UNIVERSITY OF NORTH BENGAL
Nepali department was established as a full fledged department in 1977, under North Bengal University. And it set to work on Post –Graduate Programme in 1978, 16 January at the top floor of the Arts, Commerce and Law faculty building, comprising two class rooms, one HoD room, one small office room and other one room to be accommodated teachers as a staff room. So, it is proud to say the such department to be established in the whole regions of he country, with a view to fulfill the aspiration of the cherished people of District Darjeeling, Dooars, Jalpaiguri and its adjoining neighbour state Sikkim, and North Eastern states. Basically it cope with the subject of Nepali Language and literature. After completion of twenty four (1977-2001) years this Department shifted to its new building in 2001.
Apart from this there is an Academy attached to the Department, funded by state government. Academy was established in order to develop and initiate the research work on Nepali Language and literature, Culture , Folk lore of the people in Nepali speaking areas of North Bengal, Sikkim, Bhutan, North Eastern states and nearest Himalayan region. Prior attached to the Department in 1978, it was established in Darjeeling Hill, located at Ladenla Road in 1970-72. It publish a journal that calls Nepali Academy Journal. The Department has Tri-Lingual Dictionary Project (Nepali, Hindi-Bengali) funded by the university. The First volume of the Dictionary is already published and remaining other volume II & III is at the concluding stage of editing for printing. Moreover the department made up a reference library since 2001, and is being on. Computer with Internet facility introduce in the department for the development careers of the students for M.A. M.Phil and Ph.D. In post-Graduate programme the teaching method are being in practice on lecturer, Seminars, Tutorials, Group Discussion and reviews and dissertation (term paper). Teachers of the Department are energetically involved in taking account assignments, correcting and give suggestion to the students, counseling them personally and academically as needed by the students.
This department has carried out under DIT funded major project for development of Nepali language on digital medium since 2008-2011. Besides this another project on Shallow Parser Tools For Indian Languages (SPT-IL) Project is awaited
In summing up, it is proud to state that Nepali department covers its 35 (thirty five years) (1977-2012) of post graduate programme including M.Phil and Ph.D. Courses. During this period the department has sincerely and honestly contributed its service to the University and would go forward with same devotion and dedication.
The learners get research foundation for doctoral degree
The learners will demonstrate the mastery of the Nepali language and literature by detailing the development and current practices of literary studies, rhetoric, criticism etc. They will have the ability to critique the dominant critical theories, methodologies and practices in the field, conduct research and teach effectively.
The students get exposed to research ethics, ways to avoid plagiarism and all aspects of research methodology in concerned discipline.
Open to ALL students
Restricted to NBU students
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a state-of-the-art learning environment
an exhaustive source of knowledge resources
Support Staffs
Professor
HoD
Associate Professor Modern Nepali Fiction,Folklore
Assistant Professor
National Language Translation Mission (NLTM)-ISHAAN
The project aims to harness NLP and AI to overcome the language barrier and make the wealth of knowledge available across internet and various digital platforms in major Indian languages.The Project is funded by MietY, Government of India. The overall duration of the project is of 3 years and the budget amount for the project is Rs.2.15 Cr. The project is undergoing in a consortium mode under the leadership of IIT Bombay. The consortium consists of six educational institutions from India (IIT Bombay, IIIT Hyderabad, Gauhati University, IIT Manipur, NIT Silchar and University of North Bengal). The project for English-Nepali language pair is being carried out in the Department of Nepali, University of North Bengal.
The main aim of the project is to build bidirectional MT systems between i) English and Assamese, Bodo, Manipuri, Nepali; ii) Manipuri and Hindi; and, iii) Assamese and Bodo.
Objectives of the project:
Project Team:
Head of the Department
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