Fate of NCC

[Sudalaimuthu Palaniappan]

On Mon, 27 Sep 1999,  arjunwadkar at MCMAIL.COM wrote:

<I also see that the huge project of A Dictionary of Sanskrit on Historical
Principles sponsored by the Deccan College, Pune is facing a similar fate
despite the
foundational work of collecting references from Sanskrit works to the tune of
a crore (ten million).>

Is this an etymological dictionary? If so, I would like to know if any Munda
or Dravidian language specialists are involved in the project. I am
interested especially in any information about any Tamil scholars (not Tamil
Sanskritists) involved in the project. Thanks in advance.

Regards
S. Palaniappan