The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has launched the new ‘Language and Cognition Laboratory’ (LC-Lab) to study India’s rich linguistic diversity through an interdisciplinary and technology-driven approach. Set up in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, it is the first lab in the country to focus on India’s many languages through systematic research in experimental linguistics.

The LC-Lab, inaugurated on 10 November 2025 by IIT Madras Director Prof. V. Kamakoti, began operations in the presence of HSS Department Head Prof. Rajesh Kumar, Faculty Coordinator Dr. Anindita Sahoo, and other faculty members and stakeholders. The facility will examine how humans perceive, process, and produce language using modern experimental tools.

In the long run, the lab aims

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