On December 17, 2020 the webinar dedicated to the life and carrier of the renowned Hindu and Tamil scholar, Russian prof. Alexander Dubiansky was held by the Russian Center of science and culture, Chennai in cooperation with Indo-Russian Chamber of Commerce and industries.

In his address Mr. Oleg Avdeev, Consul General of the Russian Federation in Chennai emphasized that prof. Dubiansky had always been warmly received in Tamil Nadu and  that the untimely demise of esteemed Russian scholar was a great  loss to Tamil language, because prof. Dubiansky was regarded one of the pillars of its glory outside India.

Amid the participants of the webinar were Dr. A. Sivathanu Pillai Founder CEO & MD of BrahMos Aerospace; Mr. Gennadii Rogalev Vice Consul & Director, Russian Centre of Science and Culture, Chennai; Dr. G. John Samuel, Founder Director and Secretary Institute of Asian Studies; Prof. Boris Zakharin Head of the Department of Indian Philology, Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University; Dr D. Ravikumar, Member of Parliament & Editor - Manarkeni Research Journal; Dr. Veeramani Chancellor - Periyaar Maniammai University; Dr. Leah Comeau Associate Professor of Religion, University of Sciences, Philadelphia, USA; Mr. Narayana Moorthy Engineer (Moscow) Writer, Documentary Producer - Canada; Dr. Kadrivel Sornum Programme Director (Rtd) Mauritius Broadcasting Corporation, Mauritius; Prof. Boris Volkhonsky Associated Prof. Dept. Of Indian Philolgy. Institute of Asian and African Studies of Moscow State University; Dr. Nalini Ravindran MA (Russian) psychologist Corporate Trainer; Mr. P. Thangappan Secretary-General, Indo-Russian Cultural and Friendship Society & Indo-Russian Chamber Of Commerce & Industries.

All the esteemed speakers noted different aspects and fields of Alexander Dubiansky's contribution into the teaching, study and spread of the Tamil language, history and culture in Russia. They emphasized the significance of his work for the development of the Russian-Indian relations.

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