STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: To celebrate International Sanskrit Day, a grand function was organised by Shri Kailakh Jyotish Avem Vedic Sansthan (SKJAVS) Trust on Sunday at Kisan Bhawan Gole Pully, Talab Tillo, Jammu. The function, which commenced with chanting of Vedic Mantras, was presided over by Padmashri Prof R K Sinha, Vice Chancellor SMVDU Katra, Prof J P Sharma and Sham Lal Sharma, former minister. DIG Shakti Pathak Director SSF Raj Bhawan, K K Sharma Director Agriculture Department Jammu, Prof Madan Mohan Jha, Director Central Sanskrit University, Shri Ranbir Campus Jammu, R K Chhibber Member Board of Directors J&K Bank and Arun Prabhat, BJYM J&K President were Special Guests on the occasion.
While speaking on the occasion, Prof R K Sinha urged people to make maximum use of Sanskrit language both at home and outside. He regretted that Sanskrit language is getting least priority in our daily lives. Former Minister, Sham Lal Sharma said that community should make out all possible efforts to promote Sanskrit language, which is basic of all other languages. “In order to promote Sanskrit language, it should be made mandatory from class 1st onwards in schools so that students remain attached with the language,” said Sham Lal.
Others who spoke on the occasion included DIG Shakti Pathak, Prof J P Sharma, Mahant Rohit Shastri, Prof K K Sharma, Dr Udham Dass Sharma, Madam Mohan Jha and R K Chibber. Meanwhile Dr Parbhat Kumar Mahapatra, Pardeep Dutta, Gourav Gupta, Seema Sehgal, Vinod Kumar, Parveen Sharma, Satpal Sharma, Jatinder Singh, Dr Sonali Abrol, Ranjeet Kalra, Surinder Sharma, Rakesh Jamwal, Pardeep Sharma, Lalit Khajuria and Ankush Jamwal were felicitated on the occasion for their contributions towards promoting Sanskrit language and culture. Others present on the occasion included Advocate Pawan Khajuria, Pramod Sharma, Rakesh Gandotra, Pt Dev Dutt Shastri, Ankush Sham Sharma, Chetan Wanchoo, Arun Parbhat Singh, Sat Pal Sharma, Dr Sanjay Sharma, Prof Sharat Sharma, Prof Pravat Kumar Mahapatra, Dr Yogendra Dixit, Anil Padha, Raj Kumar, Uttam Chand Sharma, Ajay Sharma, Nigam Gupta, Jagdev Singh Chib, Manmohan Singh Jamwal, Vijay Seth, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Somil Abrol, Rakesh Singh, Atul Sharma, Rajinder Seth, Tilak Shastri, Makhan Lal Shastri, Bushan Shastri, Sanjay Shastri and Danish Mishra.
