Port Blair, Mar. 5: A Hindi Workshop was organized today at the Training Centre, Official Language Department for the newly appointed Lower Grade Clerks of Secretariat. This workshop was presided over by the Assistant Director (OL) I/c, Shri E P Zakiruddin. Addressing on the occasion, he said that the main objective of organizing this workshop is to apprise the staffs about the importance of Official Language Policy and activation of Unicode in computer for ease of Hindi typing. He urged all the participating employees to take full advantage of this workshop and to maximise usage of Hindi in their day to day Official works.

In the first session of the workshop, Shri S. Mohandas, Senior Translation Officer gave detailed information about the Official Language Policy of the Union and Acts/Rules related to the Official Language. In the second session of this workshop, Shri Ajay Singh, Junior Translation Officer, gave information related about activation of Unicode in Computer and other e-tools for ease of Hindi typing. A total of 18 Lower Grade Clerks from Secretariat and Official Language Department participated in this workshop.