In a bid to review the work in progress for the proposed three-day ‘World Sanskrit Meet,’ Uttarakhand Governor Dr Aziz Qureshi held a meeting with the officials concerned on Saturday.
The Governor said that the preparations for the three-day meet must be done at such high standard that this meet becomes a milestone in making Sanskrit a language of the commons.
No petty barrier like religion and politics should come in the way of our efforts to conserve and develop Sanskrit language. All works should be concluded as per the norms and completed within the set time frame. He told them that it is their duty to make to make this first world level meet a success. He asked for complete support to enable a positive image of the state and to express genuine support to the language.
The nodal officer Additional Secretary to the Governor Dr Nidhi Pandey made detail presentation before the governor. Thereafter Dr qureshi gave suggestions on several points to make the meet successful. The Gov has given directions to form a committee of three to five Sanskit scholars.
Speaking about publicizing the state’s religious destinations all over, Gov said that the state has pilgrim sites of people from various religions. He said that a rich on information book including Badrinath, Kedarnath, Jageshwar Dham, Saheb and Piran Kaliyar must be released and distributed by the tourism department during the meet.
He emphasised on including plays based on Kalidas and Meghdoot’s writing to give respect to Sanskrit language during the three-day meet. You also organise essay competitions and debates based on Sanskrit. The message from the President for the magazine has been received. The formal acceptance from the President to inaugurate the program is still awaited.
Present in the meeting were sec to the Gov Arun Dhaundiyal, Prof Mahvir Aggarwal, additional secretary Dr Nidhi Pandey, Additional secretary tourism Shailesh Bagoli, Secretary Sanskrit education Vinod Raturi, Additional Secretary finance lN Pant, Poonam Sobti, HS Bonal, Beena Bhatt, Pramod Chamoli, Prof Doon University Kusum and other officials.