World Hindi Conference


World Hindi Conference, in Hindi: Vishva Hindi Sammelan is a world conference on Hindi language. The conference consists of several Hindi scholars, writers and laureates from different parts of the world to contribute the language.

Past & Future Conferences

History

First World Hindi Conference was inaugurated on 10 January 1975 by then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi. The first conference held from 10 to 12 January 1975 in Nagpur. Seewoosagur Ramgoolam, then Prime Minister of Mauritius attended conference as the Chief guest. 122 delegates from 30 countries participated in the conference.
Ninth World Hindi Conference held from September 22 to September 24, 2012 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference was inaugurated by Indian Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur and South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan.
The 10th World Hindi Conference is being organized from 10-12 September 2015 in the city of Bhopal by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India in partnership with the Government of Madhya Pradesh. The decision to organize the 10th edition of the Conference in India was taken at the 9th World Hindi Conference held in Johannesburg, South Africa in September 2012.
The 11th World Hindi Conference 11वां विश्व हिन्दी सम्मेलन 18-20 अगस्त को मॉरीशस में आयोजित होगा। जिसमें हिन्दी से संबंधित संस्थाएं तथा विद्वानों को भी सम्मानित किया जाएगा। हिन्दी के लिए समर्पित विद्वान तथा संस्थाएं संयुक्त सचिव, जवाहर लाल नेहरू भवन, विदेश मंत्रालय को 30 अप्रैल, 2018 तक अपने वृत्त के साथ नामांकन भेज सकते हैं। Nominations are invited from foreign scholars too.

11th World Hindi Conference will be hosted by Mauritius.