Two-day multilingual poetic symposium kick starts at NIT Sgr
SRINAGAR: A two-day multilingual poetic symposium and literary meet commenced on Saturday at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar.
The event has been organised with an aim to promote the Hindi and other regional languages of Kashmir.
The programme titled ‘Akshar Aur Muskaan’ is being organized by Wadie’s Hindi Shiksha Samiti, Srinagar in collaboration with Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (Central Institute of Hindi), Agra.
The aim of the symposium was to promote Hindi in the Union Territory of Kashmir and other regional languages of Kashmir.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chairman of Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal Anil Kumar Sharma highlighted the importance of Hindi and other local languages in communication.
He said that Hindi helps a majority of Indians to communicate with each other and is also considered one of the binding forces for India.
He said that Hindi is becoming a pan-world language and is being loved by people all over the world.
He also urged the participants to promote the Hindi language for being the national language as it is being understood by the vast population of the country.
Director CHI Prof Bina Sharma, Regional Manager (HR) LIC, Head of Department of Hindi University of Kashmir, Director NIT Srinagar Dr Rakesh Sehgal, Registrar NIT Srinagar, and others also spoke on the occasion.
The event saw the participation of several schools from Srinagar and appreciation of students studying Hindi in these schools.
On the occasion, Sheersh Puraskars were also distributed among JK BOSE Hindi toppers.
Skits on the theme of the promotion and preservation of Hindi and other cultural items were also performed by Presentation Convent School, Tyndale Biscoe School, Khalsa School, and Mallinson Girls’ School.
Bi-lingual Hindi and Urdu Mushaira was also held in which Hindi and Urdu poetry was recited.
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