DoT Holds First All India Official Language Conference

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT), which works under the Ministry of Communications, held its first All India Conference on Official Language on 13 November 2026. The venue was the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre on Janpath in New Delhi. The stated purpose was to encourage the progressive use of Hindi as the Official Language in day to day government work.

Who led the conference

The chief guest was Shri Manish Sinha, Member (Finance) in the Department of Telecommunications, and the opening began with the lighting of the ceremonial lamp. Senior officers addressed the gathering, among them the Member (Finance), the Advisor (T), the Advisor (O), the Deputy Director General (C and A), the Joint Secretary (Admin) and the Controller General of Communication Accounts. Each speaker dwelt on why official work should move more fully into Hindi.

The two working sessions

• The first session heard Shri Kumar Pal Sharma, Dr. Om Nishchal and Shri Rajesh Srivastav, who spoke on the use, promotion and enrichment of Hindi as the Official Language.
• The second session turned to the policies, provisions and practical tools of Rajbhasha Hindi, with inputs from Smt. Kiran Bharadwaj and Shri Saurabh Arya.

Officers of the department and of its attached, subordinate and autonomous offices took part, along with non-government members. The vote of thanks was delivered by Shri Kamal Swaroop, Deputy Director (Official Language), and Shri Hemant Kumar, Assistant Director (Official Language), was among the organisers.

The constitutional background

Conferences of this kind are rooted in Article 351 of the Constitution, which places a duty on the Union to promote the spread of Hindi and to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for the composite culture of India. The Department of Official Language under the Ministry of Home Affairs regularly holds All India and regional conferences on the subject, and the Parliamentary Committee on Official Language also presses for such steps. By holding its own first All India conference, the telecom department has joined that effort, which makes the event worth noting for aspirants who face questions on the constitutional provisions relating to language.