International Hindi Utsav is being organized from January 10 to 12. The programme will start on the occasion of World Hindi Day on January 10 and will end on January 12. The event is organized by Pravasi Duniya, Aksharam, Hansraj College, Delhi University, and is being supported by Indian Council for Cultural Relations and Vishnu Prabhakar Janmstabdi Committee.World Hindi Day – The programme of World Hindi Day will be held in collaboration with Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Azad Bhawan on January 10 evening at 5.30 at ICCR. Various Delhi-based ambassadors and aficionados of Hindi will be invited in this programme.
Dr. Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR will be the chief guest of the event. Dr. Namwar Singh, Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik and Dr. Ashok Chakradhar will be the main speakers. India’s ambassador to Fiji will be the special guest to the event. Dr. Ratnakar Pandey, Shri Madan Lal Madhu (Russia) and United States-based Sudha Om Dhingra, editor, Hindi Chetna, Dr. Padmesh (UK), editor Purwaai will be key speakers during the event.
Dr. Rama Singh, Coordinator: 09891172389
Naresh Shandilya Dr. Narayan Kumar Chaitanya Prakash Awadhesh Kumar Singh
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Email- hindiutsav@gmail.com
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Dr. Suresh Goel, Director General, ICCR will be the chief guest of the event. Dr. Namwar Singh, Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik and Dr. Ashok Chakradhar will be the main speakers. India’s ambassador to Fiji will be the special guest to the event. Dr. Ratnakar Pandey, Shri Madan Lal Madhu (Russia) and United States-based Sudha Om Dhingra, editor, Hindi Chetna, Dr. Padmesh (UK), editor Purwaai will be key speakers during the event.
International Hindi Festival
January 10 to 12, 2012
Programme
January 10, 2012, Azad Bhavan, ICCR, ITO
Time 5.30: Opening Ceremony
Subject: Global role of Hindi
Cultural programme| Awara Messiah Author – Vishnu Prabhakar Concept- Anil Joshi, Writer & Director – Ramji Bali | January 11, 5.30 pm | Hansraj College Auditorium, University of Delhi |
| Awards ceremony Felicitation of Smt Chitra Mudgil, ( Writer) Dr Devendra Raj Ankur( Dramatist) Sheen Kaf Nijam( Poet) Kailash Pant ( Hindi Sevi) Manoj Shrivastav( Eminent Writer) Dr Mahesh Chandera Gupta, President, Delhi Hindi Sahhitya Sammelan) Poetry Recitation Convention Special Award –UK Hindi committee, working for past 20 years for Hindi in UK | January 12, 5.30 pm | Hansraj College Auditorium, University of Delhi |
Academic Session:
January 11, 2012; Location: Hansraj College Auditorium, University of Delhi
| Main auditorium | Auditorium | Seminar Room | |
| January 11, 10 am | Opening of the academic sessions and Seminar on Smt. Sudha Om Dhingra, Dr Anita Kapoor, Dr. Pdmesh Gupta, Ms. Divya Mathur, Suresh Shukla, Norway | - | - |
| January 11, 1:45 pm | Hindi abroad – Language, literature and media Smt. Sudha Om Dhingra, Dr Anita Kapoor, Dr. Pdmesh Gupta, Ms. Divya Mathur, Suresh Shukla, Norway | Hindi Literature – Contemporary prespective (Dedicated – Sri Vishnu Prabhakar) | Official Language – Challenges and Prospects |
| January 11 at 3.15 pm | Popular Books | Pravasi Sahitya | Hindi and New Media |
| January 12, 10 am | ‘Hindi and Indian languages in 2050 Speaker – Rahul Dev, Asghar Wajahat, Kailash Pant, Anil Joshi, Shail Agarwal | Hindi and Information Technology | Devanagari script – status and prospects |
| January 12, 1.45 pm | Teaching of Hindi Abroad | Bhartiya Vandgmay-International Perspectives | Poet Seminar |
| 12 January, 3.45 pm | Literary dialogue with prominent litterateur | Hindi in the field of Knowledge and Science | Children’s Literature |
The Pravasi Today Group – which includes magazine like Pravasi Today and portals like pravasiduniya.com, pravasitoday.com, and events like Pravasi Film Festival – through various platforms, connects with the Indian Diaspora. Pravasi Today was launched in the House of Lords, UK in June 2005. With the organisation of Pravasi Film Festival its reach widened internationally. Pravasi Film Festival turned as a milestone in connecting the Diaspora community with their homeland. Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, Sharmila Tagore, Soha Ali Khan, Prakash Jha, Satish Kaushik, Basu Chatterjee, Rahul Rawail, Manoj Bajpai and many other distinguished filmmakers took part in the film festival. With time, pravasiduniya.com and pravasitoday.com have become the most favoured sites amongst the Indians staying abroad.Programme and speakers’ list is constantly being updated.
Aksharam – For the past ten years, Aksharam has brought Hindi into the national and international platform. Through events like International Hindi Festival and Hindi Knowledge Competition, Aksharam has been bringing renowned Hindi persona from all around the world on a common platform. Each year, from January – February, during the International Hindi festival and various other programmes in the country, well-known poets, authors and journalists like Dr. Karan Singh, Kunwar Narain, Ashok Bajpai, Prabhash Joshi, Prabhakar Srotriya, Ashok Chakradhar, Ravinder Kalia, Giriraj Kishore, Kedarnath Singh, Gyan Chaturvedi, Kamleshwar, Chitra Mudgal, Raji Seth, Narendra Kohli, Ramdarsh Mishra, Rahul Dev, Ved Pratap Vaidik, Uday Prakash, Dr. Satyendra Srivastava, Susm Bedi, Madan Lal Madhu, Naresh Bharatiya, Divya Mathur, Usha Raje Saxena, Kanhaiyalal Nandan participate. Under the umbrella of Hindi Knowledge Competition, a Hindi Knowledge Competition is also held in Europe. The selected students are invited to visit India in the month of August. Through quarterly Aksharam magazine, it has built a bridge between the Indian and overseas Indians.
Hansraj College – Hansraj College was founded in 1948. The college is counted among one of the most reputed colleges of Delhi University. Here, there are various faculties for different branches of studies. The college has 18 science laboratories and a book bank for needy students. Indoor sports facilities as well as electronic shooting range has also been developed in the college. Along with this, there are projectors, LCD and 200 computers in four computer labs. The college has air-conditioned conference room with a seating capacity of 100 people. Some of the famous students from the college include Shah Rukh Khan, Naveen Jindal, etc. There are many famous culture societies in the college, which includes Swaranjali Music Society, Dance Society, Dramatic Society, Debate Society, etc.
Patron
Dr. Ratnakar Pandey (former MP), Dr. Ashok Chakradhar (Vice President – Central Hindi Institute of Learning), Mr. Suresh Goyal (Director General – Indian Council for Cultural Relations), Dr. V. K. Kawatra (Principal – Hansraj College), Dr. Ved Pratap Vaidik, Rahul Dev, Dr Prabhakar Srotriya, Santosh Taneja, Virendra Prabhakar
Guide
Dr. Ramdarsh Mishra, Dr. Maheep Singh, Dr. Narendra Kohli, Chitra Mudgal, Raje Seth, Himanshu Joshi, Dr. Arvind Kumar, Bal Swarup Rahi, Dr. Ajit Kumar, Dr. Sitesh Alok, Dr. Satyendra Srivastava, Vijay Kumar Malhotra, Mahesh Chand Sharma, Govind Vyas
Consultant
Dr. Lakshmishankar Bajpai (Director – AIR – Delhi), Ajay Gupta (Editor – Gagnanchal -), Brajendra Tripathi (Deputy Secretary – Sahitya Akademi), Rajendra Mishra (former Director General – World Hindi Secretariat), Omkareshwar Pandey (Editor – The Sunday Indian)
International Committee
Dr. Padmesh Gupta, Divya Mathur, Dr Nikhil Kaushik, Jay Verma, Shail Agarwal, Pran Sharma (UK) Dr. Pushpita (Holland), Suresh Shukla (Norway) Dr. Dhananjaya Kumar, Sudha Om Dhingra, Dr Anita Kapoor Mrs. Mridul Kirti, Mrs. Sudarshana Priyadarshini (US) Mrs. Meena Chopra, Mrs. Sneha Thakur, Indira Dheer Vadhera (Canada), Alka Dhanpat (Mauritius)
National Committee
Dr. Dauji Gupta, Dr. Navin Lohani, Kailash Pant (MP), Anant Ram Tripathi (Maharashtra), Shri BD Sharma, Kumud Bansal, Haryana, Ashok Anand, Amar Kharbanda (Uttarakhand), Raj Kamal and Ram Swaroop Rawatsre (Rajasthan) , Mrs. Bharati (Karnataka), Shri Jawahar Kanarvat (Gujarat)
Organising Committee
Chairman – Vishwanath Jee, Vice President – Gopal Agarwal, Narendra Verma, Suman Dhir, Atul Prabhakar, Saroj Sharma, Secretary – Alka Sinha, Shashi Kant, Harsha Arya, Praveen Shukla, Dayashankar Pandey
Academic Committee
Speaker – Dr. Vimlesh Kanti Verma, Divik Ramesh, Dr. Harjendra Chowdhury, Dr. Prem Janmejay, Dr. Harish Naval, Secretary Dr. Chaitanya Prakash, Dr Kamal Kumar
Action Committee
Raghubir Sharma, Satya Tripathi, Geeta Joshi, Mahendra Prajapati, Bhudev Sharma, Vinay Kumar Jha, Ila Kumar, Anil Verma – Meet, Rajamani, Vinay Mishra, Rekha Rohatgi, Vigyan Vrat, Saroj Srivastava, Brajmohan, Nitish Kumar.
Anil Joshi, Chief Coordinator: 09899552099Dr. Rama Singh, Coordinator: 09891172389
Coordination Committee
Naresh Shandilya Dr. Narayan Kumar Chaitanya Prakash Awadhesh Kumar Singh
098303565 09268766150 09350564273 09868228699
Participants Form
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Ideological and literary sessions and participation in cultural events is free. But for three days, participants will have to pay Rs. 1000 for refreshments and food. Participants must arrange their own accommodation.
Cheque or draft may be sent in the name of Pravasiduniya.
Address – Pravasi Duniya, 51 Second Floor, Rani Jhansi Road, Jhandewalan, Paharganj, New Delhi-55
Anil JoshiEmail- hindiutsav@gmail.com
Tel – 09899552099