About Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
Kendriya Hindi Sansthan is an autonomous institute under Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, engaged in teaching of Hindi as a foreign and second language. It was established in the year 1960 by the Government of India as an autonomous institute in Agra. Apart from conducting regular and residential Hindi language courses for foreign students, the institute also conducts regular teacher-training programmes for teachers of Hindi belonging to various states of India viz. Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamilnadu, Telangana, Maharashtra, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Nagaland. Sikkim, Meghalaya, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir etc. The institute is situated at a 11 acres (4.5 ha) campus on the outskirts of Agra city. Headquartered in Agra the institute has eight regional centers in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mysore, Shillong, Dimapur, Guwahati, Ahmedabad and Bhubaneswar. The institute is the only government run institution in India established solely for research and teaching of Hindi as a foreign and second language.
Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra has been instrumental in propagation of Hindi in national and international spheres. The Institute has been recognized as a world level institution for teaching, learning and research on Hindi. The institute is committed towards propagation of Hindi on national level, establishing Hindi as medium of multi-cultural society of India, and provide for advanced study of different Indian Languages in relation to Hindi language and literature, in order to further the active role of Hindi in national unity and integration.
In addition, the institute has affiliated Colleges namely Mizoram Hindi Teachers Training Institute, Aizawl (Mizoram) Govt. Teachers Training Institute, Dimapur (Nagaland) Hindi Teachers Training College, Mysore (Karnataka) Govt. Hindi Teachers Training College, Guwahati (Assam). Institutes courses are run by these Institutions including conduction of their admissions and examinations. At present the institute is running 13 training and teaching programmes. Till date 68,129 students (data until July 2012) have been trained under 26 programmes. Around 3612 foreign students from 71 countries have received diplomas under the scheme of Propagation of Hindi Abroad. The following programmes are being conducted by Central Institute of Hindi: