The Central University of Odisha Koraput celebrated the Vishva Hindi Divas on January 10 at its Sunabeda campus.
The keynote speaker of the programme was Professor Jung Bahadur Pandey, Visiting Professor of Hindi. Professor Himanshu Sekhar Mohapatra, Visiting Professor of English, was the guest of honour.
Vice Chancellor of CUO, Professor Chakradhar Tripathi inaugurated and presided over the programme. He emphasised on the importance of Hindi language.
Putting forward the all-inclusive nature of Hindi, he focused on the word ‘Vishva’ which means the world.
He explained how Hindi as a language had successfully reached the global platform. He motivated the present audience to think about Hindi on global terms.
Professor Pandey in his lecture, entitled “Vishvaka Toran-Dwaar Hai Hindi”, presented his scholastic views on how Hindi as a language has become a ‘Toran-Dwaar’, i.e. gateway to the world; how through Hindi people can meet the world.
Referring to the various International Hindi Conferences (beginning with Nagpur, 1975) organised worldwide, he mentioned that along with the six official languages of the UN (English, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic and French), Hindi will very soon be included as the seventh official language—which is a matter of pride for all of us.
Honourable guest, Visiting Professor, Dr Himanshu Sekhar Mohapatra said that Hindi is one of the official languages of the nine States of India.