New Delhi:

The Indian Council of Technical Education (AICTE) allows three government technical institutions in Haryana to start undergraduate courses in Hindi. Technical courses including Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Information Technology, among others, will be taught in Hindi. To implement this, AICTE approved 210 supernumerary seats.

According to the official statement shared by AICTE, “JC Bose University of Science and Technology in Faridabad has been approved for 30 supernumerary places in Mechanical Engineering. Deen Bandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Sonepat has been awarded 30 places supernumerary each in mechanical undergraduate programs in electrical engineering and electrical engineering.Likewise, Guru Jambeshwar University of Science and Technology, Hissar has received approval for 30 supernumerary places each in undergraduate programs in electronic engineering and of communications, mechanical engineering, computer engineering and information technology.

To implement technical education in Indian regional languages, AICTE has already prepared books for first year undergraduate courses in five regional languages: Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi.

AICTE also provides first-year books to graduate students in eight regional languages, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Marathi, Punjabi, Gujrati and Kanada.

Books are also being translated into Urdu and the process is ongoing. AICTE uses an artificial intelligence-based translation tool to translate the books.

AICTE has granted permission to start undergraduate courses in the Hindi language as part of the National Education Policy 2020, as it focuses on the promotion of Indian languages.

AICTE Vice-President Prof. MP Poonia presented a set of translated books to Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar on September 29.

The CM said: “The Indian language is a repository of our ancient wisdom. When linked to technical education, it has great potential and scope for rediscovering new dimensions. Students from rural areas, in particular, have immense potential and such regional language books will help them acquire technical knowledge. This will allow these students to apply their experiential learning in a much better form and help them become employable and serve society.