VisionEquipping the students with linguistic skills and to inculcate great values in them, in the making of a welfare state.MissionMake the students professionally equippedwith Hindi linguistic abilities, to achieve the various career options.Career-optionsJournalism, Government Jobs, Screenwriting, Translation, Teaching,Interpretation, Content Writing/Editing, Speech Writing, are the major areas of job opportunities.ProgrammesAdditional Language Course for BA/B.Sc.& B. Com |
Hindi language, is a member of the Indo-Aryan group within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European language family. It is preferred as the official language of India. Literary Hindi, written in the Devanagari script, has been strongly influenced by Sanskrit. Hindi is also known as Khadi Boli. It is spoken as a first language primarily in northern and central India by more than 258 million people. It is the language that unifies multilingual India, home to some 400 different languages/dialects. Outside of India, Hindi is spoken in Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Bhutan, Botswana, Canada, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Germany, Guyana, Kenya, Nepal, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Sint Maarten, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom,UnitedStates,Yemen,Zambia.SuchawidedistributionmakesHindioneof the most spoken languages of the world. Hindi is the primary official language of the Union government of India. It is the primary tongue of about a third of India’s 1.09 billion people. Hindi became the official language of India in 1965, although the Constitution of India also recognizes English plus 21 other officiallanguages.
Historical Relevance
Hindi is a direct descendant of Sanskrit through Prakrit and Apabhramsa. It has been influenced and enriched by Dravidian, Turkish, Farsi, Arabic, Portuguese and English. It is a very expressive language. In poetry and songs, it can convey emotions using simple and gentle words. It can also be used for exact and rational reasoning.
HINDI AS OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Constitutional/Statutory provisions
Article 343(1) of the Constitution provides that Hindi in Devanagari script shall be the Official Language of the Union. Article 343(2) also provided for continuing the use of English in official work of the Union for a period of 15 years (i.e., up to 25 January 1965) from the date of commencement of the Constitution. Article 343(3) empowered theparliamenttoprovidebylawforcontinueduseofEnglishforofficialpurposeseven after 25 January 1965. Accordingly, section 3(2) of the Official Languages Act, 1963 (amendedin1967)provides for continuing the use of English in official work even after 25January1965.TheActalsolaysdownthatbothHindiandEnglishshallcompulsorily be used for certain specified purposes such as Resolutions, General Orders, Rules, Notifications, Administrative and other Reports, Press Communiqués; Administrative and other Reports and Official Papers to be laid before a House or the Houses of Parliament; Contracts, Agreements, Licenses, Permits, Tender Notices and Forms etc.
HINDI: As part of our course
Since Hindi is the second most spoken language in the world, which is the official language of India and because of the higher demand for people speaking Hindi, many of the world’s governments and agencies have been offering scholarships and other opportunities for individuals who are interested in Hindi studies and learning Hindi. DR.B. R Ambedkar Memorial Government Arts & Science College offers Hindi as one of the subjects which were introduced at the undergraduate level as the optional language (second language). With professionally trained faculty the aspiring students are welcomed to the world of rich Hindi language and literature, translation theory & practice, communicative and functional Hindi.
Apart from teaching activities, the Department has been organizing various academic programs in collaboration with other departments every year.