Bhubaneswar: Keen to work exclusively on a mission for tribal language and culture, Minister of ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes Welfare Department, School and Mass Education and Social Security & Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Shri Nityananda Gond, has directed establishment of a new Academic Centre and Language Laboratory for the city-based Academy of Tribal Languages and Culture (ATLC) under the 100 Days’ Plan of the ST, SC Development, M&BCW Department, following the Minister’s taking over the charge, recently. Accordingly, a new Academic Centre and Language Laboratory for ATLC will be developed very soon at Gothapatana on the city outskirts, near the proposed Adivasi Bhawan, where a multipurpose centre for meetings, conferences, shows and exhibitions of tribal art, culture and development has already been planned. For the connoisseurs of tribal subjects and publications concerning Odisha’s 64 tribes and 13 particularly vulnerable tribal groups (PVTGs) spanning across their folktales, culture and traditions, riddles, biographies, cuisines, dictionaries, songs, folk songs, novels, proficiency modules and supplementary readers for multi-lingual education and empowerment, ATLC is perhaps the only one-stop destination in the heart of the Temple City to explore.
One of its bestsellers, “Tribal Atlas of Odisha” is a beautiful compendium of the tribal wealth of Odisha. ATLC, a premier autonomous institution under the ST, SC Development M&BC.
