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Roop Krishen Bhat

Prof. Roop K. Bhat

Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat

Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat is an Author, Linguist, Translator and Media freelancer. Born at Bugam in Kulgam district of J&K State on 11th April, 1951, he did his Masters and Doctorate in Linguistics from University of Kurukshetra. A polyglot fluent in Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu and English languages, he also knows Punjabi and Russian. Dr. Bhat has worked in the areas of Language, Literature, Culture, Mass media and Education.

His assignments with the Govt. of India include as Professor at Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), MHRD, Mysore, Director, Directorate of Adult Education, MHRD, New Delhi, Principal Publication Officer, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, MHRD, Principal, Northern Regional Language Centre CIIL, Patiala, Assistant Educational Adviser, Ministry of Culture, Program Executive All India Radio Ministry of I&B and Lecturer, NRLC, CIIL, MHRD, Patiala.

Dr. Bhat has written/edited/co-authored forty-one books, authored about fifty Research papers and hundreds of articles on Language, Linguistics, Literature, Literacy and Mass Media. He has worked extensively in the area of applied Linguistics/Language teaching and produced several teaching-learning materials in various languages. He has participated /organized hundreds of National and International conferences, seminars, workshops etc. A prominent short story writer has published three collections in Kashmiri and one in Hindi. He is a translator and has received Sahitya Academy’s award for Translation in 2008. As a freelancer with both Print and Electronic media he has been contributing to several magazines, newspapers, journals on travel, tourism, culture, etc. and writing/vetting scripts, anchoring-participating/previewing various programs of Radio and Television.

Dr. Bhat has been associated with several committees of Govt. of India, i.e., Member Committee on National Curriculum Framework on Adult Education, MHRD, Committee on determining competencies and recognition of prior learning in English language, MHRD, Quality Assurance Committee on Literacy Materials, MHRD. Expert committee on scrutinizing program proposals of AIR and Doordarshan, Ministry of I&B, Senior member project development team, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Peace and Sustainable Development, MGIEP a category 1 institute of UNESCO. Expert member of examination and evaluation of UGC, UPSC, SSC and host of Central and State Universities. Dr. Bhat has served on national editorial collective of Peoples Linguistic Survey of India PLSI and co-edited the volumes of Haryana and Punjab, a project of Bhasha and Research Academy Vadodara, Gujrat. Dr Bhat has been a Senior Fellow of the Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

Dr. Bhat has visited U.K., Russian Federation, Thailand, Dubai for participating /organizing Indian cultural festivals, conferences, seminars in these countries. He is a life trustee of Kashmir Cultural Trust (KCT) engaged in promotion of cultural activities. A life member of Linguistic Society of India, Indian Adult Education Association, Kashmir education culture and science society (KECSS), SAMKALP and several other socio-cultural organizations.

Publications, Academic Projects and awards

Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat has written/co-authored/edited forty-one books, authored about fifty Research papers and hundreds of articles published in reputed magazines and Journals of the country/abroad in Kashmiri, Hindi, Urdu and English languages in the areas of language, Linguistics, Literature, Culture, travel, Literacy and Mass Media. He has been associated with various Academic Projects of Central Institute of Indian languages, Mysore, MHRD, Govt. of India, National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language, Delhi, MHRD, Govt. of India and Directorate of Adult Education, Delhi, MHRD, Govt. of India. He is well acquainted with various aspects of material production.

Books

(A)     Linguistics and Language Teaching:

·        Kashir Kita:b “State School Reader of Kashmiri” - Level I 1982, CIIL, Mysore

·        A Descriptive Study of Kashmiri (Grammar) 1987 Amar Prakashan, Delhi

·        Urdu - Kashmiri Reader Neelam Agencies, Anantnag J&K - 1988

·        Linguistics and Language Teaching 1990 Media Publishers, Delhi

·        Kashmiri - English Dictionary (Co-author) 2001 CIIL, Mysore

·        Proficiency Tests in Kashmiri (Co-author) 2001 CIIL, Mysore

·        An Audio Cassette Course in Kashmiri (A Handbook with 3 Audio Cassettes/CDs), 2002, CIIL, Mysore (Conceived, written and edited)

·        V∂liv K∂:shur hechav - I - Let us learn Kashmiri - Primer, 2003, CIIL, Mysore (editor)

·        V∂liv K∂: shur hechav - II - Let us learn Kashmiri - Reader, 2003, CIIL, Mysore, (Compiler and Editor)

·        Kashmiri Swayamshikshak (A Kashmiri self-taught book in Hindi) 2004, Media Publishers, Delhi

·        A Course in Kashmiri language 2007. Indian Institute of Language Studies (IILS), New Delhi

·        Linguistic Terminology in Kashmiri (Editor) 2011 CIIL, Mysore

·        Dogri Script Book (Co-editor) 2011 CIIL, Mysore

·        Duggar:Land, Language and Literature (Co-editor) 2011, CIIL, Mysore

·        Kashmiri Style Manual (Executive editor) 2011, CIIL, Mysore

·        Kashmir:Land, Language, Literature and Culture (Editor) 2011, CIIL, Mysore

·        Urdu Hindi Lughaat (An Urdu Hindi dictionary) Editor, 2014, NCPUL, MHRD, New Delhi

·        The Languages of Punjab (People’s Linguistic Survey of India Vol. 24, part II) 2016

·        Co-Editor, Orient Blackswan, New Delhi

·        The languages of Haryana (People’s Linguistic Survey of India Vol.40, part) 2017

·        Co-Editor, Orient Blackswan, New Delhi

·        Punjabi Kashmiri Common Vocabulary 2017 (Co-author) Indian Institute of language studies (IILS), New Delhi

(B)     Literature and Culture

·        Harda Vaav (2001), A Collection of Kashmiri Short Stories, Kashmir Cultural Trust - Jammu

·        Parbat ke us paar ka sapna (2006), A collection of short stories in Hindi, Media Publishers, Delhi

·        Hindust∂:n’ afsa:nI (2006), Translation of award winning Indian Short stories, Sahitya Academy

·        Ba Chas K∂shi;r (2008), A collection of Kashmiri short stories, Kashmir Cultural Trust, Jammu

·        Karmelin (2011), Kashmiri translation of an award winning Konkani Novel by Damodhar Mauzo, Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

·        Sath satambar (2015), A collection of Kashmiri short stories Kashmir Cultural Trust, Jammu

·        Koshur Cultural Reader (Edited 2017), CFKLLC-All India Kashmiri Samaj, New Delhi

·        Communal Harmony in Kashmiri Literature (2018), Authorspress, New Delhi

·        me gatshi zuun (2020), Kashmiri Translation of Surinder Verma’s award winning novel, “Mujhe Chaand chahiye”, published by Sahitya Academy, New Delhi

·        K∂:shIr zaba:n adab tI kalcar (2019), Kashmiri Language, Literature and Culture (edited), a golden Jubilee publication of CIIL, Mysore

 (C)    Distance Education in Urdu

·        Urdu for All - A textbook (edited) NCPUL, New Delhi, 2005

·        Urdu Sab Ke Liye - A textbook (edited) NCPUL, New Delhi, 2005

·        aasaan Urdu shaayri - A textbook (edited) NCPUL, New Delhi, 2005

·        Ibtidai Urdu - A textbook (edited) NCPUL, New Delhi, 2005

·        A Course in Urdu Pronunciation through Hindi and English (Text and Audio), NCPUL, New Delhi, 2006

·        Urdu for all part two - A textbook for learning Urdu co-author, NCPUL, New Delhi, 2020

Forthcoming Publications

·        a:z∂:di p∂tim k∂:shir zaba:n, Development of Kashmiri after Independence (edited), CIIL, Mysore

·        Urdu-English Dictionary (editor), NCPUL

·        Hindi Kashmiri Pustak, A Course to learn Hindi for Kashmiri speakers. Published by Central Hindi Directorate CHD New Delhi, 2020

·        Administrative terminology of Kashmiri Language Co-author CSTT, MHRD, New Delhi

·        kAeshri adbIky takhleekkaar, Makers of Kashmiri Literature, A collection of Essays

Important Projects Undertaken and Reports prepared

·        Chief Resource Person: for Kashmiri Language, Language Information Service CIIL, Mysore Data on all aspects of language, literature, culture, history, grammar etc. www.ciil.org

·        Corpora Development in Urdu and Kashmiri Languages

A project of DRDO Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India in collaboration of NCPUL, MHRD (Preparation of standard and non-standard text of 500 passages each, Dictionary of 10,000 words, spoken language samples of 30 speakers), Completed and report submitted.

·        An Urdu Online Course Project: launched by NCPUL, New Delhi in collaboration with Central Institute of Indian languages, Mysore, www.urducouncil.nic.in

·        Member, Editorial collective and Regional Coordinator/Co-Editor (Punjab, Haryana) for Peoples Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI, being conducted by Bhasha Research and publication Centre, Vadodra)

·        Languages and National Integration of India, Project done for Shri Teg Bahadur National Integration Chair, Punjabi University, Patiala. Report published, 2013

Awards/Fellowship

·        Acharya Chatursen Samman for contribution to Kashmiri Language - 2004 presented by Inderprasth Sahitya Bharti, New Delhi

·        Sahitya Academy Translation prize in Kashmiri 2008, for Hindustaen’ afsaana - “Indian Short stories”

·        Krishna Joo Razdan Saraswati Puruskar” for contribution to Kashmiri Language and Literature by J&K Vichar Manch, New Delhi, 2010

·        Senior Fellowship of Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India, 2013-2015. Worked on Communal Harmony in Kashmiri Literature

·        Award for Outstanding contribution in the field of Language, Literature and Mass media by Kashmir Education, Culture and Science Society (KECSS), New Delhi, 2016

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