Press Release

10thJuly 2023

Oxford Business College set to host Indo-European Indian Language & Literature Festival in London

Oxford Business College has today announced it will host the Indo-European Hindi Festival, scheduled to be held in London from 13th to 15th October 2023.

The festival will bring together renowned linguists, educators, authors, and volunteers from the Indo-European community to foster interaction, knowledge sharing, and learning in a multi-cultural environment.

Participants from various countries such as Italy, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Bulgaria, Romania, Holland, Poland, Croatia, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, as well as India, are expected to attend.

Additionally, the festival has received full support from various international organisations including Anatarrashtreeya Sahoyog Parishad India, Indra Prastha College Delhi, Kriti UK Birmingham, Kaavya Rang Nottingham, and others.

Dr Padmesh Gupta - Director of Oxford Business College and Indo-European Hindi Festival - recently led a delegation of some of the most recognised and influential Hindi authors and academics which included Astha Deo, Shanno Agarwal, Shashi Walia, Anuradha Sabharwal, Tithi Dani, and Richa Jain to meet with Mr. Deepak Chaudhary, the Minister of Coordination at the High Commission for India in London, at the India House to extend the invitation to the festival.

Mr. Chaudhary assured full support to the festival and acknowledged the significant efforts of Vatayan UK and UK Hindi Samiti in promoting Hindi language and literature in the UK for decades.

Influential attendees will include:

• Mrs. Mira Mishra Kaushik OBE, chairperson of Vatayan UK
• Mr. Deepak Chaudhary, on behalf of the High Commission of India, London.
• Mrs. Nandita Sahu, the attaché for Hindi and culture at the High Commission of India, London.
• Mrs. Divya Mathur, the founder of Vatayan UK.
• Renowned Hindi author and blogger, Mrs. Shikha Varshney.
• Mrs. Surekha Chophla, president of UK Hindi Samiti.

Dr Padmesh Gupta commented on the upcoming festival saying:"I'm delighted to announce that Oxford Business Collage will be hosting the upcoming Indo-European Hindi Festival at its newly established campus in Brentford London. To be at the forefront of this event as a founder of UK Hindi Samiti and Vatayan organisations is an honour and I hope this event inspires and brings together individuals from around the world with a common passion."

Mrs. Mira Mishra Kaushik OBE, chairperson of Vatayan UK, stated that:"the Indo-European Hindi Conference will gather scholars, linguists, writers, and academicians of Hindi in Europe, providing new insights into Hindi language, teaching, and literature in an ever-evolving era where technology and computers are gaining prominence. Hindi writings in the diaspora have gradually carved a distinct mark in the literary world."

Further information on the festival including registration, can be found here.

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For further information please contact Ellie Hoare on ellie@adiapr.co.uk, Francesca Lombardo on francesca@adiapr.co.uk, or Kate Fox on kate@adiapr.co.uk

About Oxford Business College (OBC):

https://oxfordbusinesscollege.ac.uk/

Committed to helping people shape their futures, Oxford Business College has become the fastest-growing Private Higher Education College in the UK. Known for high academic standards and highly qualified staff, the College has 8000+ students from diverse backgrounds, orientations, and cultures.

The college has expanded from one campus in Oxford to four cities, numerous campuses and partnerships with multiple UK universities including the University of West London, Ravensbourne University London and Buckinghamshire New University.

In 2022, OBC became the first independent business school in the UK to be a member of the Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS).

Thousands of OBC's alumni have become successful professionals and entrepreneurs in different parts of the world. The College provides a wide range of job-oriented undergraduate courses in business and management. In addition, OBC's International Foundation is one of the longest-running programmes in Oxford recognised and accepted by over 25 UK universities including a few elite Russell Group members.

The college has received consistent ‘Top 10' nominations in the ‘WhatUni Awards' in the ‘Best Independent Higher Education Provider' category in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 and won the award in 2020 and 2021.

OBC has recorded a commendable performance in the National Student Survey (NSS) 2022. The survey ranks the College in the top 15% of all teaching institutions based on students' overall satisfaction. For ‘learning opportunity' OBC scored 92.32% which was 5.64% above the national benchmark. Overall, the College ranked 66th place out of 431 higher education teaching institutions in the UK.

Dr Padmesh Gupta, Managing Director, is a Finalist in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards 2023 in the Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year category.