Hindi / Regional Languages
B.A. major
A B.A. major in Hindi or another Indian language — Bengali, Marathi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Sanskrit and others. It covers the language's literature across periods, grammar, linguistics, and practical writing; many courses add papers in translation, journalism or functional writing for offices.
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How you get in
Class 12 in any stream. Central and many other universities admit through CUET-UG, where a language test can be one of the subjects counted; state universities and colleges often admit on Class 12 marks. Some programmes expect the language to have been studied at school.
At a glance
- Most of the work is reading, close analysis of texts, and writing in the language.
- Graduate jobs cluster around translation, media, publishing, content and teaching.
- Central government translator and Rajbhasha posts usually ask for a Master's in Hindi or English.
- School teaching needs a B.Ed; college teaching usually needs an M.A. plus UGC-NET or a Ph.D.
In numbers
Covers Hindi and all other Indian languages at UG level, not only the B.A. major. The rise in 2023-24 is large for one year. AISHE counts responding institutions only; coverage varies by year, so part of any change may reflect reporting rather than real enrolment.