Mysore/Mysuru: The Ministry of Education (earlier known as Ministry of Human Resource Development) is conducting Shikshak Parv, a series of Webinars to highlight the salient features of the New Education Policy (NEP-2020).

Language is an important component of education policy and the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) works for the promotion of all Indian languages. 

As part of Ministry’s programme, CIIL organised a webinar on Sept. 16 focusing the promotion of Indian languages from the perspective of NEP.  The objective of this webinar was to highlight the language components of NEP-2020.

Four eminent scholars delivered insights on NEP-2020 in the webinar presided by Prof. D.G. Rao, Director, CIIL. 

The expert speakers included Prof. Udaya Narayan Singh and Prof. Awadesh Kumar Mishra (both former Directors of CIIL), Padma Shri Prof. Anvita Abbi and eminent Dravidian linguist Prof. G. Umamaheshwara Rao. 

The themes of their talk are as follows:

1. The Scope for the Promotion of Indian Languages in NEP-2020; 2. Conservation of Language Ecology and Indigenous Cultures; 3. Sustaining Mother Tongues and Medium of Instruction; 4. Development of Technology for Indian Languages.

Dr. Narayan Kumar Choudhary, Coordinator, welcomed while Prof. P. Umarani introduced the speakers. Dr. Tariq Khan moderated the queries and proposed a vote of thanks, according to a press release from Narayan Kumar Choudhary, Assistant Director (Admin.) In-charge.