Literary Seminar The Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) has been accorded the status of a "Deemed to be University" under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956. One of the goals of CMI is to set up a Humanities Depar tment. In this context, a Literary Seminar will be held on Saturday, October 13, 2007, at the campus of CMI from 10.00 a.m. onwards. The seminar will discuss aspects of Literature and Creative Writing in the context of a Humanities programme. The Programme will be as follows: 10.00 Welcome by Prof. Madhavan Mukund, CMI Introduction by Prof. C.S. Seshadri, Director, CMI 10.30 Teaching Humanities to Techies and others: Why creative writing courses make sense by Dr. K. Srilata, Professor, IIT-M, Chennai 11.15 Coffee & Questions 11.30 Creating Fiction by Shri Tim Murari, Novelist, Playwright & Journalist 12.15 Enjoying Poetry by Dr. Manohar Samuel, Professor, MCC 13.00 Address by Shri N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu 13.30 Lunch 14.00 Touching the World with a Column by Shri Robert Clements, Columnist 14.45 Address by Shri Kalyanam, Freedom Fighter and former Secretary to Mahatma Gandhi 15.15 Coffee & Questions 15.30 Thanks & Farewell |