In a first-of-a-kind initiative, Inder Kumar Gujral Punjab Technical University is starting a one-year certificate course in Punjabi Language, Literature and Culture by January.
Head of department of humanities, languages and culture studies, Sarabjit Singh, said, “The one-year certificate course in Punjabi language, literature and culture will be offered online with two classes of two-hour on the module every week.” The timing and schedule will be based on the geography on the country of the majority of the participants.
The basics of Punjabi including alphabets, sentence formation, writing and listening, grammar and literature of Punjab and Punjabi language will be taught in the first semester. Punjabi culture and its diversification, along with Punjabi literature, will be covered in the second semester.