MAYANK Jain, a native of steel city and currently serving Hindi language in the United States, and his organisation, ‘Hindi USA St. Louis Branch,’ were felicitated with two prestigious honours at the Vishwa Hindi Parishad’s historic International Mahakumbh held in New Delhi. His wife, Dr Anshu Jain, who actively collaborates with Mayank in the Hindi-USA ini tiative in St.

 

Louis, gave a spe cial presentation to represen tatives from India and abroad, which received wide spread praise. This two-day international event, titled ‘Symbol of Nationalism and Humanity: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya,’ was held at Vigyan Bhawan on November 21-22 under the joint auspices of the Vishwa Hindi Parishad and the Indian Council of Philosophical Research.

 

At this conference, Mayank Jain, coordinator of the American organisation Hindi-USA and its St. Louis branch, was honoured with the ‘Hindi Seva Samman’ and ‘Hindi Pratik Chinh Samman’ for his outstanding contributions to the global spread of the Hindi language and Indian culture. These honours were presented by Ladakh’s Lieutenant Governor Kavindra Gupta.

 

Mayank Jain and the Jain couple shared that this international confer ence was attended by many inspiring personalities, includ ing Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri Acharya Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad, former Member of Parliament KC Tyagi, Rajya Sabha Member Rekha Sharma, Professor Sachchidanand Mishra, Dr. Vipin Kumar, Dr. Mahesh Chandra Sharma, Dr. Shivshakti Nath Bakshi, Baldev Purusharth, Professor Hemchandra Jain, Professor Yojna Kalia, and professors and vice-chancellors from various institutions, including Delhi University.

 

Mayank Jain, in his presentation, explained that Hindi-USA was founded 25 years ago by Devendra Singh and Dr. Rachita Singh, whose tireless efforts have led to Hindi-USA becoming a nation al institution, with 29 Hindi-USA schools operating across the United States.