SPANISH IN INDIA
Brief introduction
The establishment of centres for the teaching of
Spanish as a foreign language in India can be traced back to the year 1958 with
the founding of the School of Foreign Languages under the agies of the Ministry
of Defence, in New Delhi and also at the National Defence Academy in
Khadagwasala; both of the said Institutions had limited accessibility as they
were mainly for Government and Defence Officials. Much later in the 60s, the
University of Delhi started to offer beginners’ level of Spanish for Indian
students. Dr. Antonio
Binimelis Sagrera was instrumental
in putting Spanish Studies on the national map of academics in India. In 1970
Dr. Susnigdha Dey along with Dr. Antonio Binimelis Sagrera founded the Centre of Spanish
Studies in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Later on, Centre of
Spanish Studies was renamed in 2004 as Centre of Spanish, Portuguese, Italian
and Latin American Studies.
With the foundation of the Centre of Spanish Studies
in the Jawaharlal Nehru University, for the first time Graduate and Masters
programme in Spanish was offered to Indian students. Expansion of this disciple
got momentum in late 1990s after the liberalization of Indian economy which
generated huge employment opportunities to Indian students and kindled greater
interest amongst Indian students. Therefore, many Governmental
Universities, Colleges and Institutes
started offering courses in Spanish Language and moreover, many private
Institutes started regular and business module courses across India.
Apart from Government and private institutions, many
foreign institutions also established their institutes in India like the
Instituto Cervantes (Spain) and several diplomatic missions started beginners’
level Spanish courses in India like the Embassy of Peru in India. Recently many
Governmental Institutions/Universities like the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT), New Delhi; Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University), New Delhi; Indra
Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi; University of Rajasthan,
Jaipur; Kurukshetra University, Haryana; Punjabi University, Patiala have
introduced Spanish courses. Many more are formulating the courses which are to
be launched.
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