“After speaking to the institution it was made clear to us that the notice was meant only for an administrative staff,” Das said. Students wrote ‘No Hindi Imposition’ on the field of the campus, and stood in protest maintaining social distancing. Next day, we organised a protest against Hindi imposition at the university.” Researchers in Bengal, however, said such notices are sheer wastage of resources and that the government needs to teach the language in schools first before asking universities to start writing official documents in Hindi.Īlso read: Imposing Hindi like giving Bible or Quran to Brahmin - Tamil IRS officer slams Hindi cell postingĪbhishek Das, president of the Research Scholars’ Association within the IACS, said, “Two days back this circular was broadcast in our email. The circular also said that officials from Delhi will be visiting the institute for inspection. The letter asked the staff to ensure that 55 per cent of all communication is in Hindi, and at least 33 per cent of the “notings to be written on files” should be in Hindi.ĭuring official work, all signatures were to be made in Hindi and all file names should be labelled in Hindi as well as English, with Hindi names written first, the letter stated. On 19 March, the IACS administration circulated a strongly-worded letter to its staff, calling the situation “very worrying” and asking them to increase written communication in Hindi so as to avoid any “unpleasant situation”. This quarter some 13 such notices have been sent out to universities across the country,” Anju Bhalla, joint secretary at DST, told ThePrint. “This is a routine activity that takes place every quarter. Universities across the country send quarterly review reports to the Hindi cell of DST. The Act stipulates that all central universities must have a certain percentage of their official communications in Hindi. The notice followed a quarterly review of the IACS’ internal communications.
It all started after the IACS was sent a notice in February by the Hindi cell of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), functioning under the ministry of science, stating that the institute has failed to meet the required targets set by the Official Languages Act of 1963. The incident brings out the prevailing anti-Hindi sentiment among the academics in West Bengal ahead of the bitterly fought state elections.
IACS finds itself in a "very worrying situation". IACS is located in a Bangla-speaking city. New Delhi: Students at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) in Kolkata Wednesday organised a protest on their campus, days after the institute’s administration sent a notice asking that over 55 per cent of the written communication in the institute must be in Hindi.īut soon after the protest, the administration told the students they had been inadvertently marked in a communication meant to be limited to the administrative staff.Įnglish is an official language of India.
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