Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I) promotes Hindi as functional language for science and technology

Key facts

• The Indian Institute of Technology, Indore (IIT-I) is positioning Hindi as a functional language for scientific and technological learning to improve comprehension and widen access to knowledge.
• The initiative is being driven through Abhyuday-3, a two-day National Technical Hindi Seminar organized by IIT-I in collaboration with IIT Jodhpur and the CSIR–National Institute of Science Communication and Policy Research.
• At the institute, select first-year lectures are being delivered in Hindi and research abstracts are being compiled in accordance with prescribed official language standards.
• The seminar resulted in the release of Smarika, a compilation of 26 peer-reviewed research papers written in Hindi covering science, engineering, digital technology, and innovation.
• The program aims to strengthen technical Hindi to ensure wider dissemination of knowledge and reinforce the linguistic diversity of India.