"Sanskrit education will create more employment opportunities," says Pradhan

New Delhi, May 10: Union Education and Skill Development Minister and Chancellor of the Central Sanskrit University, Dharmendra Pradhan said that Sanskrit Education to create more employment opportunities for students. The Minister was addressing ‘Utkarsh Mahotsav’ at the university, on May 9.

 

 

 

 

A three-day Utkarsh Mahotsav was organized by Central Sanskrit University in New Delhi, starting from May 7. The objective behind organizing the Utkarsh Mahotsav is to promote Sanskrit language across the country and beyond. The focus of the Mahotsav is – the New Educational Era – Moving towards a Global Orientation of Sanskrit Studies.

 

Speaking on the occasion Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said that Sanskrit is not just a language, it is an emotion. Our knowledge and wisdom are our wealth. He further added that the onus is on all of us to take our civilization forward for centuries and achieve the ideals of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’.

 

 

 

 

 

The Minister highlighted that as envisaged in the National Education Policy, the govt has given importance to all Indian languages including Sanskrit. It has a great contribution in unifying various Indian languages and Sanskrit Universities will move towards becoming large multidisciplinary institutions of higher learning, he added.

 

The Minister cited that from the time of Hiuen Tsang to today's Raisina Dialogues, the spontaneity, modernity and scientificity of Sanskrit need no proof. He shared his thoughts on the revival of the language of the Vedas; Sanskrit, Indianness associated with Sanskrit and the language based education system.