“Sanskrit scholars should learn English to make the spread of the language easier and better”, IGNOU Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rajasekharan Pillai today said while inaugurating a seminar on Sanskrit. Stressing on the need to revamp Sanskrit education he said that IGNOU is planning to launch various advanced programmes in Indology and Vedanta. He said that the university will soon start Certificate courses in several Indian language.

Addressing the seminar, chief guest K N Shrivastava, Director General of Archaeological Survey of India said that ‘Sanskriti’ and Sanskrit are inter-linked. He said that Indian culture and Ayurveda can not be understood without proper knowledge of Sanskrit. According to him preserving our heritage and culture is important for economic development of the country.

Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITS) today organized a Sanskrit seminar in the convention centre of the university. An Online certificate programme in Sanskrit, jointly offered by IGNOU and Chinmaya International Foundation(CIF), was also launched on the occasion. Several Sanskrit scholars too participated in the seminar.