Bhopal

'Raaj Bhasha is the pride of India'

Staff Reporter

Every language is important but Raaj Bhasha i.e. the official language of the country is the pride of its people,” says VP Gaur, Director Department of Official language, Government of India, New Delhi.

VP Gaur was here in the city on Wednesday to throw light on the importance of official language.A discussion was organised at Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT).The discussion was held in the meeting of Raaj Bhasha Karyavan Samiti, MANIT at MANIT’s premised here on Wednesday.

During the meeting Director of MANIT, Appu Kuttan, Organiser Savita Dixit and members of Raaj Bhasha Karyavan Samiti and faculty members of MANIT were present.The members put forward their view points and discussed about the significance of the official language.

While addressing the meeting, VP Gaur said that the official language should be used in visiting cards along with the English language so that it would become easier for people who know Hindi language.Elaborating further, he said that Hindi should also be used in all the documents of organizations and institutions.

He said that the language experts and subject experts can jointly make efforts to carry all the documentation of the institute in official language.He also said that may be initially institutions may face problems but later with the time this language would be developed in institutions.He also said that programmes to encourage th official language should be organised in the colleges.

He further appreciated the efforst made by MANIT in encouraging the youngsters to get attached to the official language of the country by organizing various programmes. He further appreciated the event Tooryanaad an event in Hindi language which is held in MANIT every year.

He further said that he would give his contribution in encouraging similar programmes in future.