Kurukshetra, Tokyo Universities ink pact for digital project

Kurukshetra, April 26 Kurukshetra University is set to collaborate with Tokyo University, Japan, for advanced research in the field of digital humanities. A KU spokesman said the focus of the collaboration is a pioneering project in digital humanities, leveraging Optical...

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Updated At : 12:04 PM Apr 27, 2024 IST

Kurukshetra, April 26

Kurukshetra University is set to collaborate with Tokyo University, Japan, for advanced research in the field of digital humanities. A KU spokesman said the focus of the collaboration is a pioneering project in digital humanities, leveraging Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to facilitate the study of Sanskrit texts. The project aims to digitise and make a vast corpus of Sanskrit texts available, including the Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads, Bhagvad Gita, etc to scholars and researchers worldwide, said Tokyo University’s Professor Takahiro KATO.

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