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.