Hyderabad: The University of Hyderabad has launched an innovative, online interdisciplinary programme which targets to teach Sanskrit with the help of computer tools. The aim of the “OE102- Samsaadhanii Praveshika” course is to develop confidence in the minds of the student that with the help of these computational tools they can understand any Sanskrit text with some effort.

The research undertaken by the students during the last fifteen years has resulted into a computational platform that hosts several computational tools for accessing and understanding Sanskrit texts. The Department of Sanskrit Studies, since its inception in 2006, is engaged in the study of Indian Grammatical Theories with a computational perspective.

Commenting on the development, Professor Amba Kulkarni, the coordinator of the course, said: "On the one hand we are looking at how to leverage computer technology to overcome the language barrier, how to reduce the time to learn a new language, and on the other hand we are also exploring the IGT for building these computational tools." The department collaborated with a computer scientist turned computational linguist, Prof. Gerard Huet from a prestigious research institute Inria, in France.

The joint effort between these two groups has resulted in a joint system that can analyse any Sanskrit text. This led to the development of this innovative course, where the traditional methods of teaching are combined with modern technology without compromising the 'understanding' of Sanskrit texts.

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