World Sanskrit Day: UGC asks Universities to organize Sanskrit Day Events

Students willing to participate in any of the above competitions can upload their video on Facebook or YouTube and then submit its link to the University's registration portal. Last date to submit videos for the competition is August 5 at 5 pm.

University Grant Commission (UGC) asked affiliated universities and institutes to celebrate World Sanskrit Day by organising appropriate activities. The World Sanskrit Day was declared a day of celebration by the Indian Government in 1969. World Sanskrit Day is celebrated on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan which falls on the full moon day of the Hindu month of 'Shravana'. This year the day falls on August 3, 2020.

According to the reports, the Consortium of Sanskrit Universities will celebrate 'World Sanskrita Day' by organizing 'Sanskrita Week Celebration' from July 31 to August 6, 2020. UGC asked universities to organize events on the lines of the events being organized by the Consortium of Sanskrit Universities. The Central Sanskrit University, Delhi released the schedule of programmes and competitions being organized for the 'Sanskrit Week Celebration'.

However, this year the competitions will be organized in the online mode in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. The competitions for students in Acharya level or MA and Shastri or BA programmes include original story-telling in Sanskrit, Sanskrit song competition and Sanskrit poem recitation.

Students of class 9 to 12 will also be included in the competition. The activities would include story-telling in Sanskrit, Sanskrit song competition, and Sanskrit Subhashit recitation.

Students willing to participate in any of the above competitions can upload their video on Facebook or YouTube and then submit its link to the University's registration portal. Last date to submit videos for the competition is August 5 at 5 pm.

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