New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Ministry of Culture in association with Hindiustani Bhasha Akademi under 'Hindi Pakhwara' held a daylong event in honour of Hindi. The program was held at 'Samvet' auditorium, Janpath, New Delhi. The guests of the first session of the event were Dr. Sachidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Anand Kumar Sharma Deputy Commissioner, Delhi Police, Balendu Sharma Dadich, Director- Local Languages & Accessibility at Microsoft and Dr. Laxmi Shankar Bajpeyi, Former Additional Director General , All India Radio.

Speaking at the event Dr. Sachidanand Joshi said Hindi in contemporary times has attained the status of global language. Talking at ...