A two-day conference was jointly organised by the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology, Union HRD Ministry and Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production here on December 19 and 20.
The Granth Academies and all the Text Book Boards of the country including from Utter Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Rajasthan, Haryana, Delhi, Chhatisgarh, Bihar, Gujarat, Kerala, West Bengal and Karnataka etc joined the conference and discussed several problems threadbare.
Attending the conference, Higher Education Minister Badri Narayan Patra opined the Odisha State Bureau of Text Book Preparation and Production played a key role in the development and propagation of regional languages and literature of the State. The Minister also released a much- awaited book entitled “Odia – A Classical language” authored by renowned columnist and researcher Pandit Antaryami Mishra.
The Directors assembled here of various States’ textbook bureaus laid emphasis on quality production of books and their sufficient availability at affordable cost.
Earlier, Director of the Bureau Prof (Dr) Nibedita Jena delivered the welcome address, while Deputy Director Biraja Bhusan Mohanty presented a brief history and future plans for development of the Bureau. Chairman of the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) Prof Kesharilal Verma eulogised the role played by the Bureau for organising such a meaningful conference that provided an ideal forum for all similar organisations of the country to raise several issues and sort them out. The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by commission’s scientific officer Dr Bhimsen Behera.