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IIT Jodhpur students and residents speak 16 languages, write 12 languages, understand 20 languages

Namaskar, Pranam Sata Sri Akal, Nomoshkar, Vanakkam, Khamma Gani, Kem Chho, Chibai, Tashi Delek :-------- *************:- his is how you can be greeted at IIT Jodhpur given the language diversity at the campus. ************:- IIT Jodhpur students and residents speak 16 languages, write 12 languages, understand 20 languages. Apart from English and Hindi, these include Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Odia, Marathi, Malayalam, Maithili, Assamese, Dogri, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Konkani, Sindhi, Santali, Kannada.

 

JODHPUR, 6-October-2022: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur houses residents from every nook and corner of India. The Institute is home to multilingual students, faculty, and staff. Every year IIT Jodhpur conducts a language diversity survey on the occasion of international Mother Language Day to celebrate unity in diversity. According to 2022 survey, IIT Jodhpur students and residents speak 16 languages, write 12 languages, understand 20 languages. Apart from English and Hindi, these include Urdu, Telugu, Tamil, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Odia, Marathi, Malayalam, Maithili, Assamese, Dogri, Bengali, Gujarati, Nepali, Konkani, Sindhi, Santali, Kannada.

Speaking about the language diversity at IIT Jodhpur, Prof. Santanu Chaudhury, Director, IIT Jodhpur, said, “IITJ has created an inclusive but linguistically diversified community which is working together to bring glory to the country, making India technologically self-reliant and advancing the technology envelope for the world.”

Sharing his views about IIT Jodhpur, Mr. Vellore Sahithi, B.Tech Student from Telangana said, The College genuinely cares for its students. It is a place of decorum, friendliness, and joy.”

Mr. Pulipati Surya Sai Satwik, B.Tech Student from Telangana said, “IIT జోధాపూర్ విద్యార్థులకు ఇంటి నుండి దూరం ఉన్న మరో ఇల్లు.”(IIT Jodhpur is another home away from home for us students)

Ms. Adrika Kunjumon, B. Tech Student from Maharashtra, said, “२००८ का बना हुआ,और देखो कितने जल्दी पनप रहा है। तपथी हुई धुप में मोती सा चमक रहा है।“ (IIT Jodhpur has progressed very quickly since its inception in 2008. It is shining like a pearl in shining sun.)

Ms. Rifa Khan, B.Tech Student from Uttar Pradesh said,

"ہم بھی اپنے ادارے کو اوپر اٹھائیں گے۔

زمین میں پانی کی کمی ہے تو کیا ہوا؟

اپنے مستقبل کا شجر ہم مہنت کے پسینہ سے اگائیں گے"

(We will work towards building IIT Jodhpur’s reputation. We will grow our tree of success with hard work.)

IIT Jodhpur community also has the expertise to communicate in 16  dialects like Tulu. Rajasthani, Mevadi, Marwadi, Magadhi, Lambadi, Haryanvi, Bhojpuri, Braj Bhasha and foreign languages including Arabic, Deutsch, French, Japanese and Korean.

IIT Jodhpur aims to nurture excellence of thoughts, creating and disseminating preserving knowledge for societal aspirations across language barriers. This second generation IIT is progressively growing on academic and research front while simultaneously increasing its language diversity footprint within its ecosystem.

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