International Mother Language Day / अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस

21 February 2022

On the occasion of अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय मातृभाषा दिवस / International Mother Language Day on Monday, February 21, 2022, the CCCD along with the Board of Literary Affairs organized virtual celebrations with colorful cultural performances, regional language poetry contest, and a language diversity survey.


The program included

Introduction by the MC, Dr. Katyayanee Sharma

Historical Significance of मातृभाषा दिवस

Results of Language Diversity Survey @ IITJ

Address by the Director, Prof Santanu Chaudhury

Cultural performances in various Indian Languages

Watch the full program here

Cultural performances by

  • Giridhara Uppala (Telugu)

  • Akshath Krishnan (Malayalam)

  • Surya Mitra (Bangla)

  • Niranjana (Malayalam)

  • Dr Kshema Prakash (Tamil)

  • Divyang Palshetkar (Marathi)

  • Kanchan Jha (Hindi)

  • Karooka Kundu (Bangla)

  • Dr Srijan Sengupta (Bangla)

  • Harisharan (Tamil)

  • Manasi Mukherjee (Kannada)

  • Dr Shrutidhara Sarma (Assamese)

  • Suryanshu Mukhopadhyay (Bangla)

  • Sapna Sankhla (Rajasthani Ghoomar)

  • Prof Santanu Chaudhuri (Bangla)


Announcement of Winners of Regional Language Poetry Competition (organized by Board of Literary Affairs)

First: Bhagwan Das (M21MA055)

Second: Jarpala Ashok (B21BB038)

Third: Pranav Saraswat (D20CI002)


Vote of Thanks by Dr Rajlaxmi Chouhan (Convener, CCCD)

Language Diversity @ IIT Jodhpur