The Two Day International
Conference on Rewriting Methodology: Media and Teaching of English in Modern
Culture and Society was inaugurated at Hans Raj Mahila Maha Vidyalaya under
the vibrancy of Principal Prof. Dr. (Mrs.) Ajay Sareen and amongst erudite scholars
from Asian countries. The conference
began with the pious lighting of lamp and recital of DAV Anthem.
Principal Prof. Dr. Ajay
Sareen accorded green welcome to the chief guest Sh. B. Purushartha, IAS,
Commissioner Jalandhar Division, Justice (Retd.) N.K. Sud, Vice President,
DAVCMC and Chairman Local Committee, keynote speaker Dr. Deepti Gupta, HOD
English and Cultural Studies, Panjab University and Dr. Shravan Kumar National
Vice President ELTAI.
Dr. Ramnita Saini Sharda,
Convener of the conference and Dean Innovations introduced the concept of the
conference. The aim of the conference is
to deliberate on the issues and challenges faced in the teaching of English
language. She said that discussions will
hopefully provide some solutions to the problems.
Addressing the gathering Dr.
Sareen congratulated Dr. Ramnita Saini Sharda and Mrs. Mamta for organizing
this conference. She also conveyed the
blessings of Padmashree Awardee Dr. Punam Suri, President, DAV College Managing
Committee New Delhi for the conference.
On an optimistic note she said that the resolutions of the conference
will help to use the language in the modern context and this lead to new
developments.
Elaborating on the concept of
English Language Teaching the chief guest Sh. B. Purushartha detailed that the
methodology needs to be rewritten because language is continuously
changing. There is a constant shift in
the interpretation of the signified. Moreover,
the language used by youth in facebook, twitter etc. is widely different and
defy all structures and standards. He
urged the distinguished scholars to consider such issues in their discussion
and reach some useful conclusions.
The keynote speaker Dr. Deepti
Gupta drew a comparison between the development of English language in India
and European countries. She focussed on
the need to have a changed perspective so that the changes are used
positively.
Justice (Retd.) Sh. N.K. Sud
conveyed his wishes that language is the most powerful tool of communication
and every language has its own importance.
The guests were honoured by
presenting traditional phulkaris, paintings and mementoes. Dr. Z.N. Patil, Dr. Anita Sharma, Sh. Hemanta
Raj, Dr. Srinivas, Sh. Hendiwanto, Dr. Saiwaroon, Dr. Darshana, Ms. Motikala
Dewan, Ms. Sarita Dewan,Sh. Sirawich were honoured towards the end. On this occasion, Mrs. Kranti Wadhwa, Mrs.
Ritu Bajaj, Mrs. Lovleen, Sh. Neeraj Aggarwal, Dr. Nidhi Bal, Miss Nandini
Budhia, Ms. Rita, Ms. Rashmi Sethi, Mrs. Amita, Ms. Ravinder, Ms. Maneet Bedi
alongwith other members of teaching faculty were also present.
