Hindi

Language is at the core of Human Consciousness and knowledge.
 It is all pervasive—from day-to-day living to academics, from passive reception of information and entertainment to active professional lives in offices, universities, schools, and media. Over time, studies in languages became increasingly tilted towards literary works, while the communicative aspects were relegated to the background.
In recent times, we have seen a growing apathy towards language studies among college-going students. The present course highlights the communicative aspect of language, as even after almost two decades of large-scale recruitment of translators and Hindi officers, and greater job opportunities in newspapers and television channels, the quality of language use has not improved.
New policies of education emphasize the vocationalisation of higher education. Consequently, many courses on Functional Hindi, Vocational Hindi, etc. have been introduced by universities, but they have not become as popular among students as they should have been.
The Department of Hindi is full of dedicated, talented, and award-winning faculty whose mission is to cultivate awareness of and sensitivity to the ideas and human values characterizing human discourse, thought, experience, and achievement. Studying Indian languages and schools of philosophy turns students into analytically sound, critical, and discriminating thinkers, who are aware of the cultural, political, and economic issues shaping our world. Presently, the school offers two languages and deepens sources of wisdom by learning how others have dealt with failures, success, adversities, and triumphs. It has a technology-enhanced curriculum that encourages open-minded and informed consideration of human tradition and the many beliefs, histories, and words of our collective cultural heritage, while supporting and strengthening the local arts and folk literature of Rajasthan for the transmission of knowledge.


    उद्देश्य (Objectives)

    This postgraduate course covers several areas with the following objectives in mind:
    1. To impart essential knowledge of literary forms, movements, and trends in contemporary theory and interdisciplinary extensions.
    2. To train students to use their expertise for careers in journalism, translation, interpretation, advertising and corporate communication, performative art such as news reading and theatre, radio, television and film writing and production, publishing, as well as academic careers in Hindi language teaching, Comparative Literature, and Cultural Studies.
    3. To equip them for higher specialization in the above areas.
    4. To facilitate careers in creative and professional writing.
    5. To equip them for research in interdisciplinary areas such as mass communication, language, cultural studies, comparative literature, and other fields.