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Multilingual Education Works

Launch

14 Dec 2010

Venue

New Delhi

Multilingual Education Works: From the Periphery to the Centre, edited by Kathleen Heugh and Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, was launched at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, on 14 December 2010. Seen here is Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas with Professor Anil Sadagopal (centre), who launched the book, and Professor Ajit Mohanty (right), formerly at the Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies, JNU. Tove Skutnabb-Kangas is Professor Emerita, Roskilde University, Denmark. Kathleen Heugh is an applied linguist based at the University of South Australia.

Professor Anil Sadagopal, Former Professor of Education at Delhi University, speaks about the need for multilingual education in a country like India.

Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas speaks on her experience of working on regional language education projects across the world.

Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas answers questions about her book.

Dr Tove Skutnabb-Kangas signs the book. Seen here with Professor Robert Phillipson, Professor Emeritus, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. Professor Phillipson delivered an enthralling lecture on 'Macaulay Alive and Kicking: How Linguistic Imperialism Continues' after the launch.

The audience at the launch.