Axe on JNU Hindi Translation Course Due to Lack of Funds
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 15 September 2024 | The Telegraph
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has discontinued the MA in Hindi Translation course within two years of its launch ostensibly on the ground of lack of funds, although the Narendra Modi government’s National Education Policy (NEP) recommends setting up high-quality departments for translation studies.
According to the e-prospectus of JNU, zero seats are mentioned against the course for admission in the current year. The course was started by the Centre of Indian Languages at JNU in 2022-23 with 10 seats. The course had admitted two batches and recruited two regular faculty members with expertise in translation studies. The two teachers had been managing the course in addition to supervising PhD students…