Eminent Sanskrit scholar from Odisha and founder of the Lokabhasha Prachara Samitih Dr Sadananda Dikshita has been nominated as chairman of the World Sanskrit Organisation recently by its international executive committee members representing 16 countries.Dikshita conveyed thanks to the associates who selected him and announced a 10-point programme for spread of Sanskrit, which has enormous potentiality for maintenance, sustenance and growth of the world; and hence, the language, literature, science and philosophy of Sanskrit need proper attention. He said immediate steps are to be taken to create a band of 200 Sanskrit instructors of international standard and set up of a Sanskrit study centre in Poland and to initiate a research project on Sanskrit and science. The executive meeting was attended by Dr Bipinlal Nyoupane from Nepal; Dr Sunanda Mishra, Canada; Dr Suryanarayana Nanda, USA; Thu Ha Do, Vietnam; Dr Sadananda Das, Germany; and scores of others from different countries.