Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 12: A curtain raiser program for the forthcoming 2-day national conference and exhibition on ‘National Calendar of India’ to be held in Ujjain on 22nd and 23rd April 2022, was conducted in Central University of Jammu in collaboration with Vijnana Bharati and Ministry of Culture, Govt of India and Rashtriya Dindarshika Prasar Manch.
The main focus of the event was to disseminate the ethos of the National Calendar of India that was passed by the Parliament of India in 1957. Copies of the calendars were also released by the visiting dignitaries.
The chief guest of the programme was Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor of UT of J&K. In his address, he focused on adopting various other programs which may help in the successful implementation of various initiatives taken by Govt of J&K and Government of India.
The guests of honour were Dr Ranjana Aggarwal, Director CSIR-NISCAIR/NISTADS, Abhay Marathe from Rashtriya Dindarshika Prasar Manch and Dr Gautam Mengi, Prant Sanghchalak, RSS J&K.
Dr Ranjana, in her keynote address, explained the five key points, putforth by the Prime Minister of India on the eve of Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav and also deliberated on the science behind the Swadeshi Calendar.
In his welcome address, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Prof Sanjeev Jain briefed about the importance of such events and various other initiatives taken by the Central University of Jammu regarding NEP 2020 and technological advancement for enhancing the teaching and research standards.
This was followed by the introductory speech delivered by Prof Rajni Kant, President, Vigyan Parishad (State Chapter of Vijnana Bharati) and the Vision & Mission of Vigyan Parishad.
On behalf of Abhey Marathe, Sanjay Parlikar briefed about the concept behind the National Calendar.
The deliberations of the event were conducted by Dr Neelika Arora from Central University of Jammu.
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