National Seminar
Role of Mother Tongues in Nation Building
Jointly Organized By
Kannada Language Chair (CIL/ JNU) and Shodhsamvad/Research Forum
21 February 2018 (Wednesday)
212 Committee Room, SLL&CS, JNU
International Mother language Day is celebrated every year on February 21 since 1990. To every one of us, mother language is one of the most precious gifts that we have in our lives. The loss of language is part of the loss of whole cultures and knowledge systems, including philosophical systems, oral literary and music traditions, environmental knowledge systems, medical knowledge, and important cultural practices and artistic skills. The world stands to lose an important part of the sum of human knowledge whenever a language stops being used. Maintaining the languages of ethnic and cultural groups is critical for the preservation of cultural heritage and identity of a Nation.
In India, we have more than 1635 mother tongues, of these, 29 languages have more than a million native speakers, 60 have more than 100,000 and 122 have more than 10,000 native speakers. This basic fact of there being a multiplicity of languages spoken in India is the subject of current seminar.
PROGRAM
Morning session-10:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Welcome: Atul Vaibhav (Acting President, SS-RF)
Preliminary remarks: Prof. Purushottama Bilimale, Kannada Chair, CIL/SLL&CS
Moderator: Md. Anjar Husain
Papers:
Regional Languages and The Idea of India : Rahul Dev, Senior Journalist
Language Demography and Language in India: Dr. Shushant Mishra, JNU
Constitutional Safe Guard and Mother Tongues in India : Prof. Asha Sarangi, CPS/ JNU
National Policy on Education and the position of Mother tongue: Dr. Arvind Kumar Mishra, Zakir Hussain Centre of Education, JNU
Vote of Thanks- Priyanka Kumari
Afternoon session- 2.00PM to 5.00 PM
Moderator- Manivannan Murugeshan
Tribal Language in India : Dr. Ganga Sahay Meena, CIL, JNU
Three Language Formula : Chandrashekhar N.P, Interpreter, Lokasabha
Role of English in India : Dr. Sachin, Dayal Singh College, DU
State Language and Media : Ramesh Aroli, Kamla Nehru College, DU
Language Politics in India : Dr. N. Chandrasekaran, Tamil Centre,CIL, JNU)
Vote of Thanks- Sandhya Tiwari