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Dr. Mahesh Kumar
Discipline: Official Language Hindi Designation: Senior Technical Officer (OL) | At IIMR Since: 2006
Email: hindi@millets.res.in; | Mobile:09441352771
Phone(O): +91-40-24599342 | Fax :- +91-40-24599304
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. (Hindi Literature) M Phil (Official Language Hindi) MA (Hindi)
Work Experience:
- Hindi Implementation i.e. organization of Hindi Workshop, Hindi Training, OLIC meetings, Other Hindi Programme, etc. at IIMR, Hyderabad
- Hindi Translation of Scientific, Technical & Administrative texts i.e. Annual Reports, Research & Popular Articles and other Reports etc.
- Editing & Proof reading of Kadann Saurabh (An in-house Hindi Journal).
- Press coverage of Institute Activities in Local Hindi News Papers.
- Supervision of IIMR Sale Counter Activities.
Conference/Seminar/training Attended:
- Competency Enhancement Programme for Technical Officers of ICAR Institutes during 06-15 October, 2015 at NAARM, Hyderabad.
- A symposium on Scientific writing in Hindi & Administrative Terminology during 21-22 July, 2009 at CRIDA, Hyderabad.
- Training Programme on Administrative and Technical Terminology during 26-27 April, 2007 & 01.02 November, 2011 at NPPTI & CRIDA, Hyderabad.
- TOLIC meetings at Chennai & Hyderabad.
- Five days Refresher Translation training during 3-7 Oct, 2005 at CTB, New Delhi.
- Three Months Translation training during Oct-Dec, 2002 at CTB, Bangalore.
Major contributions
- Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi awarded First Prize under Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Hindi Patrika Puraskar Yojana (2015-16) to KADANN SAURABH Vol 6 an in-house annual Hindi journal of ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad
- First Prize to Jowar Saurabh vol.1 by TOLIC-Hyderabad-Secunderabad (NIRD)
- First Prize to Jowar Saurabh vol.3 by TOLIC-Hyderabad-Secunderabad (CRIDA)
- Third Prize to Jowar Saurabh vol.3 by ICAR, New Delhi
Awards and recognitions
- Silver Medal in Translation Training Examination held by Central Translation Bureau, Bangalore.
- Punctual Technical Award by DSR, Hyderabad for the year 2009.
Publications / Books
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Mahesh Kumar
Last Updated on 19th December 2017