14 SEPTEMBER, 2020: The Hindi department of the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) hosted Hindi Divas, this afternoon.

The welcome address was delivered by Sunita Mishra, Sr. Hindi Translator of the Hindi department, who invited the CHRO, Shivakumar Venkateswaran, to set the context of the event. “COVID-19 has made us go virtual. It’s a new normal and we have adapted rather well. Productivity and efficiency at IIMB have been aided by technology, which has ensured that we continue to perform our administrative duties well,” he said.

Shivakumar Venkateswaran also provided a context of the celebration of Hindi Divas and listed all the events, ranging from quizzes to essay writing contests, that the Hindi department at IIMB has been organizing to encourage the use of simple Hindi, leading the school to be honoured with awards and trophies from the Ministry of Human Resource Development and TOLIC.

In his special address, IIMB Director Dr. Rishikesha T Krishnan encouraged the IIMB community to use simple Hindi. Pointing out that his tenure as Director of IIM Indore had considerably improved his use of Hindi in administrative matters, Prof. Krishnan thanked the Hindi department of IIMB for working towards popularising the language.

The IIMB Hindi Officer, Neetha John, read out the message of the Education Minister, Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’, in which he urged officials to use as much Hindi as possible in their official work.

The results of the Hindi quiz contest were also announced:

I Prize: Vani K.S., Executive, Office of the Post Graduate Programme in Management.

II Prize: Nora Gosai, Project Executive, Finance & Accounts.

III Prize: Khushboo Changani, Coordinator, Office of Diversity & Inclusion.

Motivation Prizes: Rohit Bhardwaj, Academic Associate, Decision Sciences area, and Shivika Anand, Academic Associate, Marketing  area.

A.K. Tripathi Jr. Hindi Translator from IIMB’s Hindi department, delivered the vote of thanks.

For the report on Hindi Diwas in Hindi, please click here.