Centre of Indian Languages is a research oriented Centre of higher studies for promoting interdisciplinary approach to, and comparative perspective of literary studies. The Centre undertakes socially relevant and intellectually provoking research in various Indian languages. At present, the Centre has made certain innovations in teaching and research in Hindi and Urdu languages, literatures and their cultures. The Centre is perhaps the only Centre of its kind in India where not only common courses in Hindi and Urdu at M.A. level are being taught but also faculty and students are engaged in comparative and integrated research. The Centre of Indian Languages offers courses at M.A. level in History of language and literature, Indian and Western literary theories, literary texts and their aesthetic and sociological appreciations. The Centre also offers M.A. level optional courses in Urdu that may be termed as Mass Media Stream.

The Centre of Indian Languages has M.Phil programme in Hindi and Urdu leading to Ph.D. degree in the areas like literary historiography, classic and medieval literature, textual criticism, critical analysis of literary texts, woman and literature, dalit literature, culture & literature, and comparative literature and emerging literary trends.

The research programme in M.Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi Translation focuses on the theories of translation, study of tradition and history of Hindi Translation and comparative study of translation in India and foreign languages.

Courses of Study: Centre of Indian Languages offers M.A. (Hindi), M.A. (Urdu with Literature and Mass Media stream), M.Phil/Ph.D. in Hindi and Urdu and M.Phil/Ph.D.in Hindi Translation. Apart from service courses in Hindi and Urdu like Tool and Optional , two part-time courses namely Advanced Diploma in Mass Media in Urdu and Certificate of Proficiency in Urdu are also offered by the Centre.

M.A. in Hindi and M.A. in Urdu: Each programme is spread over four semesters. During this period a student is required to earn 64 credits.

M.Phil leading to Ph.D. programme in Hindi and Urdu & Hindi Translation: M.Phil/Ph.D. programme at the Centre consists of course work and a dissertation for M.Phil and a thesis for Ph.D.

Advanced DIploma (ADOP) in Mass Media in Urdu: This is part-time evening programme consisting of two semesters. Each semester has two courses. Courses that the Centre offers are Prose Styles, Script Writing for TV, Radio, Film and News Papers, Journalism, Translation and Editing / Vetting.

Certificate of Proficiency(COP) in Urdu: COP is part-time evening course consisting of two semesters. It is primarily meant for beginners. Contents of the courses are script, grammatical skills and basic vocabulary.

Optional & Tool courses in Hindi & Urdu: Centre offers service courses in Hindi and Urdu for the students of various Centres and Schools of the University. Optional courses spread over four semesters and each semester has two courses. This course is meant for those who have basic knowledge of the language and want to possess efficiency in language, literature and culture of the concerned language. Tool course is elementary language programme for the beginners. This course is spread over two semesters.

Short term courses for Foreign students: Centre offers short-term courses for foreign students. Duration of the course varies from six months to one year. The programme covers grammatical skills, language proficiency, knowledge of culture of respective language and literary appreciation.