Port Blair, Sept. 13: The Andaman & Nicobar Administration will be observing ‘Hindi Fortnight-2023’ from September 14 to 28, 2023 in its offices and educational institutions. 'Hindi Diwas' will be celebrated in all Govt. offices and Educational Institutions on Sept.14, 2023. As part of the observance, various programmes have been chalked out for officers, employees of the Administration and students. To begin with, a Hindi Workshop for Nodal Officer (Official Language) and dealing staff (Hindi) of various offices of A&N Administration will be organized in the conference hall of Secretariat tomorrow (Sept.14) at 10 am wherein they will be briefed about Official Language Policy of GoI and duties and responsibilities of Nodal Officer (OL).

The other programmes to be organized include Hindi Essay competitions for Tamil, Telugu & Bangla medium students studying in Class 6th to 8th and Class 9th &10th of Headquarter area on Sept.15, 2023, Hindi Typing competition for Employees of A&N Administration and TOLIC on Sept.18 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Department, Secretariat. Hindi Noting and Drafting Competitions for the employees of Multi Tasking Staff of A & N Administration, Port Blair will be organized on Sept.19 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Department, Secretariat. Hindi Noting and Drafting competition for the employees of A&N Administration and TOLIC will be organized on Sept. 20 at TGCE. Hindi Noting & Drafting competition for Gazetted Officers of A&N Administration will be organized on Sept. 21 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Department, Secretariat.

Apart from this, Elocution competition for the students studying in class 9 & 10 of Senior Secondary Schools of Headquarter area will be organized on Sept.22 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Department, Secretariat while the Elocution competition for the students studying in class 11 & 12 of Senior Secondary Schools of Headquarter area will be organized on Sept. 25 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Deptt. Self Composed Poetry Recitation Competition for College students will be organized on Sept. 26 at Hindi Typing Training Centre of Official Language Deptt.

The closing ceremony of Hindi Fortnight -2023 will be organized on Sept. 29 during which, the winners of various competitions will be felicitated.