2 PhD students to present papers at int’l conference

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, August 11

Research scholars Kewal Kumar and Sunita, from the Department of Hindi of Panjab University will be presenting their papers at the 11th World Hindi Conference being held at Mauritius from August 18 to August 20.

Dr Gurmeet Singh, Chairperson, Department of Hindi, said: “The World Hindi Conference is being organised by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, and it is a matter of pride for us that papers of two research scholars have been selected by a high-level committee of the ministry.”

He said it was the first opportunity for the research scholars of the department to present their papers in an international conference and he was thankful to the PU authorities for including them in the PU delegation going to attend the conference under the leadership of Prof Shankarji Jha, Dean University Instruction.

He said the theme of the conference was, ‘Hindi Vishwa Aur Bharatiya Sanskriti’ and the research scholars had prepared their papers on the same.

The Ministry of External Affairs organises the World Hindi Conference once every three years in different parts of the world.

The 11th World Hindi Conference will be inaugurated by Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs Minister, and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth. Over 2,500 delegates are participating.