Ministry of Culture celebrates International Mother Language Day
February 21, 2022
Under the aegis of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India is celebrating International Mother Language day at Indira Gandhi National Center of Arts, New Delhi on 21 and 22 February, 2022
With a line-up of exemplary speakers from India and abroad on the theme “Using Technology for Multilingual Learning: Challenges and Opportunities”, this two day program is lined up in physical and virtual format. It envisages deliberations on importance of mother language and cultural program built around different languages, music, poetry of different regions of India.
The morning event on 21 February 2022 will mark the presence of renowned lyricist and poet Prasoon Joshi followed by an enlightened dialogue.
The evening program 'Ekam Bharatam' will witness distinguish presence of HMoS Culture & External Affairs Smt. Meenakshi Lekhi on 21 February at 7:00 pm. A special feature of this programme will be the formal release of the "Vande Bharatam" song which has been co-created by Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej along with tabla maestro Bikram Ghosh that was a part of the dance presentations by Ministry of Culture on Republic Day event 2022.