PN Tamang takes over as Sikkim Akademi president

GANGTOK, 06 Aug: PN Tamang has taken charge as the new president of the Sikkim Akademi.
A Sikkim Akademi press release informs that the process of the formation the new set of office bearers, following the completion of the tenure of the last committee in July 2012, has begun as well. Regarding the same, a meeting was convened at the Akademi Hall on 03 August attended by representatives from different communities.
The meeting has appointed conveners of Bhasha Paramarsh Samiti of different languages from the present representatives of different communities in the meeting. The meeting appointed SB Subba for Limboo language, Abimaya Thapa for Mangar, Kalpana Pradhan for Newar, ND Tamang for Tamang, Tom Tshering Lepcha for Lepcha, Bhaichung Bhutia for Bhutia, KN Sharma for Nepali, Bijay Khawas for Bhujel, Pradeep Gurung for Gurung and PM Chamling for Rai language.
The release further informed that due to absence of representatives of Sunuwar, Sherpa and Sanskrit, the meeting would not able to appoint conveners for these languages.
During the meeting representatives from different communities, except Lepcha, Bhutia, Limboo and Nepali, highlighted that due to absence of text book writers in their respective languages in the HRDD many problems have been raising. On the same, PM Khanal from HRDD placed the technical difficulties on the matter before the meeting. Likewise, Sikkim Akademi president assured to organize an interaction programme in the near future for the development of all languages.
The release further informs that Sikkim Akademi has started the “Late Padam Singh Subba Apatan Vyakhyan Shrinkhala’ since last year [on the birth anniversary of late Subba itself on 11 September]. This year this series will be on Sikkim’s history and Dr Kumar Pradhan has been invited of the lecture series.
The meeting was attended by the Sikkim Akademi president, Mr Tamang along with former president GS Lama, Nepali Sahitya Parishad president, BK Roka among others.