Saturday 23 May 2015

A REPORT ON THE CONCLUDING SESSION OF THE BASIC FRENCH COURSE

The Basic French Course came to a conclusion  on 23/05/2015. The total duration of the course was 20 hours.  The course was spread over a period of five weeks. In all 54 participants enrolled in the course. But for some reason or other 6 participants did not attend the course at all. Certificates of completion were issued to the other participants.

A brief ceremony was organized in the Manorama Hall of the Indian Institute of World Culture at 10 30 am. Sri.T. K. Thimma Raja Setty , Honorary Seceretary of IIWC gave the welcome address. Hon. Justice M.N . Venkatachaliah , the President of IIWC was the chief guest.

The chief guest in his address extolled the greatness of French Culture and civilization and its seminal contribution to human thought in diverse fields such as mathematics , philosophy , arts cuisine / wine etc. He recalled his association with the French institutions with nostalgia while he was the Chief Justice of India. He concluded that with learning of French language and culture, the Indian Institute of World Culture is justified in having such a name. He said more and more participants should benefit from these courses.

The Honorary Secretary said that Mr. T. K. Jayaraman IRS ( Retired) , after his retirement devotes most of his time in training learners in French and expected that more participants would join the forthcoming courses to be inaugurated on 6 the and 7th of June 2015.

Six of the participants spoke informing the audience as to how they benefitted from this course.
The President distributed the certificates of completion to all the participants present.
The ceremony came to an end with vote of thanks to the chair.


T. K. Jayaraman
Course Director
Basic French Course
Indian Institute of World Culture
Basavangudi
Bangalore - 560004








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