Kalai
Kaviri College of Fine Arts is the first of
its kind in Tamilnadu offering Degree Courses
both in Dance and Music, and hails from its
parent Institution Kalai Kaviri , the Arts
& Communication Centre for the Catholic
Diocese of Tiruchirapalli, Tamilnadu , India
.
Kalai Kaviri is dedicated to reach the people
with spiritual, social development and human
values, and to promote the cultural arts of
our land. Kalai Kaviri strives to achieve
this aim through Communication Media Activities
like Radio Broad Cast, Audio Cassettes, Sound
Slides, Audio Studio (with Digital recording
facility) Video (Canopus DV Storm XA' Plus
Digital Video Editing Studio) and Cultural
Activities like Stage Drama and Dance Troupe,
Cultural Awards and Rolling Shields for Artists
and Schools respectively.
The Professional Dance Troupe travels all
over Tamilnadu and other regions of India,
and also abroad, as an Ambassadors of Love,
Peace and Indian cultural arts, benefiting
people of all age groups, beyond the barriers
of caste, creed, community, territory and
language.
The publication of "Yesu Kaviam",
the Tamil Epic, on the life of Christ written
by Poet Laureate Kannadasan in 1982, with
3,08,000 copies in six major editions, is
a historical contribution of the centre to
Tamil literature and the Church. The centre
considers it as a memorable event when the
honourable Chief Minister of Tamilnadu Dr.M.G.Ramachandran
himself, on behalf of the Tamil speaking world,
received the first copy of "Yesu Kaviam"
on 16 January 1982, in Tiruchirappalli Eager
to promote the traditional arts through systematic
training, Kalai Kaviri started a Dance School
in 1983 offering Part-TimeDance (Bharathanatyam)
Course. Further, Full-time Dance Courses and
a Music School offering Part-time Courses
in South Indian Classical Music were started
in 1988. In 1990, Full-Time Bharathanatyam
Diploma Course was affiliated to the Bharathidasan
University which authentically recognized
the high standard and quality of training
offered here. Affiliation to the full-time
Vocal, Veena Violin and Mirudangam Courses
by the Bharathidasan University followed in
1992. The full-time Post-Diploma Course in
Bharathanatyam also was affiliated to the
University in 1993.
Considering the professional background of
24 years in offering systematic training in
Bharathanatyam and South Indian Classical
Music, particularly 6 years in offering University
Diploma and Post Diploma Courses, then honourable
Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Dr.J.Jayalalitha
upgraded Kalai Kaviri as a College of Fine
Arts . This came into effect by a Government
Order dated 10 May 1996. Subsequently, the
college was affiliated to the Bharathidasan
Universiy, Tiruchirappalli. Kalai Kaviri College
of Fine Arts was inaugurated on 10 August
1996.The college was accredited with 'A' Grade
by NAAC in March 2007 and enjoys the minority
status from August 2007.
The College aims at preserving, promoting
and popularising the cultural treasures of
our mother land among people of all creeds
and communities, particularly the socially
backwards, and to train the younger generation
in the divine arts of Dance and Music order
to build them up in spiritual strength and
self-discipline.
The Institution trains the students to make
them full-fledged professionals with creative
and leadership talents. On completion of the
courses they become eligible for appointment
as qualified teachers in the Fine Arts in
educational institutions or to run their own
institutions for Dance and Music.
The various activities of Kalai Kaviri and
the services rendered by the college are a
unifying force bringing together the Hindu,
Muslim, Christian brethren, for the glory
of humanity.
Master's Degree in Fine Arts (MFA), is being
offered by the college from the academic year
1999-2000 in Bharathanatyam (Dance) and in
South Indian Classical Music (Vocal, Violin,
Veena and Mirudangam). The greatest achievement
of the college, was the starting of a Research
Department to offer Ph.D. programme in Dance
and Music . M.Phil in music was started in
2008.
(Full- Time & Part-Time). This is the
rarest academic height that could ever be
reached by a traditional art like Classical
Dance of Tamilnadu (Bharathanatyam) which
has so far been nurtured only through Gurukula
(non- formal training). Kalai Kaviri College
of Fine Arts is the first Christian institution
in the entire nation to offer Post-Graduate
Degree courses in Dance and Music , while
it is the only college in the entire region
to offer Post- Graduate Degree course in Bharathanatyam
(Dance), and to offer research facilities
for taking up Ph.D.Programme in Dance. The
college also offers the first ever opportunity
in the world to learn the performing art,
Bharathanatyam, the Indian Classical Dance,
through Off-Campus Degree Programme (Distance
mode of Education) in collaboration with the
BDC of the Bharathidasan Universiy, Tiruchirappalli,
from the Academic year 2004-2005.
Valuing the innovative contribution of the
college in promoting Fine Arts, the former
honourable Chief Minister of Tamilnadu, Dr.
Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi , raised it as a
Government Aided college from 18 August 2000
. Also, the Tamilnadu Government acclaimed
the college as the Best Cultural Institution
in Tamilnadu, for the year 2000.
The parent-institution Kalai Kaviri celebrated
the Silver Jubilee (1977-2002) on 14 December
2002 . Rev.Msgr.S.M.George is the architect
and brain behind this unique and history making
institution. During the past 25 years (1977-2002),
he left no stone unturned to raise this Cultural
Centre to its present academic glory. Kalai
Kaviri College of Fine Arts gratefully remembers
and pays respect to Kalaimamunivar Rev.Msgr.S.M.George
for all that he has been to this great institution.
Kalai Kaviri College of Fine Arts now stands
as an embodiment of cultural promotion.
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