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BIRBAL SAHNI INSTITUTE OF PALAEOBOTANY
Annual Report 2004-2005
Bera and Mr Avinash Srivastava (III) bagged the prizes.
On the concluding Day, a debate competition was held
and the winners were Dr Neerja Jha (I), Dr RK Saxena
(II) and Mr KC Chandola (III). A special prize as the
best non-Hindi speaking participant was announced for
Dr A Rajanikanth. The Chief Guest on the occasion was
Dr RN Lakhanpal, a former Distinguished Scientist of
BSIP. Dr MB Bande, another former BSIP scientist,
also spoke on the occasion. Dr Jayasri Banerji chaired
the concluding session.
Hindi Protsahan Puraskar
On the Founders’ Day, Prof. JS Singh, Chairman
GB, gave away cash prizes to encourage the use of
Hindi. Dr CM Nautiyal and Mr RB Kukreti received
first prizes. The second prizes went to Dr DC Saini,
Mr RL Mehra and Mr RK Kapoor. The third prizes were
given to Dr Jyotsana Rai, Mr SK Singh, Mrs SS Rathore,
Mr MM Misra and Mr Ram Ujagar.
typing competition', judged by Dr. Mukund Sharma and
Mrs. Nirmala, and judged Mr. Umesh Kumar, Mr. Hari
Lal and Ms. Chitra Chatterji as I, II and III prize winners
respectively. In the 'Spot the Error competition' held on
September 24th, Dr. (Mrs) Navita Budhraja, Mr. T.K.
Mandal and Dr. Mukund Sharma won I, II and III prizes
respectively. In various competitions, participation and
performance of even those belonging to non-Hindi
speaking regions was a highlight.
Prof. H.L. Nigam, former Vice-Chancellor, APS
University, Reewan delivered his speech as a Chief Guest
during the Valedictory function on 30th September. His
thoughts on 'Scope of Science Writing in Hindi' were
very well received by the audience.The programme was
chaired by Dr. Jayasri Banerji. This was followed by
release of the bi-lingual Telephone Directory of the
Institute. Registrar Mr. S.C. Bajpai proposed the Vote
of Thanks.
Miscellaneous
Several office-forms and letters were translated/
made bi-lingual leading to increased use of Hindi in official
correspondence. A noticeable improvement has also
been seen in internal correspondence in Hindi. The
process to procure Hindi software for Institute’s
computers was initiated so that computers become bilingual
in accordance with official directive.
Equivalent terms for administrative terms were displayed
on the notice board.
Rita Banerji (III). In the 'Hindi Essay competition'
held on September 22nd and judged by Dr. Archana
Tripathi and Dr. S.K.M. Tripathi, winners were Mr. T.K.
Mandal (I), Dr. (Mrs) Navita Budhraja (II) and
Mrs. Anjali Trivedi (III). On 23rd September, 'Hindi
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