest Universities in the world!