Apart from education, Hindi language is being increasingly used in governance and even chalking out estimates of construction works at Panchayat level. The State Government has established the country’s first Hindi Vishwavidyalaya in the name of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Besides, the State’s Culture department is making centralised efforts for preservation and promotion of Hindi dialects. Madhya Pradesh tops the country in promoting use of Hindi in information technology. As part of efforts to promote Hindi languages, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also written a letter to the then Prime Minister to abolish English as a compulsory paper in UPSC exams.
Interest of students is increasing in country’s first Hindi Vishwavidyalaya established in the State. It is clear from the fact that 358 students had taken admission in last academic session while 4002 students have got registered for this session.
In deference to the wish of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, use of Hindi is also being promoted in information technology. Entire software has been developed in Hindi for recently launched Chief Minister’s Helpline 181. Use of Unicode has been made mandatory for computerised works in all state government departments. It has helped in making Hindi speaking people computer-savvy. Now, estimates for construction works at Panchayat level will be prepared in Hindi. High Court will be urged to make available Hindi translation of its orders.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi Vishwavidyalaya of Madhya Pradesh is making arrangements for teaching of science, literature, arts, commerce, management, medicine, engineering and other courses in Hindi. This is the first state-level effort of its kind in the country for teaching through Hindi medium.
As many as 60 students took admission in the university in the first academic session 2012-13 and 394 in 2013-14. Besides, 265 students registered themselves for regular courses and 4002 for M. Phil, PhD in academic session 2014-15. Admissions in the university are made both online and off-line.
In the university, PhD, M Phil, post-graduate, graduate, Pratishtha, diploma and certificate course as well as training programmes have been prepared. latest systems are being used for evaluation of these degrees and courses. The Vishwavidyalaya has 18 faculties and over 200 courses have been prepared.