To encourage the use of Hindi language in day-to- day official working, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Chairperson, Dharmendra distributed prizes among the 65 winners of Hindi Competition in a function organized by Hindi Department at NDMC Convention Center,While addressing the gathering on the occasion, NDMC, Chairperson, Dharmendra informed that the Constitutional Assembly adopted Hindi as a Official language in 1949 and since every year on 14th September we celebrate Hindi Diwas on that day to promote the use of Hindi in our Government offices.
“Every employee uses Hindi in their life spontaneously, so that we celebrate this day as a celebration of a festival, not as an encouragement day for Hindi,” he added.
NDMC organised various departmental Hindi Competitions consisting of Hindi Speech, Hand writing, Noting/Drafting, Poem and Debate during the “Hindi Pakhwada” in Hindi month, September 2021.
More than 1,000 employees of various levels and fields like engineering, education, administration, accounts, finance, information technology, fire & security and medical services participated in these competitions.
The first, second and third prize winners of the Hindi writing competition are Anjali Bhatia, Vicky Gupta and Nand Kumar respectively.
In the Hindi Noting/Drafting competition, first, second and third prize goes to Prashant Shukla, Dr. B. L. Sirvi and Namrata. While in Hindi poem competition prizes go to Rajkumar, Prashant Shukla and B. L. Sirvi first, second and third respectively.
Each winner of the competition was awarded with Rs 5,000, Rs 3,500 and Rs 2,500 for the first, second and third ranks respectively. A consolation prize of Rs 1,000 was also given to 10 participants in each category of competition. A citation along with a memento has also been distributed among winners with prize money by the Chairman NDMC.