In a first, in the history of the State, the Haryana Government would celebrate ‘Hindi Divas’ on September 14 across the State.
“The ‘Hindi Divas’ will be celebrated in more than 200 colleges with the collaboration of Haryana Sahitya Akademi,” said Director of the Akademi, Kumud Bansal,
She said ‘Hindi Divas’ would be celebrated in a befitting manner in view of the golden jubilee of the state. A number of language-related competitions would be organised in Government and Government-aided colleges in the State.
The students winning the top three positions will be given cash prizes of Rs 700, Rs 500 and Rs 300, apart from the certificates. The Akademi would also organise a ‘Hindi Divas Samaroh’ at Akademi Bhawan in Panchkula the same day i.e. September 14.
Bansal said the Akademi is also organising four three-day residential writing training workshops for college students in the State to mark the golden jubilee of Haryana. These workshops are organised in four districts in such a manner that students from all over the State could attend these in a convenient manner.
While two workshops have already been organised at Sirsa and Jagadhri, the third would be organised at Palwal from September 20 to 22. Students from districts Mahendragarh, Rewari, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Palwal and Mewat have been invited to attend this workshop.
Similarly, the fourth workshop would be organised at Panipat in the third week of October. As many as 64 participants, 16 from each workshop, would be chosen and invited to attend a one-week advanced workshop to be held in December, she added.