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The Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi University of Hindi and Linguistics is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions in India. The prestigious institution of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University (formerly Agra University), Agra, came into existence on 14 December 1953, at the inspiration of Shri Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, the then Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Gujarati litterateur and freedom fighter.

The seed for the establishment of this university emerged from a suggestion made by a conference of Vice-Chancellors of Uttar Pradesh. This conference, held in Lucknow in January 1953, resolved to establish a Hindi University at Agra University to contribute to the progress and prosperity of the national language, where students and scholars from both Hindi and non-Hindi-speaking regions could come together to accomplish this important task.

Outlining the objectives behind the establishment of the University, the then Governor, Honorable Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi, said, "This University, I believe, will promote Hindi as the national language; will usher in an era of comparative study of Hindi and other modern Indian languages; will not be content with imparting to Hindi the richness and flexibility of Sanskrit, but will also embrace the vigor, power, and vocabulary found in some of our Indian languages. I hope that it will encourage not only the study of Hindi literature but also the literatures of various Indian languages ​​and the pan-Indian literary movements that have inspired all our literature, and will offer, through the medium of Hindi, a useful repository of linguistic research and literary achievements."

With its significant objectives, the University was inaugurated on December 14, 1953, by the then Governor, Honourable Kanhaiyalal Maniklal Munshi. On the same day, the foundation stone of the University was laid by the then Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Govind Ballabh Pant. Teaching began at the University in July 1956.

Since its inception, the University has established high standards in research. Not only in the field of Hindi language and literature, but also in the study and research of Sanskrit, linguistics, mass communication, and foreign languages, the University has made significant strides. The University's strength lies in its integrated vision of a glorious past, a dynamic present, and a future full of possibilities.

The foundation  of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University (formerly known as Agra University) was laid on the 1st of July, 1927, as a result of incessant  efforts of a band of enthusiastic educationists like Rev. Canon A.W. Davis, Munshi Narain Prasad Asthana, Dr. L.P. Mathur, Lala Dewan Chand, Rai Bahadur Anand Swaroop and Dr Brajendra Swaroop,.

Original jurisdiction of University extended over United Provinces of Agra, Central India and Rajputana with 14 affiliated colleges and 2530 students of which, 1475 students belonged to United Provinces. Initially, there were only four faculties in the University viz. Arts, Sciences, Commerce and Law. Faculties of Medicine (1936), Agriculture (1938), Home Science (1980), Basic Sciences (1981), Fine Arts (1982) and Management (1994) were added subsequently.

A decisive characteristic in influencing the education of an academic institution is the pursuit of excellence and consistent adherence to a high standard in terms of imparting knowledge and promoting research.

During the last 100 years, as the University is celebrating its centennial year, the University has endeavored to keep adopting these high ideas and has established rich traditions and evolved respect from the intellectual community. University has sincerely served the cause of higher education in northern India. The ancient principle of integrating ethical and moral values in education has been the endeavor of the University. To inculcate these essential values in its students academicians have been assiduously trying to sharpen the content and curriculum of the University.

The Agra University, Agra was renamed as Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Agra from 24.09.1995 vide U.P. Govt. Notification No. 33/XVII-V-1-1(ka)-43-1996, dated 06.01.1996). The University now caters to the educational need of the seven districts of Agra Division Agra, Aligarh, Mainpuri, Hathras, Firozabad, Etah and Mathura. At present university has approx more 500+ affiliated colleges and 15 residential Institutes spread out in its four residential campus viz. Paliwal Park, Khandari Campus, Civil Lines Campus and Chhaleshar Campus. Furthermore, this university affiliates colleges of Homeopathy, extending all over the State of U.P.

The University is steadily surging ahead as a centre for higher scientific vocational and job oriented education and innovative research. The goal of the University is to innovate in the field of education and to become a centre of excellence both Nationally and Internationally. The University is not only confined to impart quality education but also to satisfy the burning desire of the students who are exploring the creative intellect and learning attitude of the students. The University is making every effort to fulfill the spirit of University motto “Tamso Ma Jyotirgamay” moving from darkness to light.

Established in 1956, one of the founding departments of the University. The research and study at the University Campus was initiated with the formation of the Department of Linguistics in the K.M. Institute. The department is also the second-oldest department of Linguistics after Deccan College, Pune to be established in independent India.

Objectives and Aim: Primarily objective of the department has worked incessantly towards the promotion of Indian languages and Linguistics across the globe. And the second objective is the development of language resources and technologies for low-resource languages of India, language documentation and description and related areas.

Facilities: The department of Linguistics has its own computer lab (Panini Lab) and a recording room for research and three smart classes and faculty room for all faculties. There are four permanent faculties in the department.                     

Academic Achievements of the Department: 

📎All the courses run under CBCS pattern    

📎National Education Policy (NEP)-2020 implemented in undergraduate and post-graduation Courses.

Teaching and Research Activities: Thrust Areas- NLP, Language Technology, Cognitive Linguistics, SLA, Pragmatics and Sociolinguistics, Language Description and Documentation, Translation and Semantics.                                       

Sponsored Research Projects- Total - 2, Total Amount - ~2 Crores

Industrial Consultancies- Total: 2, Total Amount - ~25 Lakhs

Research Publications- Total: 100+

Total events organised - over 30+

MoUs and Collaborations- Total: ~15+

Placement & Job Opportunities:  All the alumnae of the department (last five years) either doing Ph.D or working in private industry across the top institution in Indian and out of India. As we know that more than 1500 hundred languages spoken in India. Government of India offers a lot of project to promote Indian languages in NEP-2020. So there are a lot of opportunities in study of Indian Languages. Some of the renounced institutions like; CIIL Mysore, Kendriya Hindi Santhan  all over the India are provide the job for linguist, besides this major IT institutions like; Google, Microsoft, Sarathi.ai, PanLingua etc. are providing job to Linguist and Computational Linguist.