On the occasion of the Hindi Divas Samaroha, 2016, the Central University of Orissa (CUO) organised a special lecture, ‘Rashtra Bhasha Hindi Ki Chunautiyan aur Sambhavanae’ at its Sunabeda campus.
VC Prof Sachidananda Mohanty presided over the programme and delivered the inaugural address. Noorjahan Begum, former Professor and Head, Department of Hindi, University of Hyderabad, delivered the special lecture.
Prof Begum shared her vast experience in the field of linguistics and underlined the need of hard work for the development of the national language.
The Hindi Department of the university organized a Hindi essay competition among the students of the university, besides a poem competition. Dr Satabdhi Behera, faculty of Hindi Department, coordinated. Certificates along with prizes were distributed to the winners.
A book entitled ‘Swaroop aur Sambedana ke Alok mein Dr. Kunwar Baichen ke Gazal Sahitya ka Adhyan’ written by the Dr Mayuri Mishra, HoD of Department of Hindi was released by Prof Mohanty on the occasion.