1. Consulate General of India, Shanghai celebrated 'Hindi Diwas' on September 14, 2016 at the Consulate premises in which a ​large ​number of Indian community members including school children participated. ​The highlight of the event was participation of several Chinese students who are learning Hindi at Shanghai International ​S​tudies ​U​niversity (SISU).

​2. Several activities including debate, speech, poetry recitation etc were conducted as part of the 'Hindi Diwas' celebration​s​. Interestingly, the participants included, not only children but a large number of adults from the Indian Diaspora.

​3. In addition to that, one of the Chinese faculty from Hindi Department, ​Ms. Yutong Zhang ​of SISU was the Guest of Honor (being a fluent Hindi speaker),​ as well as Judge in the panel to evaluate the performance of various contestants.

​4. Consul ​General Prakash Gupta while inaugurating the ​celebrations​ welcomed the enthusiasm shown by participants and called on every one to make efforts to bring Hindi in ​usage in daily life as much as possible. He underscored that this was particularly important for Indian children studying abroad, who invariably found themselves in non Hindi speaking environments.​

​5. CGI Shanghai presented ​the best performing students with cash prize as well as gifts in the form of books. ​It may be worth mentioning that​ Chinese students won max​i​​mum ​awards, including in​ the​ speech category. The event was followed by light Indian snacks ​for all the participants.

​15 September 2016
Shanghai​