Government launched the ‘ASMITA’ project to develop 22,000 books in Indian languages.
The Union Ministry of Education and UGC launched the ASMITA project to produce 22,000 books in Indian languages in the next five years.
The ASMITA (Augmenting Study Materials in Indian languages through Translation and Academic Writing) project has been launched by the secretary, Higher Education, Sanjay Murthy.
It is one of several initiatives taken by the government to promote Indian languages in the education system.
This project is a collaborative effort of the UGC and Bharatiya Bhasha Samit.
The project aims to produce 1,000 books in 22 languages within five years.
Under this initiative, 1,800 textbooks covering Arts, Science and Commerce streams will be produced by June 2025.
13 nodal universities have been identified to lead this project. The UGC has also created a standard Operating Process (SOP) for the book-writing process.
