Scholarships to Sanskrit

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Scholarships to Sanskrit's rescue

 

Manish Sirhindi

 

Patiala, July 4: IN the age in which English has long established

itself as a world language, a number of students at the Government

Mohindra College are opting for Sanskrit course, all thanks to the

scholarships being offered by the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan

(deemed university) of New Delhi.

 

In the last three years the Sansthan has given scholarships worth

over Rs 99,000 to 57 students. Dr D I S Brar, principal of the

college said that this had encouraged more and more students to opt

for the language.

 

 

 

He said that even this year the institute awarded scholarships to 33

students of the college who were given Rs 1,750 each.

 

He said that the students of the college not only proved themselves

at the national level but had also shown keen interest in

development of the Sanskrit language following which they were given

the scholarships on the basis of the their past performance in

academics.

 

Dr S K Kaushik, lecturer in Sanskrit said that it was a matter of

pride that so many students were now coming up to study the vedic

language.

 

He said that there were plans to encourage the students opting for

Sanskrit in the undergraduate classes as this would not only bring

the youngsters closer to their vedic heritage but would also help in

preserving the language, which was slowly losing its charm among the

young.

 

He said that credit for this development goes to the Rashtriya

Sanskrit Sansthan, which had come forward to promote Sanskrit in

this part of the country.

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