Melange – International Year of Indigenous Languages is a one day symposium on the theme on 29th June 2019 at Hotel Surya New Delhi. The Symposium will have four sessions including Inaugural Session and other technical sessions on different aspects of Indigenous Languages of India. The sessions will be Chaired and attended by experts from different organizations including those from United Nations , Academic and Cultural Institutions and those from the Government of India. The components of the event consists of a broad based overview of the theme with related sub themes. Event is designed in such a way that ensures the promotion and outreach of the theme in accordance with the desired outcomes of the United Nations’ Action Plan on the theme.The objective is to promote, preserve and conserve languages which have or are on the verge of losing their existence. This theme has been relevant to India which as per the latest Language Census has around 19,500 indigenous languages, dialects and many more oral traditions. In accordance with the objectives of the United Nations’ Action Plan on the mentioned theme, we seek to implement the objectives of the theme. We propose a round the year Calendar of Activities in select places of India. As the first step towards this line we are organising a Symposium on the theme . In the symposium various sessions will be held which includes inviting a delegate from the United Nations as speaker and various renowned speakers from the concerned field.