విశాఖపట్ణం: Scientific seminar on Telugu, Hindi in the city

VISAKHAPATNAM: A two-day national seminar on the scientific and technical terminology in Hindi and Telugu would begin in the city on Saturday under the auspices of the Andhra University Hindi Department and Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology of the Union Human Resource Ministry.

Noted Hindi writer and former Rajya Sabha member Ratnakar Pandey, who briefed mediapersons about the seminar said nine professors of Hindi and Telugu who retired between 1998 and 2006 in South India would be honoured in the function. Among other things the seminar would deliberate the theoretical aspects of the two languages, how words are coined, Hindi-Telugu comparative terminology and scientific and technological terminologies available in the languages.

Visakha Hindi Parishad (VHP) president and seminar convenor S.M. Iqbal said a best Hindi writer award would be given during the meet. The award, the "Umar Alisha gold medal", is sponsored by Dr. Umar Alisha, the ninth head of Sri Viswa Vignana Aadhyatmika Peetham and Chairman of Umar Alishah Rural Development Trust, Pithapuram, he said.

Courtesy: The Hindu