The Department of Hindi was established in 1938. It is one of the oldest Hindi Department in the Country. During early late sixties, the Legendary Scholar, Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, joined the Department as the Head. Since then, the Department has undoubtedly been major centres of Hindi Studies in the country. The Department provides good infrastructure, including computerization and Departmental Library for Students and Researchers.
The Department has obvious contribution towards research in Hindi Studies through the work of Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi, Ganpati Chander Gupt, Ramesh Kuntal Megh, Indernath Madan, Dharam Pal Maini, as great teachers. The Department has been publishing a leading National journal of Research namely, .Parishodh., well known Hindi writers such as Mohan Rakesh, Ravinder Kalia, Ganga Prasad Vimal, Virendra Mehndiratta, Paresh, Atul Vir Arora have been among its students.
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Medieval and Modern Hindi Literature, Indian Poetise.
Specialization: Philology, Tradition of Hindi Ram Kavya, Hindi Fiction, Modern Hindi Poetry and Prose etc.
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