Kiran Walia calls for the revival of Sanskrit at Amity conference

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Kiran Walia calls for the revival of Sanskrit at Amity conference

ANI
Business Standard
June 14, 2013

Noida - Delhi's Health and Family Welfare Minister
Professor Kiran Walia has called for a revival of the
language of Sanskrit, saying that it needs to be made
relevant to the youth of the country, while at the same
time admitting that the language has lost its past glory.

Inaugurating the first of its kind three day All India
Youth Sanskrit Conference here under the aegis of the
Delhi Sanskrit Academy and Amity University, Dr. Walia
said: "Most of the Indian schools promote rote learning
of Sanskrit language as a result of which the interest to
study Sanskrit for the sake of language itself is waning
in students."

"More and more students are opting for Sanskrit for
getting good scores. They don't realize the real purport
of the language. They chant shlokas and hymns without
realizing the meaning behind them. This trend has to be
put to an end," she added.

Applauding the private patronization of the mission to
revive Sanskrit by Amity University, the minister opined:
"The Sanskrit language has to be made relevant to the
youth of the country with genuine interest and beauty of
Sanskrit language has to be nurtured in them. Sanskrit
language has kept alive Indian culture."

She stated that the language's lost glory has to be
restored and the interest for reading and writing
Sanskrit language has to be re-kindled across the
country.

Dr. Walia shared the idea of the Delhi Government opening
a "Sanskrit Library" to promote Sanskrit learning in the
country.

She proposed a Delhi Government initiative to provide
computers to the students studying in Gurukuls and
Vishwavidhyalas in order to bring them at par with their
counterparts in other educational institutions.

Over 237 female and 263 male Sanskrit scholars have
registered for the conference who will present their
research papers on "Vedic Literature", "Sanskrit
Literature", "Jyotish Literature", "Sanskrit Grammar" and
others.

Delivering the welcome address, Dr. Shashi Prabha, Vice
President, Delhi Sanskrit Academy, revealed that over 500
Ph.D Sanskrit scholars from all over the country have
registered for the conference, which shows that the
revival of Sanskrit language has already started in the
country and the future of Sanskrit language is bright.

Dr. Ashok K Chauhan, Founder President, Amity Group,
opined that "Sanskrit language has shaped India's
Sanskriti, which in turn, has nurtured Indian sanskaars
and values.

He expressed with great conviction that in future, the
change agents and leaders would be from Sanskrit Gurukuls
and Vishvidhyalas.

Dr. Chauhan also announced plans to set up a Department
of Sanskrit at Amity University and the launch of a
website wherein the database of all the Sanskrit scholars
attending the conference would be created.

This, he said, would act as a medium between the scholars
and the educational institutions which require their
assistance.

Swami Pranavanand, Principal, Gurukul Gautam Nagar
(Delhi), called upon all Sanskrit scholars to cast aside
their inhibitions and carry out research for the benefit
of humanity. The end purpose of education should be the
benefit of humanity, he added.

Dr. Amita Chauhan- Chairperson, Amity International
Schools, Dr. Justice (Retired) Mukundakam Sharma,
Chancellor of Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeetha, Radha Vallabh Tripathi, Vice Chancellor,
Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthaan, Professor Uma Vaid, Vice
Chancellor, Kavikulguru Kalidas Sanskrit University,
Nagpur, Maharashtra, Dr. Dharmendra Kumar, Secretary,
Delhi Sanskrit Academy, and other Sanskrit scholars and
researchers were among the others present on the
occasion.

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