A programme on ‘Mother Language and Nation Building’ today will be hosted by the University of Delhi (DU) dated on February 28. The event will be held by the ‘Bhartiya Bhasa Samiti’ of DU as part of the centenary celebrations. The union education minister for state Annapurna Devi will be present as the chief guest.

DU stated, “Atul Kothari, National Secretary of Education Culture Upliftment Trust, will be the guest of honour and the program will be presided over by the DU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Yogesh Singh.”

Dean Planning and the Chairman of ‘Bhartiya Bhasha Samiti’, University of Delhi, Professor Niranjan Kumar told that to further promote mother languages and to spread awareness about them, ‘Bhartiya Bhasha Samiti’ is celebrating Mother Language Week.

Inaugurated on the occasion of International Mother Language Day, since then, many seminars and programs have been organized in various colleges under the guidance of the samiti, in which there has been a large participation of students. This week’s finale will be on February 28.

Deans, Registrar, Heads of Departments, Principals, faculty members, teachers, research scholars, students and other language and literature lovers of the society will participate in the programme, it added.