NEW DELHI: Going by the increasing popularity of the Korean language among the Indian youths, South Korea has set up its 6th King Sejong Institute in India.
Opened in Chennai at the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (HITS), this centre happens to be the second in Chennai, a commercial city in southern India, with a sizable population of Korean expats community.
India already has King Sejong Institutes functional at the Korean Cultural Center in New Delhi, Patna, Imphal, Chennai, and Barasat each.
The King Sejong Institute Foundation under the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has plans to set up 25 new King Sejong Institutes around the world this year.
According to the Korean Cultural Centre in Indian, HITS will be operated as the center in South India for the promotion of the Korean language and culture.
Since 2014, HITS has signed many agreements with universities in Korea and has been conducting various exchange programs with students from universities in Korea visiting it.
According to the Korean Cultural Centre India, the growing popularity of the Korean language in India can be gauged from the fact that the recruitment of 70 new students for the “Beginner Korean Language
Course, which was conducted through online applications using Google Form on June 28, was completed within an hour of the applications being open.
This is an example of the growing demand for Korean language Education along with the enthusiasm for Korean language education in Chennai, South India, it added.
Hindustan Group of Institutions will also open and operate Korean language courses at its two universities (Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science and KCG College of Technology) and three Hindustan
International Schools will operate Korean language classes as curriculum-based for sixth graders from this July.
Alexander Jesudasan, the Vice-Chancellor of HITS who was specially invited as a representative of the world at the Declaration Ceremony of the New King Sejong Institute on June 9, said, “I am very happy that King Sejong Institute will be launched at the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science in Chennai, where the largest number of Koreans reside.”
“I would like to express my gratitude to the Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science and Korean Cultural Centre India for their sincere supports and endeavors for the establishment of the new King Sejong Institute, and the King Sejong Institute HITS will do its best to spread the Korean language and Korean culture, as the center of the Korean Wave in South India,” he added.
Hindustan Institute of Technology & Science (HITS) is one of the universities affiliated with the Hindustan Group of Institutions and is especially famous for its IT department.
Hwang Il-Yong, the director of Korean Cultural Centre India, said, “I would like to express my gratitude for the deep interest in Korea despite the prolonged corona 19, and we will also support the King Sejong Institute-HITS Chennai, which will be operated as the center in South India for the promotion of Korean Language and Culture.”
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