INTRODUCTION
The University Department of kannada
was established in the year 1979. This Department offers
M.A., M.Phil and Ph.D programmes in kannada and courses
for Certificate and Diploma in kannada.
The Department gives equal importance
to Research and Teaching. Team of its Faculty Members
is known for its devotion to the profession along with
keen inclination towards Research activities. Individual
differences of the students are taken care of. Personal
as well as academic problems of the students are given
due consideration. Apart from the routine activities,
the Dept. is constantly engaged in extension programmes
like Publication, Study Tours, Projects, Symposia. Meet
the Author, Book Talk and such other intellectual activities.
It makes it convenient to invite all the Dignitaries in
the field and to provide its students and members of Faculty
with opportunities to have a cordial, informative and
innovative interaction with them.
Department of Kannada
The Department of kannada offers centralized
lecture programme for post-graduate Students for the benefit
of students Department as well as of other centre.
University of Mumbai finances the Department
to create and maintain infrastructural facilities for
its teaching learning activities Research and related
programmes. Additional finance required for Research work
is sought by members of Faculty from National Agencies
like U.G.C. It has established close contacts with the
Researchers, creative Writers Research Institutions Dept's
at other Universities both within and across the discipline.
This interaction is maintained at personal as well as
Institutional levels.
Location
The Department of kannada is housed
on the First Floor of RANADE BHAVAN, located in well planned
Vidyanagari Campus of the University of Mumbai. The Vidyanagari
Campus is off Vidyanagari Marg, known as C.S.T. Road,
near kalina. This is accessible both from Central and
western Railway. BEST bus route 318, 313, 91 and 37 plying
between Kurla (West) [Central Railway] and 318, 313 and
306 Santacruz (East) [Western Railway] pass via Vidyanagari.
It takes hardly five minutes on foot from the main gate
to reach the Department.
The visitor would fall in love with
the campus at the first sight. Its ever green surroundings
pollution free atmosphere and attractive exterior have
unique aesthetic appeal Staff Qtrs, Hostel for Boys and
Girls. Academic Informal discussion make the campus lively
even in late evenings. There is a rich collection of books
and Journals in Jawaharlal Nehru Library located on the
Campus Garware Institute of Career Education and Management,
which offers various job oriented training courses is
there on the Campus. This enables the students to convert
their free time into productive endeavour.
There is a Students Counseling Centre
to help the students solve individual problem.
Besides offering good food on
subsidised rates the canteen provide students and teachers
with a common place to meet and interact with their counterparts
from other Dept. In a nutshell the campus is a training
field for the multidimensional development of the students.
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