State’s Chief Secretary N Ravishankar said that he was feeling privileged to work in Devbhoomi. He was addressing a two-day International Seminar on Dev language at Dev Sanskriti Vishwavidyalaya of Haridwar on Saturday.
The topic of the seminar is — ‘Relevance of Sanskrit in 21st century’. He urged all the participants who had come from across the country to visit the Char Dhams — Gangotri, Yamunotri, Badrinath and Kedarnath — all located in the State.
Seminar started with Pranav Pandya, Chancellor of Dev Sankriti Vishwavidyalaya, Mahavir Agarwal, Vice-Chancellor of Uttarakhand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya and KK Chakroborty, Director of National Academy of literature and Art Culture lighting the ceremonial lamp.
Chakroborty said that Sanskrit was not just a language. It marked the identity of the Indians. Agarwal said that Sanskrit was the origin of 97 per cent of the worlds found in other languages. Pandya said that Sanskrit was the fundamental language of Computer Science. On this occasion, E-Souvenir of the seminar in the form of CD was released. Over 200 participants are attending and they would present their papers in course of the seminar in five different categories.