Prime Highlight
- IIT Indore has launched initiatives to promote Hindi as a working language in science and technology to reduce language barriers in higher education.
- The move aligns with national efforts to connect scientific knowledge with Indian languages and support linguistic diversity.
Key Facts
- The initiative is being advanced through Abhyuday-3, a two-day National Technical Hindi Seminar that began on January 5.
- The seminar released Smarika, featuring 26 peer-reviewed research papers written in Hindi across science, engineering, and technology.
Background
The Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT Indore) has taken steps to promote Hindi as a working language for science and technology, aiming to make higher education more inclusive and easier to understand for a wider group of students.
The effort is being led through Abhyuday-3, a two-day National Technical Hindi Seminar that began on January 5 at the institute. The event is being organised jointly by IIT Indore, IIT Jodhpur, and the CSIR–National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research. The seminar focuses on expanding the use of technical Hindi in higher education, research, science, and innovation.
As part of this initiative, IIT Indore has started offering select first-year lectures in Hindi. Research abstracts are also being prepared following official language standards. Faculty members are encouraging students to use Hindi during classroom discussions to explain scientific ideas more clearly.
IIT Indore director Suhas Joshi said the initiative supports the national goal of linking science and knowledge with Indian languages. He said that strengthening technical Hindi can help spread knowledge more widely and support India’s linguistic diversity.
Faculty members said the focus is on reducing language barriers in technical education. They added that learning in Hindi helps students understand better, especially those from Hindi-medium schools who find complex concepts in English difficult.
The seminar released Smarika, a collection of 26 peer-reviewed research papers written in Hindi. These papers were presented in two technical sessions covering science and engineering, and digital technology and innovation.
Organisers said the seminar reflects growing efforts to make Indian languages an active part of scientific learning, without reducing academic standards. They believe such steps can help more students participate confidently in research and innovation across the country.
