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Follow on Google News | Prof Nirupama from BITS Pilani attends UNESCO International Mother Language Day Symposium at ParisIt is known that we dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language and that language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.
By: Dr BR Natarajan To promote the recognition and practice of the world’s mother tongues, International Mother Language Day is celebrated annually on February 21. The celebration this year highlights the importance of multilingualism, foreign languages learning, and translations for peace and dialogue, within the framework of the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures as declared by the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). An International Symposium: Translation and Cultural Mediation was organized on the occasion of the 11th International Mother Language Day in collaboration with the International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) at The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has launched the International Year for the Rapprochement of Cultures during 22-23 February 2010 at UNESCO – 7 Place de Fontenoy, Paris, France. Experts from different parts of the world participated in the same and from India Dr Nirupama Prakash Professor from Birla Institute of Technology and Science – BITS Pilani Rajasthan was invited as resource person. Presently at BITS Pilani Prof Nirupama is Women Studies & Societal Development Unit Chief, Group Leader Humanistic Studies as well as Coordinator for Hospital and Health Systems Management degree Program. In the panel discussion, she spoke on Translation, Information Technologies and Gender in a Rajasthan Case Study. For more details contact Prof Nirupama Prakash Email nirupama.prakash( # # # About BITS Pilani: The Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani is a Deemed to be University established vide Sec.3 of the UGC Act, 1956 under notification No. F.12-23/63.U- End
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