Jawaharlal Nehru University to promote Research in Indian Languages

Updated on: Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Jawaharlal Nehru University in a bid to promote Indian languages and research is considering to set up a school which will offer courses in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada and Assamese among others. The Jawaharlal Nehru University offers language courses in French, German, Russian, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese and Persian through its "School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies.

Since the Jawaharlal Nehru University does not offer any Indian languages for research, it decided to include them too. The Jawaharlal Nehru University is looking forward to setting up a School of Indian languages which will undertake Masters programmes and research courses in Hindi, Urdu, Kannada, Tamil, Marathi, Assamese Bengali and Oriya languages," a senior varsity official said.

"A proposal regarding the same has been sent to all the departments and schools under the Jawaharlal Nehru University for their feedback on the same. Once the feedbacks are received, the matter will be placed before the Academic Council (AC) for its approval," the official added.

However, the Jawaharlal Nehru University has rejected the proposal for introduction of short-term courses in 'Yoga' and 'Indian Culture'. It was proposed by the Jawaharlal Nehru University administration following communications from University Grants Commission (UGC) and Human Resource Development (HRD) ministry. The academic council of the university on Friday rejected the proposal of short term courses for propagating spiritual and mythological traditions and establishing Indian values in the world.

The School of Language, Literature and Cultural Studies was established in 1969 and has emerged as a major center for teaching and research in Languages, Literatures and Cultures of India, Asia and Europe in India and abroad. Besides foreign languages and literature's, Jawaharlal Nehru University also offers study and research in English, Indian Languages.

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