CSIR-National Institute of Science Communication & Policy Research (CSIR-NIScPR), New Delhi, organised the culmination programme of the Hindi Month on 28 September 2022 where Joint Secretary of CSIR, Shri Mahendra Kumar Gupta was the Chief Guest.

During the ceremony, Prof. Ranjana Aggarwal formally welcomed the Joint Secretary and in her welcome address said that CSIR-NIScPR has contributed enormously to the science and society interface through the Hindi language. She further apprised that Vigyan Pragati (a monthly Hindi popular science magazine) has recently won the prestigious National Award, ‘Kirti Puraskar’ of the Official Language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt of India which indicates that CSIR-NIScPR is doing good work in the Hindi language. Original Hindi research Journal namely Bharatiya Vaigyanik evam Audyogik Anusandhan Patrika is also being published by CSIR-NIScPR since 1993. The SVASTIK is a flagship programme of the institute through which scientifically validated traditional knowledge is shared in Hindi and other regional languages of the country, she informed. She assured that CSIR-NIScPR will keep on doing all the mandated activities of science communication and policy studies & research in Hindi.

On the occasion, Joint Secretary of CSIR Shri Mahendra Kumar Gupta said that he was an avid reader of Vigyan Pragati in his childhood and used to discuss the scientific content published in the magazine with his class fellows. He said that the magazine had played a key role in developing his interest in science. Shri Gupta added that CSIR-NIScPR is doing a great job in its core fields of science policy and science communication. Later, he distributed prizes to all the winners in various competitions organised during the Hindi Month by CSIR-NIScPR.