Banaras Hindu University organises 'Mobile Book Exhibition'

BHU organised the exhibition in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT). The book exhibition was organized in a vehicle that was parked near the Central Library of the university.

BHU Mobile Book Exhibition: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) organised a mobile book exhibition starting March 16. According to the reports, BHU organised the exhibition in collaboration with the National Book Trust (NBT). The book exhibition was organized in a vehicle that was parked near the Central Library of the university. The trust publishes reading materials in several Indian languages for all age groups, including for children. Involving activities such as the publishing of books, promotion of books and reading, promotion of books from India abroad, providing assistance to authors, publishers, and promoting children's literature, National Book Trust is an autonomous organisation under the Ministry of Education. Under this trust, books and other reading materials are published in several Indian languages for all age groups, including for children.

The initiative, i.e. mobile book exhibition received appreciation from the Ministry of Education (MoE), lauding the initiative as excellent, the Ministry on its social media handle said: “An excellent initiative of BHU and NBT. Mobile book exhibition will be present in BHU campus till 18th March.”

Meanwhile, BHU has commenced its offline classes from February 22. In order to conduct classes, the University is following a hybrid mode - a mix of both online and offline - for the final year students. BHU is being opened in different phases starting from the final year students who will be appearing for their final semester exams. It had already opened its hostels on February 17 to allow the outstation final-year students to stay in their rooms.

Reports also suggest that the University officials will conduct a meeting on March 25 to analyse the arising pandemic situation in order to call all the students and other members of the university for physical attendance.

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