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The
Faculty is recruited only by invitation from among scholars of repute.
The appointments are usually on a year to year basis. The output of the
scholars is closely watched for quality, shortfalls in quantity being
excusable! The work of the School is assessed once in two years, or
more frequently, by outside assessors, who are reputed scholars or
distinguished in some walks of life.
Prof.
V. I. Subramoniam is the Honorary Director. He is also the Honorary
Editor of the IJDL.
The
scholars may be either resident in the premises, in the rooms provided,
or they may be on a visiting basis. There is a category of Junior
Fellows; promising young scholars are selected for various specific
projects.
ISDL
has five faculties:
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Linguistics (General), Head, Prof. V. I. Subramoniam, (Applied) : Mr. Mahidas
Bhattacharya
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Anthropology
& Culture: Mr. T. Madhava Menon, I.A.S. (Retd.);
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Neuro-Linguistics:
Dr. P.K. Mohan, & Prof. V. I. Subramoniam;
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Dravidian
Migrants: Prof. M.E. Manickavasagom;
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Bengali
Studies: Mr. Mahidas Bhattacharya.
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Residential
Fellowships are held by Prof. B. Gopinathan Nair, Dr. Vijayendra Bhas,
Dr. Annie Monsy, Messrs Ajay Lohi, Harikumar Basi, C.P Vinod,
Mr. Samir Karmakar and Ms. Nairrita
Bhattacharya. Non-Residential Fellowships are held by Mr.
M. Subramoniam, Coimbatore, Mr. P.S. Subrahmaniam of Bangalore and
N. Sivaramamurthy of Hyderabad.
A
well-equipped computer unit and a speech laboratory, a good and
functional
library, supervised by Ms. Bindu, an administrative department
supervised
by Ms. Sobha.V and Ms. Rathi Devi, are functioning. A modest guest house
and a canteen are serving guests; so also a unit for correcting the
speech defective children, with a medical doctor, and a part-time
teacher.
Two
museums, one for the Bengali culture and another for the tribal culture,
are also functioning--these need augmentation.
There
are fourteen buildings; the total area constructed is 9,689 sq. meters.
The total area of the site is 27 acres (11 hectares approx.), which has
flourishing greenery of Acacia, Eucalyptus, Coconuts, and Cashew trees.
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