SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME IN NLP

[Srinivasa Varakhedi]

Dear Members,
   
  Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha Deemed University, Tiruapti, India  has been organizing a number of innovative programs for the upliftment of Sanskrit Shastras under Center for Excellence program. This year several short time training programs will be organized in various fields. From 17th to 26th July, such a training course for 10 days will be organized by the Vidyapeetha, in Natural Language Processing. The details of the program, contact details and application form are enclosed herewith.
   
  T.A. in Sleeper Class, accommodation & food will be provided to participants. 
   
  SHORT TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME IN NLP
   
              Eligibility:   Sanskrit teachers and Research Scholars.
                                      (Scholars from Vyakarana Background are preferred)
              Duration:      10 days (17th to 26th July 2006)
              
  Aims and brief outline:  
                                                  
                          This program aims at exposing the Sanskrit scholars and teachers to the field of NLP.There has been a curiosity among many Sanskrit scholars regarding the application of Sanskrit shastras to the field of computers in general and      NLP in particular. It is well known that our shastras have a detailed study of Languages, its analysis etc. Though the Sanskrit scholars are good at the analysis of Sanskrit Languages, when it comes to application of it to other languages  and  its  use  for  computers, they need exposure. A number of resource centers in languages have been started by Ministry of Information Technology.       They are facing shortage of trained manpower.         We are sure that, with a good background in Sanskrit  Vyakarna,  the Sanskrit scholars can be potentially better than  others, provided they are exposed to the proper tools and problems in NLP. The teachers attending this program in turn can expose students at their institutes
 to the field of NLP creating grater awareness among them for this field. We summarize below the topics that will be covered during this 3 week program. Based on the feedback obtained from this program, we are planning to approach MHRD for regular training program in NLP for Sanskrit scholars.
                          
              4)   Syllabus 
                          i)    Theory:
   
  1.      Introduction to NLP                                           5 hrs
  2.      Vyakarna                                                              5 hrs
  3.      Application concepts  in Vyakarna to NLP    5 hrs
  4.      Introduction to computer & programming (perl and Linux) 15 hrs
  5.      Introduction to some open problems and the discussion           1hrs
  6.      Exposure to NLP tools                           5 hrs
  7.      Participants presentation                        5 hrs
   
                          ii)    practical:         practicals related to NLP 
   
  CONTACT :  Coordinator, NLP course, Sanskrit net Center, R.S.Vidyapeetha, Deemed University, Tirupati. Ph: 0877-2287690 – extn 260/255, 9440260080
                          Email: nlpdept at yahoo.co.in 
  Applications with name and other details may be sent to the coordinator by post or email.
   
  Dr.Shrinivasa Varakhedi
  Faculty in Shabdabodha and Language Technology
  RSV, Tiruapti, India.

 				
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