The global rise of Hindi, driven by its rich cultural heritage, has sparked a surge in learners worldwide. The Vishwa Rang International Hindi Olympiad – 2025 aims to further promote this linguistic revolution across 50 countries, noted participants at a meeting held ahead of the festival.
"Indian art, literature, and culture, the Hindi language has created new dimensions of popularity across the world. The number of people learning Hindi to understand Indian art, literature, culture, and historical heritage has significantly increased abroad," said Santosh Choubey, Director of Vishwa Rang and Chancellor of Rabindranath Tagore University. He was presiding over the two-day meeting.
Similarly, the demand for learning Hindi has also greatly risen in India's non-Hindi-speaking states, especially in the northeastern and southern states. The National Education Policy of the Government of India has highlighted language teaching as a skill, he said.
He expressed satisfaction that the Vishwa Rang festival, dedicated to global literature, art, and culture, has created new global ground for the preservation and promotion of Hindi, Indian languages, and local dialects through its six editions.
Choubey announced that this year, the Vishwa Rang International Hindi Olympiad – 2025 will be held from 14 September 2025 (Hindi Day) to 30 September 2025 across more than 50 countries, including India.
Professor Amitabh Saxena presented a detailed plan for the Vishwa Rang International Hindi Olympiad – 2025.
Vice Chancellor of RNTU, Aditi Chaturvedi Vats, spoke about the organisation of the Hindi Olympiad at all six universities of the Aisect Group. Jawahar Karnawat, Director of the Tagore International Hindi Centre, presented suggestions received from both India and abroad regarding the organisation of the Hindi Olympiad.
The two-day meeting was attended by Anoop Bhargava (USA), Rama Takshak (Netherlands), Jai Verma (Nottingham, UK), Chintamani Verma (Myanmar), Shikha Rastogi (Thailand), Abhishek Tripathi (Ireland), Mauna Kaushik (Bulgaria), who shared their creative thoughts during the meeting.
Sandhya Singh (Singapore), Ulfat (Uzbekistan), Yuri Botvinkin (Ukraine), Pragati Tipanis (Russia), Atila Kotalawal (Sri Lanka) participated virtually and provided their creative suggestions.
A number of prominent academics and Hindi lovers also joined the meeting and made valuable contributions to help ensure the success of the event.
