Smriti Irani launches 'Bharat Vani' mobile app in Lucknow

Lucknow: Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani has launched a mobile application, ‘Bharat Vani’, at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow, on Wednesday.

The minister said that the app will provide its users a single web platform of PDF formats of more than a hundred dictionaries, glossaries and terminologies books.

While launching the app, Irani said, "Under the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Digital India Mission, Bharatavani App will perform the task of bringing about digital revolution in the county. The Government’s mission is to showcase the Indian culture and heritage to the world through the medium of technology."

The HRD minister also tweeted about the app:

Look forward to the launch of #Bharatavani Portal & Mobile App in Lucknow today.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 25, 2016

More than 130 dictionaries, glossaries & terminology books posted on #Bharatavani Web portal, available in Text & PDF formats. — Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 25, 2016

#Bharatavani App currently has 35 multilingual dictionaries, @HRDMinistry aims to extend it to 250 dictionaries within a year.

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 25, 2016

The Bharatavani Portal would publish the content in the following main sections:

• Paa Thyapustaka Kosha: Textbooks by various authorities
• Jnana Kosha: Encyclopedic Knowledge base in all languages
• Shabda Kosha: Dictionaries, Glossaries, Terminologies,
• Bhasha Kosha: Language learning books
• Suchanaa Praudyogikii Kosha: It tools (right now linked to TDIL)
• Bahumaadhyama Kosha: Multimedia content