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Draft:Ramakant Agnihotri

Rama Kant Agnihotri is a distinguished Indian linguist and academic. He retired as Professor and Head of the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi{{Cite web |title=Department of Linguistics - Delhi University |url=https://www.du.ac.in/index.php?page=department-of-linguistics#:~:text=K.V.Subbarao,-,R.K.%20Agnihotri,,-Ravinder%20Gargesh,%20R |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240915075040/https://www.du.ac.in/index.php?page=department-of-linguistics |archive-date=2024-09-15 |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.du.ac.in |language=en}}{{Cite book |last=Sachdeva |first=Rajesh |url=https://books.google.co.in/books/about/Being_and_Becoming_Multilingual.html?id=_MDDzgEACAAJ&source=kp_author_description&redir_esc=y#:~:text=Rama%20Kant%20Agnihotri%20retired%20as%20Professor%20and%20Head,%20Department%20of%20Linguistics%20at%20the%20University%20of%20Delhi%20and%20is%20currently%20working%20with%20Vidya%20Bhawan%20Society,%20Udaipur. |title=Being and Becoming Multilingual: Some Narratives |last2=Agnihotri |first2=Rama Kant |date=2022 |publisher=Orient BlackSwan |isbn=978-93-5442-120-4 |language=en}} and is currently serving as an Emeritus Professor at the Vidya Bhawan Society in Udaipur.{{Cite web |title=Editors – Language and Language Teaching |url=http://llt.org.in/editors/#:~:text=Professor%20Emeritus%20at%20Vidya%20Bhawan%20Society,%20Udaipur. |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=https://vaniprakashan.com/editor-details/293-rama-kant-agnihotri#:~:text=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AF+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%AB%E0%A4%BC%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0+%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4,+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82+%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE+%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A8+%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%80,+%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0+(%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C.)+%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%82+%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4+%E0%A4%B9%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%82|title=Rama Kant Agnihotri Details | Vani Prakashan|website=vaniprakashan.com}}

Career

Agnihotri has made significant contributions to the fields of Applied Linguistics and Sociolinguistics. He has focused on how multilinguality can be used as a resource in classrooms to enhance language proficiency, cognitive growth, and social tolerance.[https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19313150701489689#:~:text=Rooted%20in%20Multilinguality-,R.%20K.%20Agnihotri,-University%20of%20Delhi]{{Cite journal|url=https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ1031832#:~:text=Agnihotri,+Rama+Kant|title=Multilinguality, Education and Harmony|first=Rama Kant|last=Agnihotri|date=January 8, 2014|journal=International Journal of Multilingualism|volume=11|issue=3|pages=364–379|via=ERIC|doi=10.1080/14790718.2014.921181}}

He was chairperson of the NCERT's National Focus Group on the teaching of Indian languages{{Cite web |title=General Interest – Early Literacy Initiative |url=http://eli.tiss.edu/general-interest-2/#:~:text=Authors:%20Prof%20Ramakant%20Agnihotri%20(Chairperson) |access-date=2024-12-26 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Orient BlackSwan |url=https://orientblackswan.com/details?id=9789354420580#:~:text=He%20was%20Chairperson%20of%20the%20NCERT's%20National%20Focus%20Group%20on%20the%20teaching%20of%20Indian%20languages |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=orientblackswan.com}}, played a key role in the Primary Education Programme of Eklavya and has participated in innovative school education and teacher training programs with NGOs such Digantar, and Vidya Bhawan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.boloji.com/articles/5524/cry-my-beloved-school#:~:text=Linguist+Dr+Ramakant+Agnihotri,+who+has+been+associated+with+educational+programs+at+Digantar+and+other+valuable+organizations+like+Eklavya+in+Madhya+Pradesh+and+Vidya+Bhavan+(in+Rajasthan)|title=Cry, My Beloved School|website=www.boloji.com}}

= Contributions to education =

Agnihotri’s work has been pivotal in leveraging India’s rich linguistic diversity as a tool for social justice and educational equity.{{Cite web|url=https://www.india-seminar.com/2008/590/590_rama_kant_agnihotri.htm|title=590 Rama Kant Agnihotri, Multilinguality for India|website=www.india-seminar.com}} He advocates for a pedagogical approach rooted in multilinguality, promoting harmony and cognitive development among learners.{{Cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/language-in-education-theres-power-in-multilingualism/article38492094.ece#:~:text=06:00+IST-,RAMA+KANT+AGNIHOTRI,-COMMENTS+0|title=Language in education: There's power in multilingualism|date=May 16, 2022|website=Frontline}}{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/national-education-policy-india-rte-rule-covid-multilingual-classes-7213212/#:~:text=Rama+Kant+Agnihotri-,No+classroom+is+monolingual.+Our+education+policies+must+reflect+this,-Like+its+predecessors|title=No classroom is monolingual. Our education policies must reflect this|date=March 4, 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mle-india.net/search/label/book#:~:text=Prof+Rama+Kant+Agnihotri|title=Multilingual Education and India|date=April 5, 2022}}

Selected publications

= Books =

  • 1997. Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description (with Rajendra Singh).{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Rajendra |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/3874006#:~:text=Rama%20Kant%20Agnihotri. |title=Hindi morphology: a word-based description |last2=Agnihotri |first2=Rama Kant |date=1997 |publisher=Motilal Banarsidass Publishers |isbn=978-81-208-1446-2 |edition=1st |series=MLDB series in linguistics |location=Delhi}}
  • 2007. Hindi: An Essential Grammar (Second Edition 2023).{{Cite web |title=Hindi: An Essential Grammar |url=https://www.routledge.com/Hindi-An-Essential-Grammar/Agnihotri/p/book/9781032163048?srsltid=AfmBOoob_x59ZfKUl6JN1sUETfvJodtZEFMJEmKFX8T034YK7oGfVpc-#:~:text=By%20Rama%20Kant%20Agnihotri |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=Routledge & CRC Press |language=en}}
  • 2012. Indian English: Towards a New Paradigm* (edited with Rajendra Singh).{{Cite web |title=Orient BlackSwan |url=https://orientblackswan.com/details?id=9788125043713#:~:text=Table%20of%20Contents-,Rama%20Kant%20Agnihotri,-D.%20Phil.%20(York |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=orientblackswan.com}}
  • 2016. Language and Language Teaching (Part-2).{{Cite web|url=https://www.exoticindiaart.com/author/rama-kant-agnihotri/|title=Books authored by Rama Kant Agnihotri|website=www.exoticindiaart.com}}
  • 2022. Being and Becoming Multilingual (edited with Rajesh Sachdeva).{{Cite web |title=Orient BlackSwan |url=https://www.orientblackswan.com/details?id=9789354421204#:~:text=Rajesh%20Sachdeva;-,Rama%20Kant%20Agnihotri,-Price |access-date=2024-12-26 |website=www.orientblackswan.com}}

= Articles =

  1. 1995 Multilingualism as a classroom resource. In Kathleen Heugh, Amanda Sieruhn and Peter Pluddemann  (eds.). Multilingual Education for South Africa. Johannesburg: Heinemann, 3-7.
  2. 2006 Identity and Multilinguality: The Case of India. In Tsui, Amy B.M. and Tollefson, James, W. ed. Language Policy, Culture, and Identity in Asian Contexts. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 185-204
  3. 2007 Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm Rooted in Multilinguality. International Multilingual Research Journal 1.2: 79-88.
  4. 2009.   Multilinguality and a New World Order. In Mohanty, A.K., Panda, M., Phillipson, R. and Skutnabb-Kangas, T. eds. Multilingual Education for Social Justice: Globalizing the Local. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, pp. 268-77.
  5. 2010. Multilinguality and the Teaching of English in India. The EFL Journal 1.1: 1-14.
  6. 2012. Multilinguality, marginality and social change. In Khanna, A.L. and Anju Sahgal Gupta, ed. 2012. Essential Readings for Teachers of English: From Research Insights to Classroom Practices. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, pp. 13-24.
  7. 2014 Multilinguality, education and harmony. International Journal of Multilingualism, 11(3): 364-379.
  8. 2020. Linguistic Diversity and Marginality in South Asia. In: Sarangapani, P., Pappu, R. (eds) Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia. Global Education Systems. Springer, Singapore. [https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-3309-5_32-1 Handbook of Education Systems in South Asia].
  9. 2021. Multilinguality and challenges to education. In Gupta, V, Agnihotri, R K and Panda, M. ed. Education and Inequality: Historical and Contemporary Trajectories. New Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, 322-358.
  10. 2022l. Negotiating multilinguality. Being and Becoming Multilingual: Some Narratives (ed with Rajesh Sachdeva) Delhi: Orient BlackSwan, pp. 286-308.
  11. Language in education: There's power in multilingualism

See also

References

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== External links ==

  • YouTube Videos on Multilinguality - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l74ULxuBM3E Multilingual Classroom by Ramakant Agnihotri]
  • YouTube Videos on Multilingual education - [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzLXlphoFis&t=103s Prof Ramakant Agnihotri- on Multilingual Education (September 10, 2015)]