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Celebration of Constitution Day & Community Meet in Shanghai

 

Celebration of Constitution Day & Community Meet in Shanghai

Introduction

The Consulate General of India in Shanghai organized a community meet to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Constition of India and to promote Bharat Ko Janiye Quiz 2024 & Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2025 in Shanghai. Messages of Hon'ble PM Shri Narendra Modi & Hon'ble EAM Dr.

Jaishankar on the initiatives exhorting enthusiastic participation by members of Indian diaspora were screened on the occasion. In his address, Consul General Dr. N. Nandakumar requested enthusiastic participation of the community in 18th PBD & BKJ Quiz.

Constitution Day Celebration: To mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Indian Constitution, Consul General and all the participants paid floral tributes to Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. A short film on the making of the Indian Constitution and its salient features was also screened.

Earlier, on 26th November, Consul General also led the officers and officials of the Consulate in reading the Preamble of the Constitution.

Bharat Ko Janiye Quiz: As part of the event, Sh. Aditya Prabhudesai, Consul (PIC) made a presentation on Bharat Ko Janiye Quiz. A video on how to take the quiz was also screened. In the presentation, Consul (PIC) elaborated on the rules and regulations of the quiz and highlighted that in a single attempt, a participant could flip (change) up to three questions without having any bearing on the final score. It was brought to the notice of the gathered diaspora members that the grand prize for winning the quiz was a free trip to India in which the participants would be invited to participate in the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas and also stood the chance of meeting the Hon’ble Prime Minister. The Weekly Top scorers in the BKJ Quiz from the jurisdiction of the Consulate were also felicitated by the Consul General on the occasion. Sh. Dinesh Kumar Dorairaj, Smt. Anitha Dinesh and Smt. Surbhi Gupta were felicitated.

18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Ms. Rangashree T.K., Consul (Com) made a 18th presentation on the upcoming 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas. In her presentation, Consul (Com) elaborated on how to register for the event, details of the scheduled events on the three days of 08, 09th & 10th January and the theme of the 18th PBD which is “Viksit Bharat ki Sankalpana mein Pravasi Bharatiyon ka yogdaan”. She also informed the diaspora members about the Bharat Gaurav Pravasi Bharatiya Express, a special state-of-the-art Tourist Train exclusively designed for the Indian Diaspora (PIOs only) that will travel to multiple destinations of prominent tourist interest and religious importance across India over a period of 3 weeks.

Odisha Tourism: Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, will host 18 th PBD in January 2024. Odisha is blessed with a number of sites of environmental and architectual importance, including the Konark Sun Temple. Shri Rajat Ubhaykar, Consul (Visa & Consular) made a presentation on Odisha tourism, in which he signified the numerous sites of tourist interest that can be visited by the participants of 18th PBD during their stay in Odisha.

Celebration of according classical language status to 5 languages: During the event, a presentation on the recent decision of Government of India to accord 'Classical language' status to 5 Indian languages was made by Sh. Aditya Prabhudesai, Consul (PIC). He pointed out that in 2017, the criteria for according any language the status of “Classical language” was made more stringent and consequently the according of the status to the 5 languages in 2024 came after an interval of 10 years since the last language (Odia) was accorded such a status (2014).

Sh. Deepak Shinde, one of the co-ordinator for Marathi language department, Govt. of Maharashtra and an NRI based in Shanghai gave a presentation on the cultural richness of Marathi language and the benefits for further promotion of the language after becoming a classical language.

The event witnessed enthusiastic participation from members of Indian diaspora. Sh. Aditya Prabhudesai, Consul (PIC) hosted the programme as the master of the ceremony.