Around 500 delegates including linguists, Professors, Vice-Chancellors and researchers from various universities and institutes of the country would participate in the three-day second National language Conference to be held here between March 30 and April 2. The conference will be organised by the Institute of Odia Studies and Research in collaboration with State Culture department at the Institute of Physics.
Institute of Odia Studies and Research and second National language Conference reception committee president Debi Prasanna Pattanayak told reporters here that the conference would focus on ways to promote the use of regional language and also to establish Odia language at the national level. “Though Odia is the official language of Odisha, the same is not being used at Government level.
There are 22 official languages in the country, English continues to be dominate the scene,” said Institute of Odia Studies and Research member secretary Subrat Kumar Prusty. While Governor Dr SC Jamir would inaugurate the conference Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been invited to the valedictory function.