Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 20: An eight-day ‘Hinditar Bhashi Hindi Nav Lekhak Shivir’ commenced today at MAM College, Jammu.
The event is being organized by Central Hindi Directorate, Union Ministry of Higher Education in collaboration with Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti (RBPS), Jammu.
The inaugural function was presided over by Prof Lalit Magotra (president, Dogri Sanstha Jammu) whereas welcome address was given by Prof Surinder Sharma (Principal, MAM College). Prof Bharat Bhushan Sharma (secretary, Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti, Jammu), who has made camp concept presented the details of different programs to be undertaken during the camp.
Nathu Lal (Assistant Director, Central Hindi Directorate) while speaking on the occasion gave detailed account of activities of Directorate. He said that such camps are organized with sole purpose of dissemination of national language in non-Hindi speaking regions. The camp is being coordinated by Prof Sanjay Samyal.
On the occasion, special edition of Amar Setu, a quarterly magazine published by Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti, Jammu was also released. The camp is being attended by many aspiring talents and will conclude on 27th November.
The camp will have prominent writers like Dr PA Radhakrishnan from Kerala, Dr Kanhaiyalal Bhatt from Ahmedabad and Dr Adarsh Prakash from Udhampur as experts whereas six local litterateurs Prof Rajkumar (Ex-HoD, Hindi Department, Jammu University), Pritpal Singh (eminent poet), Prof Veena Gupta (well known linguistic in Dogri), Dr Arvinder Singh Amn (Additional Secretary, Jammu & Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages), Rajeshwar Singh Raju (eminent English, Hindi and Dogri writer) and Prof Sanjay Samyal will also interact with the participants on different genres of literature.
In his presidential address, Prof Lalit Magotra said that such camps do inspire the local talent to come ahead and work in national language also in addition to mother tongue. He further complemented Rashtra Bhasha Prachar Samiti for regular publication of Amar Setu, a magazine dedicated to language, literature and research.
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