Puttur: St Philomena College celebrates Hindi Divas
Bellevision Media Network
Puttur, 04 Nov 2022: Hindi Divas was observed by the department of Hindi in Association with the Hindi Sabha of St Philomena College, here on November 2.
After the dignitaries inaugurated the activities of the Hindi Sabha for the current academic year, the vice principal Prof Ganesh Bhat in his presidential address said, ‘More than half a billion population speaks Hindi in the world. Its importance is found as it is the National Language and official language of Northern parts of India. The day is celebrated to showcase the importance of Hindi language and literature.’
As the day commemorates the event when Hindi was adopted as one of the official languages of India, Prof Bhat inspired students to write creative articles in Hindi and publish the same in the College Souvenir and Wallboard Magazines of the College.
The campus director Fr Stany Pinto spoke on the importance of Hindi language and said that each language has its own beauty and it is same in the case of Hindi too.
Dimple Tauro, Hindi lecturer, gave a brief introduction of the Hindi Divas.
Student representative Karthik K R of III BCA welcomed the gathering. Lokender Singh of III BBA proposed a vote of thanks. Disha Shenoy and Prem Karunakar of I BCA compered the programme.
HoD of Hindi Dr Dimple Fernandes was present on this occasion.
The cultural events were staged after the stage programme.