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Neglect Affects Sanskrit Academy
http://www.deccan.com/City/CityNews.asp

HYDERBAD, INDIA, April 14, 2004: The Sanskrit Academy and Research
Institute continues to be neglected even after the Rashtriya Sanskrit
Samsthan, a wing of the Ministry of Human Resource and Development,
took over its management. The institute, which is one of its kind in
south India, has not received any grants for the past four years. With
no financial support from either the State government, Osmania
University or the HRD Ministry, the officials have rented the first
floor of the premises to eke out the maintenance costs. The first floor
of the institute was meant for the Telugu Academy. In 2000, the
institute received a grant of US$11,000, but from then the institute
has been struggling to keep itself afloat due to the lack of funds. The
HRD Ministry took over the maintenance of the institute in the same
year by bringing it under the Rashtriya Sanskrit Samasthan. In spite of
this, the condition of the institute has been deteriorating. The
arrears of the staff working in the institute have been pending for 15
years. The total number of staff including the director of the
institute is just six. Presently, the institute has managed to publish
as many as 62 publications which have been recognised by the HRD
Ministry. "This is the only Sanskrit research institute in South India.
We are just about managing to do skeletal work. The lack of funds has
broken the back of the institute," an official from the institute said.