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He was an authority on the works of the poet laureate Kuvempu and • General Body meeting of the Dravidian Basavanna’s vacana -s. Considering his Linguistics Association contributions to language and literature, • Governing Council meeting of the Inter- Prof. Jaware Gowda was honoured with national School of Dravidian Linguistics Padmashri in 2001. In addition, he was the recipient of many prestigious awards like • Meeting of the Managing Committee of the Pampa Puraskaram, Karnataka Ratna, Dravidian Linguistics Association Gorur, Natoja etc. • Meeting of the Editorial Board of the Dr. Jaware Gowda was closely International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics associated with the Dravidian Linguistics Association and the International School ENDOWMENT IN MEMORY OF of Dravidian Linguistics from the very PROF. KARUNASINDHU DAS beginning of their formations. He was the A sum of Rs. 1.5 lakhs was President of the Dravidian Linguistics • Governing Council meeting of the International contributed to institute an endowment in School of Dravidian Linguistics Association during 1996-1997. memory of late Prof. Karunasindhu Das, • formerMeeting Vice-Chancellor of the Managing of CommitteeViswabharathi of the On behalf of all members of the Dravidian Linguistics Association University and an eminent Sanskritist, International School of Dravidian Linguistics, • linguistMeeting and of the a Editorialscholar Boardin Bengali of the Internationallanguage the Dravidian Linguistics Association and andJournal literature. of Dravidian The cheque Linguistics for the same was the International Journal of Dravidian handed over by Mrs. Mridula Das, wife of Linguistics, we express our heartfelt Prof. Karunasindhu Das, his daughter Mrs. condolences to the bereaved family. Arundhati Das and his son Mr. Dhrubajyoti Das. From the interest of this amount, an endowment lecture is to be organized every DLA & ISDL MEETINGS year at the All India Conference of 1. Governing Council 16.6.2016 4.30 p.m. Dravidian Linguists. meeting of ISDL 2. Managing Committee 16.6.2016 5.30 p.m. PROF. JAWARE GOWDA EXPIRED meeting of DLA Professor Jaware Gowda, eminent literary 3. Meeting of the 16.6.2016 6.00 p.m. th Editorial Board of IJDL luminary and linguist, passed away on 30 May 2016 at the age of 101. Prof. Jaware 4. General Body 17.6.2016 5.30 p.m. meeting of the DLA Gowda was the Vice-Chancellor of Mysore University. His interest was not limited to Latest Publications: V.I. SUBRAMONIAM COMMEMORATION VOLUMES I & II , G.K. Panikkar, B. Ramakrishna Reddy, K. Rangan & B.B. Rajapurohit (Eds.), 2015, HB, Crown ¼: Vol. I: Studies on Dravidian , pp. xx + 515. Rs. 1,280/- (US$ 110/-); Vol. II: Studies on Indian Languages and Cultures , pp. xx + 458. Rs. 1,150/- (US$ 105/-). 2 Website: www.ijdl.org DLA News Vol. 40 June 2016 E-mail: [email protected] ; [email protected] SUNITI KUMAR CHATTERJI WANTED RESEARCH FELLOWS MEMORIAL LECTURE Kolkata Society for Asian Studies Junior and Senior Research Fellows are needed to do research in Linguistics and related (KSAS), Kolkata in collaboration with School of Languages and Linguistics (SLL), Jadavpur topics at ISDL Complex, Thiruvananthapuram. University organized Prof. Suniti Kumar Those who are interested may send their Chatterji (26 November 1890 - 29 May 1977) curriculum vitae to the Director, International rd Memorial Lecture on 23 May 2016 to observe School of Dravidian Linguistics, V.I. Subra- his death anniversary in the Vivekananda Hall, moniam Memorial ISDL Complex, Thiru- Jadavpur University. The KSAS organizes this vananthapuram – 695 586, Kerala. The last lecture every year inviting eminent scholars to th promote Prof. Chatterji ’s contribution to date for receiving the application is 24 June 2016. Those who have already submitted their language and linguistics. Dr. Sarmistha De Basu, Secretary, KSAS welcomed the guests CV need not apply again. and the audience and introduced the programme. Prof. Dwijesh Dutta Majumdar, Professor- RAMESWARAM AND SRI LANKA Emeritus, ISI, Calcutta and Director, ICSIT, from Kolkata was the chief guest. He gave a small introduction on Prof. Chatterji inviting the A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE young generation to continue the language The sanctum sanctorum of the study which Chatterji initiated. Prof. Asoke Kumar Dutta, former