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Hindi Pakhwara 2010
Celebration of Hindi Pakhwara with Prof. Vachaspati Upadhyaya as the Chief Guest
The Hindi Pakhwara 2010 was observed in ICPR office
from 14 - 28 September, 2010 at ICPR Head Office,
New Delhi and ICPR Academic Centre, Lucknow. A
Programme was organized on 16th September 2010
at Darshan Bhawan in which Professor Ambika Dutt
Sharma, Dr. H.S.G. Central University, Sagar was
the main speaker and Professor Vachaspati Upadhyaya,
Vice-Chancellor, Lalbahadur Shastri Sanskrit
Vidyapeetha, New Delhi was the chief guest of the
programme. On this occasion Professor Sharma
spoke about the history, development and cultural
upheavals related with Hindi. Professor Upadhyaya
spoke about the multi-facets Indian Society and role
of Hindi as Rajbhasha in official work. Professor G.
Mishra, Member Secretary, ICPR also addressed officials
of ICPR regarding the significance of language
and observance of Hindi Pakhawara.
During the Hindi Pakhwara various promotional activities
like Hindi Kavya paath pratiyogita, Sulekh-lekhan,
and vad-vivad, were organized at Darshan Bhawan as
well as at Academic Centre. Prizes to the winners of
the above competition were given in programme on
30 September 2010, in which Professor Indernath
Choudhary and Dr. Neeru Mishra were invited. Prof.
Choudhary presented his view about prevelance and
usage of Hindi terminology by non-Hindi region
people and even in abroad also. The Pakhawara
programme was assisted by Shri Devender Kumar and
coordinated by Dr. Arun Mishra, Director (A) and Dr.
Sushim Dubey, Programme Officer.
Academic Centre Lucknow celebrates
Hindi Pakhwara
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