Rapid Fire
CSTT Launches Multilingual Technical Terms Portal
- 12 Sep 2024
- 2 min read
Recently, the Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT), under the Union Education Ministry, launched a unique website ‘shabd.education.gov.in’ to provide access to technical terms in all 22 official Indian languages.
- The portal serves as a central repository for scientific and technical terms, offering 322 glossaries with 22,00,000 searchable words, with plans to expand to 450 glossaries.
- Users can search for terms by language, subject, or dictionary type, and provide feedback on existing terms.
- This initiative aligns with the broader effort to deliver technical education in Indian languages, including fields like medicine and engineering.
- CSTT, established in 1961, focuses on evolving scientific terminology and regularly publishes textbooks, monographs, and journals such as Vigyan Garima Sindhu and Gyan Garima Sindhu.
- Key Initiatives in India to Promote Technical Education are All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF), Impacting Research Innovation and Technology (IMPRINT), and Scheme for Trans-Disciplinary Research for India’s Developing Economy (STRIDE), and Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Sciences (STARS) etc. are implemented in the Ministry of Education for promotion of technical education and research ecosystem in Higher Education Institutes.
Read more: Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme
