Press - 2006

Year 2006

• December 2006 (PAGES news- Vol.14. No 3.)
  Paleoenvironments in south India: Monsoon records from rainfed reservoirs

• December 29 (FRONTLINE)
  Tamil scholar from France

• December 2006 (Alternatives Economiques)
  Les limites du microcrédit (article in French)

• December 11 (Le Courrier)
  Le microcrédit, une pilule anti-pauvreté au goût parfois amer (article in French)

• December 8 (Le Temps)
  Quand le microcrédit enferme les plus pauvres dans la dette (article in French)

• December 7 (Les Echos)
  Microcrédit: le social rafle la mise (article in French)

• December 9 (The New Indian Express)
  Seminar on medicines held

• December 3 (The Hindu)
  Seminar on ’Institutionalisation of medicines in India’

• November 15 (The Hindu)
  Microcredit, NGOs and poverty alleviation

• November 14 (Le Monde)
  Le microcrédit fait-il baisser la pauvreté? (article in French) (web link)
  (Also interview on Radio France Internationale and RTL)

• November 7 (The Hindu)
  Secular Architecture of Gingee

• November 4 (The Hindu)
  For the love of Tamil

• November 2006 (Le Trait-d’Union)
  "Inde-France (1870-1962): Enjeux Culturels" (article in French)

• October 25 (Tribune de Genève)
  Interview with Prof. Jean-Michel Servet on "Microcredit" (article in French)

• October 2006 (IAAT e-newsletter)
  Biodiversity Informatics: Interactive keys

• October 11 (Deccan Cronicle)
  Many labourers unable to repay loans

• October 10 (The Hindu- Book Review)
  Classics in current idiom

• October 8 (The Hindu)
  Workshop on indebtedness - Need for job creation stressed

• October 7-10 (News Pondicherry)
  FIP holds workshop

• October 2006 (Le Trait-d’Union)
  Les dialectes dans l’histoire et la littérature tamoules (article in French)

• October 2006 (Le Trait-d’Union)
  La mémoire du monde (article in French)

• September 20 (India Today)
  Our Area (Article in Tamil on "Conference on Tamil dialects")

• September 9-16 (News Pondicherry)
  IFP launches software to identify weeds

• September 8 (Deccan Chronicle)
  Software to identify weeds in rice, wheat

• September 8 (The New Indian Express)
  Software on weed species identification launched

• September 8 (The Hindu)
  Software to control weeds launched

• September 6 (The New Indian Express)
  Software to improve farm productivity soon

• September 1-15 (UTS’ VOICE)
  Software to identify weeds launched in Pondy

• September 2006 (Le Trait-d’Union)
  Madame G.Vasanthy, Directeur de Recherche à l’IFP, nommée au grade de Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Article in French)

• August 25 (www.ijdl.org)
  International Conference on Dialects in Tamil

• August 24 (Dinamani)
  Rare words in ancient Tamil brahmi inscriptions (Article in Tamil)

• August 24 (Dinamalar)
  Three Days International Conference at the French Institute (Article in Tamil)

• August 24 (Deccan Chronicle)
  Conference on Tamil dialects

• August 24 (The Hindu)
  Literacy ’was widespread in early Tamil society’

• August 24 (The New Indian Express)
  Conference on Dialects in Tamil

• August 22 (Dinakaran, AMN TV and Skysat TV)
  Conference on Dialects (Article in Tamil)

• August 22 (Dinamani)
  Conference on Dialects (Article in Tamil)

• August 21 (Business Line)
  Click and weed it out

• August 12-25 (FRONTLINE)
  Focus: French Institute of Pondicherry

• August 17 (Deccan Chronicle)
  Chevalier for Pondy Scientist

• August 5 (The Hindu)
  Thinking Green: Personality - Scientist Vasanthy George was recently honoured with the Chevalier Award

• July 2006 (i4donline.net)
  An Exercise in ICT, agriculture and society

• July 14 (The Hindu and Dinamalar)
  Dr Vasanthy Georges, IFP, receiving the Title " Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques" from the French Government

• July - September, 2006 (Hinduism Today)
  French Institute holds the world’s largest collection of Saiva holy texts

• June 3 (Malaimalar)
  Strengthening relationship (article in Tamil)

• June 2006 (Kriti Rakshana - vol 1 no 6)
  Manuscript Week Celebration

• April 25 (Dinakaran)
  Computer to assist in weed control - New software in Pondicherry (article in Tamil)

• April 25 (The Economic Times, rediff.com and BBC World Documentary "The Code Breakers")
  Software to help farmers log out weeds
  

• April 25 (digitalopportunity.org)
  OSCAR software launched in India
  

• April 24 (yahoo.com and newKerala.com)
  Your computer can help identify weeds too

• April 24 (i4donline.net)
  OSCAR to identify weed species

• April 15 (The Hindu)
  History in a new light

• April 1-7 (News Pondicherry)
  Digitisation of world’s largest palm leaf collection begins

• Mar 31 (Deccan Chronicle)
  Palm leaf collection goes digital

• Mar 31 (Dinamalar)and AMN TV, SkySat and City TV
  Preservation of Shaiva Siddhanta Manuscripts - FIP gets recognition

• Mar 31 (The New Indian Express)
  Saiva manuscripts in UNESCO register

• Mar 31 (The Hindu)
  Shaiva Siddhanta texts in UNESCO’s "Memory of the World" register

• Mar 30 (The Hindu)
  The interface between State, customary law

• Mar 18-24 (News Pondicherry)
  International Conference hosted by FIP

• Mar 18 (Dinamalar) and SkySat, AMN TV, City TV
  Conference on Land Law and Natural Resources Management (article in Tamil)

• Mar 18 (The New Indian Express)
  Strict enforcement of laws to protect environment mooted

• Mar 4-11 (News Pondicherry)
  Workshop on Biomedical risks

• Mar 3 (The New Indian Express)
  Bird flu has not affected humans: Expert

• Mar 3 (The Hindu)
  Study shows slight increase in lung diseases in Bhopal

• Mar 2006 (Revue internationale du droit comparé)
  "L’intermède français en Inde, Secousses politiques et mutation juridiques" (article in French)

• Feb 10 (The Hindu)
  ILO charts out plan to rid world of forced labour

• Feb 10 (The New Indian Express)
  Action plan to end bonded labour

• Feb 8 (Agence universitaire de la Francophonie)
  Bonded Labour in South Asia

• Feb 4 (The New Indian Express)
  Take your pick

• Feb 2 (The Hindu)
  The history of Pondicherry through its inscriptions

• Feb 1 (Dinamalar) and AMN TV, SkySat, CityNews
  Book Release (Article in Tamil)

• Jan 10 (The Hindu)
  Status of the girl child

• Jan (le Trait-d’Union, vol LXII, no. VII)
  Transcultura (Article in French)

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