New Delhi: The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on Sunday clarified that the media quoted Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank out of context with regard to his views on the Sanskrit language.
"This is to clarify regarding press reports attributing certain statements to the Minister for Human Resource Development Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, while speaking at the IIT Bombay convocation on August 10. These reports have quoted the Minister out of context," the press release read.
Some media reports on Saturday had quoted Nishank allegedly saying that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) believed Sanskrit was the most scientific language for programming in his speech at IIT, Bombay.
The press release mentioned that Pokhriyal was referring to the works of a scientist employed at the NASA who had published an article on "Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit and Artificial Intelligence" in the Artificial Intelligence Magazine.
"In some media reports, it is mentioned that the Minister has credited NASA for using Sanskrit in making AI-based computers. It is pertinent to mention that Minister is making reference to the scientific work of NASA scientist Rick Briggs, who published an article in the American Society of AI journal."
"His statement purely quotes the scientific work done by a NASA scientist at NASA Ames Research Centre, California. The article can be accessed at Briggs, R (1985). Knowledge Representation in Sanskrit and Artificial Intelligence. AI Magazine," it added.
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