More than a dozen eminent personalities were honoured in the decoration ceremony of Sapre Museum

Bhopal: Higher Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar has said that great men like Madhavrao Sapre ji are born once in centuries. He has produced many scholars in his lifetime. All these scholars are a part of the Indian knowledge tradition. In this way, it can be said that this museum established in the memory of Sapre ji preserves the same knowledge tradition.

Minister Shri Parmar was speaking as the chief guest at the decoration ceremony of Sapre Museum on Tuesday. The program was presided over by Acharya Dr. SK Jain, Vice Chancellor of Barkatullah University. More than a dozen talents from the field of journalism, media education and public relations were honored in the ceremony.

Minister Shri Parmar said that this is the first time he has visited the museum, till now he had only heard about it. After coming here, he realised that the material preserved here is very useful for researchers. He said that the universities of the state which are not affiliated to this institute will also be linked to this institute, so that the students can take advantage of it. He said that efforts will be made to include Sapre ji in the curriculum to make the new generation familiar with his personality. He said that India has been a world leader, but centuries ago the Indian knowledge tradition was conspiratorially rejected. It is sad that even after independence, no attention was paid to restoring the glory of this tradition. But in the new education policy, such efforts are being made so that the coming generation can know that the knowledge which is claimed to have been discovered in the world, India had already known it centuries ago.

Vice Chancellor Acharya SK Jain said that even though today is the digital age, this medium also has a limitation. But the wealth of knowledge hidden in books is infinite. The rare material in the Sapre Museum is a part of this wealth. He said that there is an immense possibility of research in India. Institutions like the Sapre Museum play an important role in fulfilling this possibility.

India will once again become Vishwa Guru (World Leader) by the year 2047

Minister Parmar said that Madhya Pradesh has been ahead in the implementation of the new education policy. Efforts are being made in the country to have this system ready by the year 2030. After ten years, i.e. by 2040, it will take its full shape and will be implemented in the entire country by 2047. After this, India will move towards becoming a Vishwa Guru (World Leader).

In reply on behalf of the honored personalities, senior journalist Atul Tare, who was honored with ‘Hukamchand Narad Samman’, said that this honor has awakened a sense of responsibility in us. We will try to maintain the dignity of the personalities in whose name we have been honored here. This honor will act as an inspiration for us. He described Sapre Museum as the result of one person’s determination. In the beginning, the founder director of the museum, Vijaydatt Shridhar, while giving the welcome speech, said that Sapre Museum has material of more than five crore pages and about one and a quarter lakh books. On the strength of this, it has established its identity all over the world.

In the ceremony, senior journalist Atul Tare was awarded ‘Hukamchand Narad Samman’, eminent Acharya Dr. Pavitra Srivastava, Professor Makhanlal Chaturvedi National Journalism and Communication University and Dr. Anu Srivastava, Professor LNCT University were awarded ‘Media Shiksha Samman’. ‘ *Santosh Kumar Shukla Award’ was given to Public Relations Officer Rajesh Pandey.

Among the talented journalists, ‘Makhanlal Chaturvedi Award’ was given to Manoj Joshi, ‘Lal Baldev Singh Award’ to Daksha Vaidkar, ‘Jagdish Prasad Chaturvedi Award’ to Sarika Thakur, ‘Rameshwar Guru Award’ to Dinesh Shukla and Jhabarmall Sharma Award was given to Ashish Dubey. Similarly, ‘Jagat Pathak Award’ was given to Prakash Bhomarkar and Ramchandra Pandey, ‘Suresh Khare Award’ to Mukesh Vishwakarma and ‘Homi Byarawala Award’ was given to photo journalist Anil Dixit.