जीवन-वृत्त

CURRICULUM VITAE


Dr. (Ms.)VASHINI SHARMA
53, Kailash Vihar
Agra (UP) INDIA
Tel: +919837651924
E-mail ID:vashkhs@yahoo.co.in
vashinisharma@gmail.com
hindivashini.blogspot.com

EDUCATION
Osmania University,Hyderabad, India
M.A. (Hindi)Literature 1966
Agra University, Agra, India
M.A. (Linguistics) 1969
Agra University,Agra, India
Ph.D. (Psycho Linguistic)
“A Linguistic study of speech development in early childhood.”
1974


• PRESENT POSITION :
EX PROFESSOR, Central Institute of Hindi, Agra (India)
• PRESENTLY ENGAGED in International Hindi Teaching Dept, Central Institute of Hindi, Agra covering the following topics:
- TEACHING OF HINDI AS FOREIGN LANGUAGE
- INDIAN CULTURE AND PHILOSOPHY
• - COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND HINDI



Worked in various centers of Central Institute of Hindi at Agra, Delhi, Hyderabad and Gauhati (India) for over 33 years from 1973 to 2006.
• Teaching Experience
• Teaching of Hindi as Foreign Language.
• Teaching of Hindi Language and Linguistics to Non-Hindi Speaking teachers in Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Karanataka, Goa, North East States-Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland in India.

• Teaching Hindi Remedial Language Lessons to Foreign students through Language Lab in Central Institute of Hindi, AGRA (India).
• Teaching Hindi in various Functional Courses such as Banking, Postal and Railways in Central Institute of Hindi, Hyderabad , Agra (India).
• Teaching Indian culture and philosophy to Foreign students and guidance in their short-term research paper to nearly 15 students at dept of Teaching of Hindi as Foreign Language, Central Hindi Institute, Agra.
• Training of Hindi Trainers in the Faculty Improvement Programmes in Language Technology at C.H.I. Agra.
PUBLICATIONS (BOOKS)
• Uccharan Abhyas Pustika (Remedial Pronunciation Lessons for teaching Hindi) published by Central Institute of Hindi, AGRA. (1977)
• Advanced English-Hindi Phrase Book (A Conversational Book English-Hindi for Foreigners) published by Central Institute of Hindi, AGRA. (1982)
• Vyakaran Siddhant aur Vyahar. Co-editor, Published by Central Institute of Hindi, Agra,(1983)
• MANOBHASHA VIKAS (A book on Psycho Linguistics dealing with Language Learning and Language Development) published by Central Institute of Hindi, AGRA.(1987)
• Vishwa Bhasha Hindi, Editor, published by Central Institute of Hindi, AGRA. (2001)
• SANCHAYAN(selected articles)CHI, AGRA ;2008
PUBLICATIONS

• A paper presented in SALA, 1985 at Japan on A PARAMETER SETTING PARADOX : Children’s acquisition of Hindi Anaphora. Co-author Barbara Lust, Tej Bhatia, James Gair, Vashini Sharma, Jyoti Khare.
and
• Paper published in a Special Issue PAPERS IN SOUTH ASIAN LINGUISTICS, Cornell Working papers in Linguistics, Fall 1980, No. 4, pp 107-132.
• Almost 10-12 papers published in various Research Journals on Child Language Learning, Special Education, Language Technology, Media Language and Teaching Hindi as a Foreign Language.

PAPERS PRESENTED IN NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL SEMINARS
• Papers presented nearly in 25 National/International seminars in Indian Universities and Institutions On Child language development, Special Education, Media Language and Teaching Hindi as a Second and Foreign language.
• Paper presented in 8 world Hindi Conference in New york 13-15 july 2007 on Status and the Possibilities of Web-courses for E-learning of Hindi.
• Paper on Urdu- Hindi :Lipya^taraN kee samasyaa , National seminar on Bhaarateeya bhaaShaao^ me^ arthagat samaanataa ,khs ,Hyderabad

RECENT SEMINAR PAPERS PUBLISHED

• -BHAKTIKAALEEN SAAHITYA:” RAHEEM” IN REFERNCE TO LITERTURE TEACHING TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
RAHEEM: AADHUNIK SANDARBH; SEMINAR/WORKSHOP; BOOKSERIES .NO.25
. C.I.H.Agra.2005
• FUNCTIONAL HINDI: NEW DIMENSION; GAVESHANA; 85-86/2005, C.H.I.; AGRA

UNPUBLISHED PAPER/Ppt presentation

• -HINDI TEACHING AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: IN REFERNCE TO LINGUA-CULTURE
Paper presented at Antarrashtriya Hindi Utsav. January 12 to14, 2007.
2.19th May 2008/ Monday/ 6:30 PM/ JJV Sahtitya Sangoshthi/ CASURINA HALL/ IHC
हिन्दी का भविष्य और भविष्य की हिन्दी
जयजयवंती साहित्य संगोष्ठी, दसवीं कड़ी

Re: CULTURE AND LEARNING HINDI FOR HERITAGE AND NON-HERITAGE LEARNERS

-Paper presented in Hindi Utsav by Aksharam ,2009; New Delhi

BhaaShik Sa^skriti ShikShaN : in reference to Heritage and Non –Heritage Learners

-Paper presented At Hindi Samay seminar at Mahatma Gandhi AntarraaShtreeya Vishwa vidyaalay :Wardha, 26-31,December;2009

Globalization and Hindi (भूमंडलीकरण और हिंदी )

WORKSHOPS
-TELIVSION SCRIPTING FOR LANGUAGE TEACHERS, CIEFL in 1991.
• VIDEO SCRIPT WRITING WORKSHOPS FOR HINDI TEACHING
- Lal Bahadur National Academy of Administration Mussorie,
- National Council for Education and Research Training, Delhi
- Central Institute of Hindi, Agra.
-Demo cum training session for the select group of Hindi users on Feb 4 at Gurgaon
Latest features of Windows Vista version By Puneet Raheja
Latest features of Windows Live By Vijayant Khatri
LIVING MEETING : a Virtual platform for e-learning By Abhishek Kant and his team
Microsoft Corporation (India) Pvt.Ltd.
March 25,2008 at MS Office,Nehru Place,New Delhi.


-THE FUTURE OF INDIAN LANGUAGES

Roundtable discussion at Conference Room 2, IIC (India International Centre), Max Mueller Marg, Lodi Estate, New Delhi at 6 pm, Saturday, 17 May, 2008.



PROJECTS COMPLETED

A survey project on ‘speech defects in children of Agra city’ by AIIMS in Dep’t. Of Pediatrics, S.N. Hospital, Agra in 1972-73.
First language acquisition data ollection for five years (145 children) in Agra and Hyderabad for a project by Barbara Lust, Cornell University on ‘Universal Grammar in South Asian Languages’ in 1977-82.
• Learning and Forgetting a second language. The acquisition and loss of Hindi -Urdu as a second language by English speaking children’, data elicitation for doctoral research project by Lynne Hansen, Brigham Young University, Hawaii Campus, Hawaii in 1980.
• ‘Computer Sansadhit Hindi Shikshan Evam Sarajanatmak Lekhan Shikshan’ – A CALT and script writing Project by IIT Delhi and CIH, Delhi 1988-89.
• ‘Anatarrashtriya Manak Hindi Pathyakram’ A project of International Hindi Teaching Syllabus, CIH, Agra, 2003.AS CO-ORDINATOR.2008-9

ON GOING PROJECTS
• Preparation of TEACHING MATERIAL (AUDIO/VIDEO CD) OF HINDI AS A FOREIGN LANGUAGE in the context of the syllabus formulated by Central Institute of Hindi for International Universities. as PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR
2005-6
• HINDI CORPORA: a project by C.H.I. Agra and C.I.I.L.Mysore; 2005-2007. AS PROJECT CO-ORDINATOR.
• Multimedia Hindi Teaching Lessons : For non - Heritage Hindi Learners by using
Bollywood Films and Songs .
• Multimedia Package: Indian cultural Heritage of India for International Students as supplement to their interest and syllabus.
LANGUAGES KNOWN
• PROFICIENT IN HINDI, ENGLISH AND TELUGU
• WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF MARATHI , URDU/DAKHANI HINDI AND SANSKRIT
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION

-Language Teaching (Hindi as a Foreign Language)
-Preparation of Language teaching material for Language teachers. (Audio/Visual and Multimedia Systems).
-Media Language and Communication using Bollywood films and songs
-Child Language development, Special Education, Psycholinguistics.




-E-Learning and Hindi Teaching

REFERENCES:
Prof. Tej.K. Bhatia, Syracuse University, U.S.A. : tkbhatia@syr.edu
Prof. B.Lakshmi Bai ,ex professor and head of dept.of Linguistics .Osmania University,Hyderabad and facuilty member Language Technology research lab,IIIT,Hyderabad,(A.P.) proflaksh@rediffmail.com ;lakshmih@iiit.net
Prof.Vimalesh Kanti Verma ,University of Delhi ,Delhi
vimleshkanti@hotmail.com


PERSONAL DETAILS
• Date of Birth: 20-11-1944
• SEX: FEMALE
• Place of Birth: Hyderabad (A.P.) INDIA
• Nationality: INDIAN
• MARITAL STASTUS: MARRIED
• Height: 4’ 10’’
• Weight: 57 kg
• Passport No. E3457478
• Date of Issue: 30-04-2003
• Place of Issue: Ghaziabad, U.P. (INDIA)
• Valid until: 29-04-2013