Ph.D. in Hindi

The Department of Hindi aims at providing teaching and research facilities in Hindi keeping in view the changing social norms, communication patterns, different social roles of language in our society and fast changing literary values in our time. While drawing up the syllabus, sufficient care has been taken to cater to the above needs. It has been kept flexible enough to incorporate various requirements of the students in the context of contemporary society. Special attention is also given to the regional and comprehensive studies of language and literature.
The Department offers M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. programmes in Hindi and an M.A. course in Functional Hindi (Translation).

Ph.D. in Hindi

The Ph.D. programme is entirely a research programme. Students are required to submit their theses after taking the prescribed courses. No student is permitted to submit his thesis for the Ph.D. degree unless he/she has pursued a course of research in the department for not less than two years from the date of confirmation of admission, under the supervision of an approved guide and on an approved topic. There may be written and oral examinations on the course work and the dissertation. Applicants for the Ph.D. course must submit along with their applications, a brief description (in about 500 words) of their proposed topic of research.

Research in the following fields is given preference:

1. Bhakti Literature/Bhakti Movement
2. Comparative Studies
3. Sociological approach to Literature
4. Various aspects of Modern Literature
5. Dakshini Hindi Language and Literature
6. Functional Hindi and Translation