University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities for suggestions regarding the spread and development of Sanskrit language

Updated on: Monday, January 11, 2016

ugc The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities for suggestions regarding the spread and development of Sanskrit language from the school-level till the higher education level.

The universities have also been notified by the Commission on the need to encourage first and second degree levels of Sankrit-education in the study of subjects such as modern Indian languages, ancient Indian history, Indian philosophy, and Indology.

In order to make sure that the younger generation do not remain ignorant about Sanskrit, UGC Vice Chairman, H Devaraj penned letters to the vice chancellors of eighteen universities, reminding them the importance of Sanskrit as underlined in the 1986 New Education Policy. He recommended to bridge the existing gap between the modern formal education and the rich Indian culture.

The letter recommended that schools and universities ought to take up special arrangements so that Indian languages could be taught and developed on a more liberal scale, in view of the "unique contribution of Sanskrit in terms of cultural unity".

The Vice Chairman also informed that, to ensure the development of the ancient Indian language of Sanskrit in the upcoming 10 years, a committee has already been created by the government, which would create a plan towards a widespread propagation and promotion of the language.

Former Chief Election Commissioner, N Gopalaswami has taken up the chairmanship of a committee constituted by the Human Resource Development (HRD), which would assess all the schemes in place for the development of Sanskrit and Veda Vidya and review them accordingly.

University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked universities for suggestions regarding the spread and development of Sanskrit language

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