About Department

The Department of Hindi, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in Hindi, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism etc. The Hindi Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues.

Vision

Imparting quality higher education and bringing students to the forefront in the fields of Hindi literature, language and research.

Mission

• To impart relevant and high quality education to the students.
• To inculcate to the values of Indian culture.
• To impart knowledge in Language and Literature to learners and equip them with the skills to meet the challenges of the present day world.
• To strengthen the institutional network for knowledge sharing and academic excellence.
• To inculcate the individual social responsibility to meet the diverse need of society.
• To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens in Competitive World
• To conduct capacity building programmes among learners in research and innovation
• To conduct extension activities to promote Hindi language and literature

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Chairman

Department Of Hindi