Indian Embassy celebrates ICCR Day
Ambassador launches Sanskrit learning App ‘Little Guru’
KUWAIT CITY, April 12: The Indian Embassy in Kuwait celebrated the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Foundation Day and launched the Sanskrit Learning App ‘Little Guru’ at the embassy auditorium.
In his inaugural remarks, the Ambassador of India to Kuwait, HE Sibi George spoke about India’s rich cultural heritage and its rich and splendid diversity and remembered Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, India’s first education minister, and his invaluable contributions which included the establishment of Indian Council for Cultural Relations.
The ambassador also gave a brief and succinct account of the Sanskrit language and recounted some of its essential elements including a brief synopsis of its literary journey, contributions from a number of colossal figures of Indian literature, the special place occupied by Sanskrit; and also expounded on its eternal and inclusive role as a common heritage of all Indians.
The event included video messages from Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President of ICCR and Dinesh Patnaik, Director-General of ICCR and special testimonial videos from three ICCR Alumni, on their experiences in India, were also shown during the event.
To promote the Sanskrit language among students, scholars, Indologists, historians across the world, a specialized app for learning Sanskrit in a simple and efficient manner called ‘Little Guru’ has been designed by the ICCR.
The app was launched by the ambassador along with Rajpal Tyagi (PBS Awardee), Ms Muna Al-Faraz, Vice-Chairman of Alarfaz holding Group, Sudheer KP (Coordinator of Samskritbharati Kuwait).
This app will help people who are already learning Sanskrit or those who are desirous to learn Sanskrit to do so in an easy manner based on games, competition, rewards, peer to peer interactions, etc.
This unique App combines education with entertainment thereby helping keep attention of the learner as well as encourage him/her to advance further.
This App would help create awareness not only about language but also open the doors for people to access the rich cultural heritage of India.
The event witnessed enthusiastic response with people from different walks of life in Kuwait participating virtually. For more details about the event, please visit the website and social media handles of the embassy.