The Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT) is an Autonomous Institute of higher research functioning under the Ministry of education, Government of India. This is an Institute constituted specifically for carrying out higher research on Classical Tamil at international levels not to be found elsewhere globally. This unique Institute is functioning in Chennai since May 19, 2008. Earlier, from March 2006 to May 18, 2008, the Institute was functioning on the campus of the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and it was called the Centre for Excellence of Classical Tamil.
The CICT is engaged in several research activities aimed at establishing the ancientness and uniqueness of Tamil and of Classical Tamil in particular and in propagating its findings globally.
The CICT has maintained a reputation for scholarly excellence since its publication commenced in 2008. This CICT Publications App contains the complete listing of available titles and Non-Book Materials and guides the user to the required publications. One can easily contact the Director of CICT via E-Mail through this App for their requirement.