Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 12: Under the joint auspices of the Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi and the Department of Hindi and other Indian languages, a five-day Hindi creative writer’s workshop began today at the Central University of Jammu.
As a special guest at the inauguration ceremony, Professor Sunil Baburav Kulkarni, Director of the Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi, said that the Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi has always been striving for the promotion of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking areas.
Prof Yashwant Singh, Registrar CUJ, said that the Hindi creative writer’s workshop in non-Hindi speaking areas will definitely increase interest in literature among the students here and it will also lead to the growth of Hindi literature.
Prof Vandana Sharma, Dean School of Languages, said that in the developed India of today, there is a need to promote education based on Indian values among the youth. For this, she added, youth should study literature deeply.
External specialists present at the program included Prof Ashok Kumar, Punjab University; Hindi literature Dr Adarsh Prakash, litterateur Dr Kshama Kaul, Dr Bharat Bhushan Sharma and Assistant Director Natthulal from the Central Hindi Directorate, New Delhi.
Earlier, Head of the Hindi Department, Professor Bharat Bhushan presented welcome address.
The program was conducted by the department’s Assistant Prof Dr Vandana Sharma, while the vote of thanks was given by co-coordinator Dr Bijendra. Dr Shashikant Mishra, Assistant Professor; Dr Ratnesh Yadav, Dr Arvind, Dr Vinay Shukla, research scholars and students were among the co-cordinators.
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