{"id":49,"date":"2026-08-28T20:02:52","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nrlcpi.org\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-08-28T20:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T20:03:42","slug":"faculty","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nrlcpi.org\/index.php\/faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Northern Regional Language Centre (NRLC), Patiala, India<\/strong> is supported by a multidisciplinary academic team committed to excellence in <strong>language teaching, linguistics, literature, translation, cultural studies, language pedagogy and emerging language technologies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty members contribute to classroom teaching, curriculum development, research, student mentoring, seminars, workshops, publications and cultural activities. The Centre encourages an academic environment in which traditional language scholarship is combined with contemporary approaches to multilingual education and digital learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Leadership<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty members work collaboratively to support the Centre&#8217;s academic programmes and provide students with an engaging learning environment. Their academic responsibilities include <strong>teaching, assessment, mentoring, research, curriculum development and academic outreach<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The faculty represents diverse areas of specialisation, enabling students to engage with languages from linguistic, literary, cultural, pedagogical and technological perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Punjabi Language &amp; Linguistics Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Faculty Member<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Qualification<\/th><th>Area of Specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Dr. Harjit Singh<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Punjabi Linguistics &amp; Grammar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Dr. Manpreet Kaur<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Punjabi Literature &amp; Literary Criticism<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>Dr. Gurpreet Singh<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Applied Linguistics &amp; Phonetics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Dr. Navdeep Kaur<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Modern Punjabi Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Dr. Jaswinder Singh<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Punjabi Language Teaching<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Dr. Rupinder Kaur<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Punjabi Grammar &amp; Communication<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Dr. Amritpal Singh<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Sociolinguistics &amp; Dialectology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Dr. Simranjit Kaur<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Punjabi Poetry &amp; Cultural Studies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Dr. Kamaljit Singh<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Translation &amp; Comparative Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>Dr. Ramanpreet Kaur<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Computational Linguistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Dr. Sukhdeep Singh<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Punjabi<\/td><td>Folklore &amp; Oral Traditions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>Ms. Navjot Kaur<\/td><td>Language Instructor<\/td><td>M.A., M.Phil. Punjabi<\/td><td>Spoken Punjabi &amp; Gurmukhi<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Urdu Language &amp; Literature Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Faculty Member<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Qualification<\/th><th>Area of Specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>13<\/td><td>Prof. Aamir Hussain<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Urdu Language &amp; Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>Dr. Farah Naqvi<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Urdu Poetry &amp; Literary Criticism<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>Dr. Imran Ahmad<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Urdu Linguistics &amp; Grammar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>Dr. Sana Parveen<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Modern Urdu Prose<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>Dr. Shahid Ali<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Translation Studies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>Dr. Nida Khan<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Urdu<\/td><td>Urdu Language Pedagogy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>Mr. Faizan Ahmed<\/td><td>Language Instructor<\/td><td>M.A., NET Urdu<\/td><td>Spoken &amp; Written Urdu<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Ms. Hina Fatima<\/td><td>Language Instructor<\/td><td>M.A. Urdu<\/td><td>Urdu Script &amp; Communication<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kashmiri Language &amp; Literature Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Faculty Member<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Qualification<\/th><th>Area of Specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>21<\/td><td>Prof. Tariq Ahmad Bhat<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Kashmiri<\/td><td>Kashmiri Language &amp; Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>Dr. Shazia Rashid<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Kashmiri<\/td><td>Kashmiri Linguistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>Dr. Irfan Ahmad Dar<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Kashmiri<\/td><td>Kashmiri Literature &amp; Folklore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24<\/td><td>Dr. Mehvish Jan<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Kashmiri<\/td><td>Language Teaching &amp; Communication<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25<\/td><td>Dr. Aadil Bashir<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Phonetics &amp; Sociolinguistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>26<\/td><td>Ms. Insha Farooq<\/td><td>Language Instructor<\/td><td>M.A. Kashmiri<\/td><td>Spoken Kashmiri &amp; Language Practice<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dogri Language &amp; Literature Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Faculty Member<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Qualification<\/th><th>Area of Specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>27<\/td><td>Prof. Rajesh Sharma<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Dogri<\/td><td>Dogri Language &amp; Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28<\/td><td>Dr. Meenakshi Jamwal<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Dogri<\/td><td>Dogri Poetry &amp; Cultural Studies<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>29<\/td><td>Dr. Sunil Kumar<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Dogri Linguistics &amp; Grammar<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30<\/td><td>Dr. Neha Khajuria<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Dogri<\/td><td>Modern Dogri Literature<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31<\/td><td>Dr. Vikram Singh<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Dogri<\/td><td>Folklore &amp; Translation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>32<\/td><td>Ms. Priya Sharma<\/td><td>Language Instructor<\/td><td>M.A., NET Dogri<\/td><td>Spoken Dogri &amp; Communication<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Linguistics, Translation &amp; Language Technology Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>No.<\/th><th>Faculty Member<\/th><th>Designation<\/th><th>Qualification<\/th><th>Area of Specialisation<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>33<\/td><td>Prof. Arun Kumar<\/td><td>Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>General &amp; Applied Linguistics<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>34<\/td><td>Dr. Kavita Sharma<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Phonetics &amp; Phonology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>35<\/td><td>Dr. Deepak Verma<\/td><td>Associate Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Sociolinguistics &amp; Multilingualism<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>36<\/td><td>Dr. Anjali Mehta<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Translation Studies<\/td><td>Translation &amp; Interpretation<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>37<\/td><td>Dr. Rohit Kumar<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Computational Linguistics<\/td><td>NLP &amp; Language Technology<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>38<\/td><td>Dr. Priyanka Arora<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Linguistics<\/td><td>Language Pedagogy &amp; Assessment<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>39<\/td><td>Dr. Akash Malhotra<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Computational Linguistics<\/td><td>Corpus Linguistics &amp; Digital Humanities<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>40<\/td><td>Dr. Ritu Sharma<\/td><td>Assistant Professor<\/td><td>Ph.D. Education<\/td><td>Educational Technology &amp; Language Learning<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Faculty Areas of Expertise<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>The multidisciplinary expertise of the faculty supports teaching and research across a broad range of areas, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Indian Languages \u2022 Linguistics \u2022 Applied Linguistics \u2022 Literature \u2022 Translation Studies \u2022 Lexicography \u2022 Phonetics \u2022 Sociolinguistics \u2022 Language Pedagogy \u2022 Multilingualism \u2022 Cultural Studies \u2022 Folklore \u2022 Computational Linguistics \u2022 Corpus Linguistics \u2022 Natural Language Processing \u2022 Digital Humanities \u2022 Artificial Intelligence in Language Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching &amp; Student Mentoring<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty members play an important role in developing students&#8217; proficiency in the four fundamental language skills:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Listening \u2022 Speaking \u2022 Reading \u2022 Writing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alongside classroom instruction, faculty members may guide students through conversation practice, assignments, presentations, library work, research activities, educational visits and cultural programmes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student mentoring is intended to encourage <strong>independent learning, academic confidence, communication skills and intercultural understanding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research &amp; Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Research forms an important component of faculty academic engagement. Faculty members are encouraged to contribute through <strong>research papers, books, book chapters, translations, dictionaries, teaching materials, conference presentations and digital language resources<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research interests may extend from traditional language and literary studies to contemporary areas such as computational linguistics, digital lexicography, machine translation and Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seminars &amp; Academic Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Faculty members contribute actively to the organisation and delivery of:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Seminars \u2022 Workshops \u2022 Conferences \u2022 Expert Lectures \u2022 Training Programmes \u2022 Literary Activities \u2022 Cultural Programmes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Such activities provide opportunities for students to interact with scholars and explore developments beyond the regular curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Faculty The Northern Regional Language Centre (NRLC), Patiala, India is supported by a multidisciplinary academic team committed to excellence in language teaching, linguistics, literature, translation, cultural studies, language pedagogy and emerging language technologies. 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