IIT JodhpurI to be the first tech school to introduces BTech in Hindi

IIT Jodhpur has become the first premier tech school to offer the popular BTech course in Hindi along with English.

Several academics welcomed the idea of BTech in Hindi but expressed concern about the quality of teaching and learning because of the lack of study material in Hindi and a trained faculty to teach in the language.

For the last four years, the MoE has been asking the technical institutions under its administrative control to start undergraduate engineering courses in Hindi and other Indian languages.

The National Education Policy (NEP) has emphasised on teaching of all courses in Indian languages.

A professor at Netaji Subash University of Technology said the idea of teaching a technical subject in Hindi and Indian languages was welcome but without the required materials and trained faculty members, such courses may not attract students.

Rajeev Kumar, a former professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), said IITs should make their own study material in Hindi.

The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), which approves tech colleges to run engineering programmes, has allowed its approved institutions to offer BTech in 11 Indian languages, including Hindi.