Revenue, Science and Technology Minister Umashankar Gupta said that one may converse in any language, but basic thoughts come only from one’s mother tongue.
He was speaking at the conclusion of two-day workshop on ‘Technical education in Hindi and scientific writing, translation and publication’. He said that the situation of Hindi language in the current scenario in the country is not favourable, hence there is need to work more actively in this direction. The Minister said that the conclusions at the workshop should be promptly implemented. Gupta proposed the importance of Hindi through various examples.
Vice-Chancellor of International Hindi University, Wardha Gireshwar Mishra said that the society wants its ‘vani’. He said that in order to make knowledge accessible to all, it is essential to impart education in one’s mother tongue. It is dangerous to give too much respect to English. Vice Chancellor Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya Sunil Gupta said that mother tongue is a person’s identity. He told that the University has both Hindi and English as medium of study.
Director General Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology Navin Chandra said that due to English, hardly 15 percent talent is being utilized. But in case of Hindi as medium of study 100 per cent talent is utilized. Vice Chancellor of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Ramdev Bharadwaj also expressed their thoughts.
Representatives of various states expressed their views during the workshop organized by Hindi Vishwavidyalaya. Rita Singh from Himachal Pradesh welcomed the guests wearing a Himachal hat.