Marathi - About
About Department
Name of the Department: Department of Marathi
Year of Establishment: 1970
Name of Head of the Department: Dr. Nisha K. Bhandare, Associate Professor & Head of the Department
Name of UG Coordinator : Prof. Vinod Pawar, Assistant Professor.
Name of PG Coordinator : Dr. Vaijayantimala Jadhav, Assistant Professor.
Introduction
The department of Marathi on its very year of inception that is from 1970 has proved its work. It is one of the active and result oriented departments of our college. For over last 44 years, it has proved to be a source of career building to the students not only of the Arts faculty but even for the students from Science and Commerce faculty. In 1994 department commence post graduate course. Department started research center successfully in 2013.
Dr. Bhimrao Kulkarni a well known critic and literary activist headed the department during 1970 to 1984. He brought name and fame to the college by his various literary activities in and outside the college. In the department he organized many lectures series, seminars and symposiums and personalities of esteemed recognition visited the college at every second month during his tenure of about 15 years. Learned persons and authors like Padmashree Ananta Kanekar, G. T. Madkholkar, S. G. Malse, S. K. Kshirsagar, Prabhakar Padhye, Dr. R. S. Walimbe, V. L. Kulkarni, G. K. Bhat, G. B. Srdar, G. M. Kulkarni, S. P. Bhagwat, Daya Pawar, Baburao Bagul, N. D. Mahanorv, Vidyadhar Pundalik, Mahesh Elkunchwar, V. D. Kulkarni, Madhav Vaz etc. And many more such person from the fields of literature, Journalism, Education and Culture visited the college. Dr. Bhimrav Kulkarni was the person who use UGC grant for the first time and conducted seven days state level seminar Marathi criticism in december 1976. From that time only it became a practice of the Marathi department to conduct seminar on grand scale successfully.
Dr. Bhimrao Kulkarni’s multifarious activities outside the college brought credit to the college. He was chosen as secretary to Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad successively three times and later on succeeded as a chairman of that body for two terms. He was appointed as one of the Juries for Maharashtra State Library Awards. He contributed to many socio-literary comities that is he was the main pivot of keasri centenary committee as always the birth centenaries of N. S. Kelkar, K. P. Khadilkar, B. R. Tambe all Literary figures in Marathi. Dr. Bhimarao Kulkarni was a writer and a critic too. He wrote stories for children, biographies, short stories and personal essays. Interesting fact is that the first biographical novel (on Hari Narayan Apte) in Marathi is written by him. His historical novel ‘Omkar’ stands unique is steam of Marathi Historical novels as the same has been presented in the prose style of Bakhars a medieval prose form of narration.
Dr. V.B. Deshpande former head was active with Marathi theatre. He is specialized in Dramatics and worked on performing arts. His great achievement is Marathi Natyakosh which is sanctioned by U.G.C. as a Major Research Scheme. Dr. D. D. Punde a retired lecturer is an acclaimed critic and has 38 books on his name. History of literature was his passion. His name is mentioned in the compendium of eminent personalities in literature compiled by Ganesh Devi entitled After Amnesia. After that Dr. Snehal Tawre became Head of the Department.
After her retirement, Dr. Nisha Bhandare is the Head of the department. Along with her, Dr.Vaijayantimala Jadhav, Dr.Gajanan Apine , Prof.Vinod Pawar, Dr.Sarika Thorat are working efficiently in the department.
Salient Features of the Department
- YouTube Channel of the Department of Marathi Activities, Audio & Video Lectures (click for viewing the YouTube Channel)
- Introduced innovative methods in teaching. e.g. encouraging students to make classroom-presentation
- Organized seminars, symposia, conferences, workshop on various themes. e.g. certain modern discipline and insights were incorporated in seminar themes, such as stylistics, Semiotics etc.
- For preservation of old and out of print books lamination and binding of the copies of rare books.
- The Department of Marathi has started Communicative Marathi Course for international Students in the College.
- Department started some skill based courses like Radio Jockey ,Translation , Certificate course in Yoga ,Book Publication etc.
Academic Goals of the Department
To generate interest in Marathi Language & Literature at higher levels of learning through the following activities :
1) Conducting post-graduate teaching effectively
2) Supervising research at the levels PG and Ph.D level identifying new areas of research and conducting independent research through various research projects.
3) Organising seminars, conferences, workshops, symposia, refresher courses.
4) Publishing research monographs, bibliographies and scholarly books.
Vision & Mission:
- To maintain and enrich the incredible tradition of language and literature of the Modern College.
- Creating awareness among the students about golden opportunities of employment in Marathi language and literature.
- By creating fertile atmosphere for the smooth growth and development of cultural and literary development the department of Marathi will play a role of a perfect objective correlative.
- Stimulate the study of Marathi language and literature by maintaining the incredible tradition of creative writers critics reader and scholars in Marathi language.