Contact Us Dr. G. S. Lehal (Director) Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi language, Literature & Culture Punjabi University Patiala, INDIA-147002. Phone:91-175-3046171,3046172 email:sangam2005@gmail.com

About Us

The Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi language, Literature and Culture was established in Feb. 2004 with the aim of conducting research and development in linguistic and computational aspects of Punjabi Language as well as Punjabi culture. The research potential in aspects of the technical development of Punjabi language is enormous, as very little work has so far been done in this field.

 Our objectives are:

	To evolve technical solutions for Punjabi
	To participate in standardization efforts in Punjabi
	To promote and assist in content development for Punjabi
	To conduct research in the socio linguistic and cultural aspects of Punjab
	To preserve and promote Punjabi culture

The Advanced Centre for Technical Development of Punjabi language, Literature and Culture is providing the platform for the concerned researchers to put together their efforts for the advancement in Technical Development of Punjabi Language and Culture. The major activities of the Centre are:

1. Development of core technologies for Punjabi:
   • Transliteration between Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi, Devnagri, Roman scripts
   • Machine Translation tools for automatic translation from Punjabi to Hindi and vice versa
   • Optical Character Recognition System
   • Grammar Checker
   • Punjabi speech synthesis
2. Digitisation of Basic Materials for Punjabi language:
   • Dictionaries
   • Thesaurus
   • Technical terminologies
   • Corpse and Morph
3. On line Punjabi teaching:
   Developing website for teaching Punjabi as a second language As a foreign language.
4. Developing software for official use of Punjabi:
   • Enabling Punjabi language to meet the needs of e-governance
   • Meeting the needs of Punjabi usage in electronic and print media.
   • Providing Technical Solutions for usage of Punjabi language on internet
   • Digitizing libraries and official records.
5. Preservation of Punjabi Intellectual Heritage:
   • Uploading Punjabi classics
   • Preservation of dying aspects of Punjabi language and culture
   • Digitizing and preserving old forms of Punjabi language and old documents.
6. Research in the various aspects of Punjabi language:
   • Usage of Punjabi language in different regions and sections of Punjabi community.
   • Different forms and dialects of Punjabi language
   • Digital mapping of linguistic survey of Punjabi language
   • The problems of Punjabi speech community
7. Preserving Culture Heritage:
   • Understanding various aspects of Punjabi culture.
   • Preservation and uploading of Punjabi music on internet.
   • Research in the field of cultural change and crisis
   • Revitalisation of different forms of culture
   • Understanding the linguistic and cultural problems of migrant Punjabis
8. Providing a common platform to Punjabi cyber community.

    Projects in Progress

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   	Shahmukhi to Gurmukhi Transliteration Solution
   	Development of Robust Document Analysis and Recognition System for Printed Gurmukhi ScriptNew!
   	Multimedia enabled Punjabi (Gurmukhi & Shahmukhi) to English Dictionary
   	Punjabi Grammar Checker
   	Punjabi to Hindi Machine Translation System.
   	Punjabi Text to Speech Synthesis System.

 Staff Members

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	Dr. Gurpreet Singh Lehal (Director)
	Tejinder Singh Saini (System Analyst)
	Jasbir Singh (System Analyst)
	Jaspal Singh (Proof Reader )
	Rakesh Dawra (Data Entry Operator )
	Shallu Kalra (Data Entry Operator )
	Sapna Dhiman (Data Entry Operator )