Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 30: The third and final day of the three day International Conference concluded here today at Cluster University of Jammu.
Dr. Amitabh Vikram Dwivedi, Faculty, SMVDU delivered his plenary talk titled ‘Saving languages with respect to the descriptive linguistic tradition’.
He emphasized on documenting local languages of J&K like Sarazi, Bhaderwahi, Dogri, Bhalessi, Saroori, Kashmiri etc.
This was followed by parallel academic sessions through offline and online mode wherein the researchers presented their papers on diverse topics of language, literature and folklore.
Furthermore, an invited plenary speaker (online), Prof. Panchanan Mohanty (GLA University, Mathura) also spoke on the theme of the conference and informed the participants about preserving and saving the regional languages of India.
This was followed by a panel discussion where retired Prof. Veena Gupta, Prof. Posh Charak and Prof. Vandana Sharma, Head Dept. of English, Central University of Jammu delivered their talks.
Dr. Geetanjali A. Rana, Dean, Faculty of Arts, Cluster University of Jammu delivered welcome address.
Prof. Shailendra Mohan, Director, Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysuru (Patron of the Conference) also joined the valedictory session and highlighted the multilinguality of India and resources available at CIIL, Mysuru for researching on various themes related to languages, culture and translation.
Dr. Chander Shekhar, Dean, Engineering and Computer Technology, CLUJ was the Presiding Officer of valedictory session.
The conference concluded with vote of thanks by Dr. Reena Salaria, Head Department of Linguistics and Literature, Cluster University of Jammu.
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