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Chandigarh, September 13 : Haryana Sanskrit Academy has started a campaign to promote Sanskrit at the mass level in the state. In this campaign young Sanskrit scholars are being contacted from all over the state to ensure their participation in promoting Sanskrit along with their regular work.
As part of this teamwork, these youths will focus on event management, language promotion, printing, digitization according to today’s times.
Sharing more details in this regard, Academy Director, Dr Dinesh Shastri said the main objective is to find the scholars especially the youth, who are associated with Sanskrit and further hone their skills.
Haryana Government is ensuring complete cooperation with the Academy in this campaign. Last year, the Academy had organized more than 60 events across the state, he added.
He further informed that it is because of these events that the youth working with the spirit of service have been identified by the Academy. The team of these youth will work under the leadership of the Academy for promoting Sanskrit in the state.
He said that in the present digital age Social platforms like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube have become essential hence the Academy too has ensured its reach on these platforms.
Very soon youtube channel is also going to bring in a new format, where along with lectures of scholars, videos of school curriculum and grammar from class III to XII will be uploaded. This would benefit both students as well as teachers, he added.
He said that cartoons, movies and melodious simple songs would be broadcast based on the stories of educative texts like Vedic mantras, Panchatantra, Hitopadesh etc. selected by scholars on social media. The team is working continuously on this. He informed that lecture series by scholars based on Vedic literature will also be started on YouTube.
Dr. Dinesh Shastri further said that young Sanskrit scholars from every field have been included in this team. Work on language skills, editing etc will also be done. Tech savvy youngsters will focus on layout, designing, presentation. Youth skilled in event management will play the role of convener in lecture series, seminars etc. according to time, he said.
Participation of youth will be increased in the awards
Haryana Sanskrit Academy Director, Dr Dinesh Shastri informed that a proposal has been sent to the State Government to increase the participation of youth in literary awards. At present, the minimum age for applying has been fixed at 40 years. Now a proposal has been sent to reduce this age limit. The more encouragement that the youth will get, they will become adept in Sanskrit literature, said Dr Dinesh Shastri.
