Jamshedpur Workers’ College. (Bhola Prasad)

The ailing mother of all Indian languages is all set to get a revival pill from Jamshedpur Worker’s College.

For, the institute will organise the first international seminar on Sanskrit from September 11 to 13 where research work in the language will hog the limelight.

The topic of the seminar is “Sanskrit as a language in science”.

While the seminar will be inaugurated at Motilal Nehru Public School’s auditorium, the sessions will be held on the host college premises.

“The biggest achievement for the college will be to delve into the research work done in Sanskrit. Through the seminar, we will not only share knowledge, but work towards the revival of the language,” said Prasun Dakshin, the head of Sanskrit department at Jamshedpur Worker’s College.

“It is a misconception that Sanskrit is a language whose only utility is in chanting mantras. Ancient Indian scholars had used the language in science and there are terms for every phenomenon of science. While science and its laws have not changed, the language to describe and learn science have changed from Sanskrit to English,” Dakshin added.

Around 40 delegates from across the country, vice chancellors of seven universities and a number of scholars from abroad — Finland, Poland and the United States — will take part in the seminar. Organisers have approached scholars and researchers from IIT-Kharagpur and Guwahati. The host college has also decided to publish the papers that will be presented at the seminar.

The college is also planning to start Sanskrit classes like any other foreign language course to make it appeal to the younger generation.

“It is really sad that many of us prefer to learn a foreign language but not our own language, which has given birth to so many. This seminar will be a milestone in our efforts to promote our ancient language,” said college principal D.P. Shukla.