NITI Aayog member Balasubramaniam visits Karnataka Tribal Research Institute
NITI Aayog member Balasubramaniam visited the Karnataka Tribal Research Institute to review research initiatives and tribal documentation efforts. He encouraged stronger collaboration with state universities and proposed financial support for preserving tribal knowledge and languages.
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This highlights government efforts to integrate tribal research and traditional knowledge into national development and policy frameworks.
NITI Aayog member Balasubramaniam visited the Karnataka Tribal Research Institute in Mysuru on Tuesday (July 28) and held discussions with officials and staff members.
He reviewed the institute’s activities, research initiatives, tribal studies, evaluation programmes, studies and awareness activities. He emphasised on the need to give greater importance to research and ensure documentation of the traditional knowledge, customs, food practices, folk narratives and languages of tribal communities.
He said the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs was ready to provide increased financial assistance for such initiatives. He suggested that the Karnataka Tribal Research Institute should collaborate with universities in the State for research activities and organise training workshops for tribal research scholars from different universities.
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