Hindi

Department at A Glance

The Department of Hindi has an illustrious history. It came into existence with the inception of the college in 1958. The faculty associated with the department in the past included some renowned litterateurs and distinguished teachers like Dr. Kantikumar Jain, Dr. Prabhat Kumar Tripathi, Dr. Narendradev Verma (who penned state song of Chhattisgarh) etc. The intellectual contribution and academic output rendered by them towards teaching and literary creativities in Hindi are very significant.
The Department is endowed with 05 regular and 03 full-time guest faculty appointed on a contract basis, all holding research degrees. All the regular faculty members have more than three decades of experience in teaching. Some of them are actively involved in research and literary criticism. The Department is adequately enriched in terms of academic excellence and teaching experience. There are 8 posts sanctioned in the department. Besides teaching, research and other academic activities the faculty members have a fairly good number of publications to their credit. One of the faculty members is a well known literary critic, who has published two outstanding books on literary criticism. He has been conferred with Muktibodh Samman and Vanmali Samman for his significant works in literary criticism. He has also been awarded the prestigious fellowship by the Raza Foundation, instituted by one of India‟s leading contemporary artists Syed Haider Raza who was a great lover of literature also. Some faculty members are often invited by the other institutions to deliver guest lectures and also as subject experts or resource persons in the seminars, symposia, workshops and writers-conferences. One of the faculty members has delivered three e-lectures for e-PGpathshala programme of UGC.
The faculty members have also been nominated as members of the Board of Studies by the University and various Autonomous colleges. The Head of the Department had been working as Chairman of the Board of Studies, Pandit Ravi Shankar Shukla University, Raipur during the year 2011-14. One of the faculty members has been appointed by the University as dean of the Arts Faculty and Board of Studies. A former Head of the department was also dean of the Arts Faculty and Board of Studies. Every undergraduate student in the college has to compulsorily pursue the study of the Hindi language, as it is an essential component of all undergraduate syllabi. Apart from that, a large number of students offer Hindi literature as an optional subject for their undergraduate courses.
The students are admitted strictly on the basis of their marks in the qualifying examinations at the entry-level, in PG as well as in the UG courses. The students in the department usually come from different social strata, but mostly they belong to the deprived and marginalized sections of society. They, by and large, belong to lower and middle-income groups and semi-urban or rural backgrounds. The majority of them are well versed in the local dialect, Chhattisgarhi. Having a working knowledge of Hindi, they are not competent enough to smoothly express themselves in a formalized urban language, facing a challenge to improve their language proficiency. The department strives to enhance the language skills of these students. A remarkable improvement in command over the Hindi language is often observed among PG students. They are also motivated to use Information and Communication Technology tools for enhanced learning.

Vision
समाज के समन्वित विकास में शिक्षा की अनिवार्यता को दृष्टिगत रखते हुए पारंपरिक ज्ञान-अनुशासन की सृजनात्मक संभावनाओं का दोहन तथा उच्च शिक्षा के जनतंत्रीकरण और मूलगामीकरण की दृष्टि से समर्थ बौद्धिक संसाधन का विकास।
Keeping in view the imperative of education in the integrated development of society, harnessing the creative possibilities of traditional knowledge-discipline and developing capable intellectual resources with a view to democratization and radicalization of higher education.

Mission
1. शिक्षण एवं सतत मूल्यांकन के माध्यम से छात्रों को पाठ्य सामग्री का समुचित बोध प्रदान करना तथा उनके द्वारा अर्जित ज्ञान को दैनंदिन व्यवहार से जोड़ने की दृष्टि विकसित करना।
2. शिक्षण एवं शोधकार्य हेतु सकारात्मक वातावरण और शैक्षणिक संसाधन विकसित करना।
3. छात्रों की वैचारिक दृष्टि तथा कल्पनाशीलता को मुक्त करने के लिए विचार और विश्लेषण का उपक्रम निर्मित करना।
4. विद्यार्थियों को भाषिक क्षमता (श्रवण,वाचन, लेखन ) विकसित करने हेतु प्रेरित करना।
5. विद्यार्थियों में अंतर्निहित साहित्यिक सौंदर्यात्मक रुझान के साथ उनकी विविध रूपात्मक रचनात्मकता को को विकसित करना।
1. To provide a proper understanding of the text material to the students through teaching and continuous assessment and evolve a vision to link the knowledge acquired by them with day-to-day practice.
2. To develop a positive environment and educational resources for teaching and research.
3. To create an undertaking of thought and analysis to unleash the conceptual vision and imagination of the students.
4. To inspire students to develop language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).
5. To encourage and promote interest in appreciating literature, developing aesthetic sensibility and nurturing all forms of creativity inherent in students.

Reputed Writers, Poets and Literary Persons who visited the Department

No.	Name of the writer/poet	Status	Date of visit
1	Shri Vinod Kumar Shukla	Eminent poet, novelist and Sahitya Akademi award winner	13.11.2011
2	Shri Ashok Vajpeyi	Renowned poet, critic and Sahitya Akademi award winner	28.9.2015
3	Dr. Gauhar Raza	Renowned poet and scientist	3.10.2019
4	Dr. Rajendra Mishra	Critic and writer, Former Chairman, Bakshi Shodh Pith	28.29.2015
5	Dr. Kanti Kumar Jain	Eminent scholar and writer, Former HOD Hindi Department, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar	17.2.1989
5	Shri Vishweshwar	Renowned writer	25.9 2014
6	Dr. Rammurti Tripathi	Eminent scholar and critic,Former HOD Hindi Department, Vikram University, Sagar	17.2.1989
7	Dr. Premshankar	Eminent scholar and critic. Former HOD Hindi Department, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar	18.2.1989
8	Shri Tejinder	Renowned writer, ADG Doordarshan	8.8.2015
8	Shri Satish Jayaswal	Renowned writer	22.9.1015
9	Shri Alakhnandan	Renowned thespian	18.1.2003
10	Dr. Purushottam Agrawal	Eminent scholar and critic	12.2.2003
11	Dr. Virendra Mohan	Scholar and critic, Former HOD Hindi Department, Dr. Harisingh Gour University, Sagar	15.5.2012
12	Dr. Shambhunath	Scholar and critic, Former HOD Hindi Department, Calcutta University	19.1.2014
13	Dr. Pranay Krishna	Scholar and critic, Professor, Allahabad University	11.7.2009
14	Dr. Dinesh Kushwah	Renowned poet and HOD Hindi Department, APS University, Rewa	31.8.2013 16.9.2016
15	Shri Prabhakar Chaube	Writer and Satirist	31.7.2016
16	Dr. Gorelal Chandel	Critic and folklorist, Former Reader, Indira Kala evam Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh	31.7.2017
17	Dr. Jeevan Yadu	Hindi and Chhattisgarhi Poet	31.7.2017
18	Dr. Alok Verma	Poet	13.11.2011
19	Dr. Siyaram Sharma	Scholar and critic	30.8.2018
20	Dr. Pardeshi Ram Verma	Writer and folklorist	14.1.2008
21	Shri Kailash Banwasi	Writer	31.7.2012
22	Shri Ravi Shrivastava	Poet	12.12.2018
23	Shri Samarendra Biswas	Renowned Bangla poet	21.2.2020
24	Shri N.E. Chandrasekharan Pillai	Malayalam writer	21.2.2020
25	Shri Lokbabu	Writer	21.9.2012

Awards Received by the faculty

Name of Teacher	Name of Award	Year
डॉ. जय प्रकाश साव	मुक्तिबोध सम्मान	2010
डॉ. जय प्रकाश साव	वनमाली आलोचना सम्मान	2017