JAMMU, March 17 -- Under the patronage and guidance of Vice Chancellor Prof. Sanjeev Jain, Central University of Jammu, a one-day international conference on the theme "Hindi on the Global Stage: Diverse Dimensions" was organized jointly by the Department of Hindi and Other Indian Languages and the Jammu & Kashmir Rashtrabhasha Samiti.

During the inaugural session, the Registrar Prof. Yashwant Singh, Chief Guest Prof. R. K. D. Nilanti Rajapakshe (Head, Department of Language and Cultural Studies, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Sri Lanka), Dean of the Faculty of Languages Prof. Vandana Sharma, and General Secretary of the Jammu & Kashmir Rashtrabhasha Prachar Samiti Dr. Bharat Bhushan Sharma were present on the dais.

The session began ...