DOGRA HERALD BUREAU
JAMMU, Dec 11
Department of Hindi and Other Indian Languages, Central University of Jammu, under the able guidance of the Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sanjeev Jain, a grand festival of Indian Languages was organized in the University today. It is noteworthy that the said Indian Language Festival was organized under the chairmanship of Dean Student Welfare Prof. Ritu Bakshi on the instructions of the Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Government of India, New Delhi.
Honorable Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sanjeev Jain said in his message that Indian languages are very excellent. India’s development is possible only through the promotion and development of these languages. He said that this Indian festival is being celebrated across the country on the birth anniversary of the famous Tamil poet and well-known Indian writer Chinna Swamy Subramaniam Bharati and for this the Government of India has taken many steps. Emphasis on education in Indian languages in the new education policy 2020. Given, that is why organizing this Indian language festival is very important.
In the beginning, Head of Hindi Department, Prof. Bharat Bhushan welcomed the guests and participants and highlighted the importance of the Indian Language Festival. After that, the Department of Hindi, Dr. Bijendra Kumar, Dr. Shashikant Mishra, Assistant Dean Student Welfare, Dr. Vinay Kumar expressed their views.
During the program, apart from reciting poems and stories in different Indian languages, a speech competition was organized on the importance of Indian languages and the contribution of Indian languages in maintaining unity in diversity. In the competitions, 25 students and researchers of the university presented their ideas in their respective languages. The students enthralled everyone by expressing their views in languages like Dogri, Rajasthani, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Haryanvi etc. The judges of the competition, Dr. Amita Gupta and Dr. Ketan Bhatt, announced the first, second and third prize winners, which included Rishi Yadav, Surajbhan and Krishna Mohan. The program was conducted by Dr. Vandana Sharma, Hindi Department. While Dr. Ratnesh Kumar Yadav played an important role in the successful organization of the program. At last the program concluded with a vote of thanks and national anthem.
