People must take pride in speaking their mother tongue: Venkaiah Naidu

Participating in the PTSU Foundation Day celebrations here on Sunday, Naidu said people should take pride in speaking their mother tongue and stressed on the importance of language in forming one’s identity and boosting self-confidence.

Hyderabad: Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu appreciated the efforts of Telangana government and the Chief Minister, K. Chandrashekar Rao in developing the Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University (PSTU) and furthering the cause of Telugu language and culture.

Participating in the PTSU Foundation Day celebrations here on Sunday, Naidu said people should take pride in speaking their mother tongue and stressed on the importance of language in forming one’s identity and boosting self-confidence. He also urged the youth not to lose touch with their cultural heritage.

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The Vice President lauded the university’s commitment to preserve Telugu language, literature and history through various research initiatives and remembered former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, late N.T. Rama Rao, who took the initiative to establish the university.

Naidu called for proactive and united efforts to increase the translations of literary classics to various Indian languages and suggested the use of technological advancements in translation. He praised the efforts of PSTU in translating classics like ‘Amuktamalyada’ by Krishnadevaraya into other Indian languages and called for similar efforts from other universities.

He also observed that the National Educational Policy, 2020 aims at promoting Indian languages and encourages primary education in child’s mother tongue and said the medium of education must be in mother tongue up to higher education including for technical courses. On the occasion, the Vice President presented awards to Dr. Kurella Vittalacharya, poet and critic and Kalakrishna, Kuchipudi dance proponent.

Later, Naidu also inaugurated a photo exhibition ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ at the university organised by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. He appreciated the efforts of the organisers and encouraged people to visit the exhibition.

Home Minister M. Mahmood Ali, Vice Chairman, Telangana State Planning Board, B. Vinod Kumar, Telugu University Vice Chancellor, Thangeda Kishan Rao, Registrar, Bhattu Ramesh, students, staff and others attended the event.

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