JKAACL organizes Dogri KaviGoshti

Jammu | : Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages Saturday organized a Dogri KaviGoshti in ongoing 4-day Poetry Festival, at K L Saigal Hall here.
Padam Shree, Dr. JitendraUdhampuri was Chief Guest on the Occasion while Dr. A S Amn Additional Secretary of JKAACL was in the presidium.Dr. JitendraUdhampuri in his presidential address appreciated the Academy for its endeavor to develop Dogri language and Culture. He said that there is an urgent need to document the cultural heritage of Dogras.
Dr. A S Amn said that literature has played an important role in society and the Academy is working regularly to boost the local languages and also provide a platform to national languages like Hindi. He further stated that the objective of this event is to provide a platform to poets, writers of all languages spoken in the Jammu region to display their intellectual thoughts before an invited audience.
The event was held under the supervision of Rahul Pandey IAS, Secretary JKAACL and SanjeevRana , Additional Secretary JKAACL.
The prominent Dogri poets who recited their poems including Padam Shree Dr. JitenderUdhampuri, ,Mohan Singh, Shiv Dev Singh Susheel, Vijaya Thakur,, Randi Singh Raipuria,Bishan Singh Dardi, Khajoor Singh, ,SurienderSagar, ,Daya Ram Daya,Dr.Sandeep Sufi, ,Sh.GopalKrishanKomal,Smt.UshaKiran ‘Kiran’ Smt.PromilaManhas ,Dr.ChanchalBhasin , Dr.SushmaRani,Dr.SaritaKhajuria and Rajinder Kumar Ranja. The proceedings of the programme were conducted by YashpalNirmalAsstt Editor Dogri.
Dr. JavaidRahi , Chief Editor JKAACL presented vote of thanks.