B.A., Tamil Literature was started to offer Tamil as core language to the students who aspire Tamil. The faculty members update their knowledge by pursuing higher studies, presenting papers in conferences, publishing articles in Journals and authoring books. Along with academic teaching, steps are taken to tap the talent of students-elocution, poem writing, essay writing and other literary competitions are conducted every year. Students are motivated to participate in Tamil related programmes in the mass media.
With a view to keeping the students updated with developments in the field, periodically the department invites highly qualified and experienced academicians to revise the syllabus. Besides focusing on curriculum the department actively involves in other co-curricular and extra-curricular activities through its Tamil Literary Club. The department continuously conducts seminars, workshops and conferences to enrich the student's knowledge in Tamil literature.
