Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 11: A week long skill development workshop (Indian languages) organized by the Department of Journalism and Media Studies in collaboration with the National Translation Mission, Mysore, was commenced here today.
The seven-day translation workshop aims to make educational content available to the students of Jammu and Kashmir in local languages.
Inaugurating the workshop, the key note speaker Padamshree Mohan Singh Slathia, said, “Written notes help to learn and grasp the content properly. Government policies are in our favour, but we are not in our own favour and this is not the problem with just Dogri but with all mother tongues. The need of the hour is that intelligentsia cuts across all divisions of discipline and language and come together to promote Dogri in all its usage.”
He further expressed hope that the department and the translation club would continue to conduct many more such programmes.
Earlier, Prof Satnam Kour Raina, Chairperson of Utsah Jammu University Clubs said, “The workshop will allow the participants to learn a brand-new skill set needed for efficient translation of the content that is much required in the National Education Policy as envisaged by the Prime Minister of India.”
Prof Garima Gupta, HoD, Department of Journalism and Media Studies and coordinator of the translation club said, “The students who are doing their higher studies should get in touch with their mother tongue in order to contribute to their region.”
During the inaugural session, the second edition of the newsletter JU POST made by the journalism students of the university was launched.
Other faculty members present during the workshop were Dr. Pardeep Singh Bali, Dr Ravia Gupta, Dr.Biswadip Gogoi, and Dr Sandeep Singh from National Transmission, Mysore, Dr. Pritam Singh and Dr Harjinder Singh from the Department of Punjabi, Dr Rajesh from Department of Buddhist Studies.
Karman Singh, a student of Journalism and Media Studies conducted the function and Dr Ravia Gupta, lecturer, Department of Journalism and Media Studies presented the vote of thanks.
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