Section 4
Objects of the University.
The Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Act, 1996
About this Act
An Act to establish and incorporate a teaching University for the promotion and development of Hindi language and literature, through teaching and research, with a view to enabling Hindi to achieve greater functional efficiency and recognition as a major international language and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The objects of the University shall be to promote and develop Hindi
language and literature in general and, for that purpose, to provide for instructional and research facilities
in the relevant branches of learning; to provide for active pursuit of comparative studies and research in
Hindi and other Indian languages; to create facilities for development and dissemination of relevant
information in the country and abroad; to offer programmes of Research, Education and Training in areas
like translation, interpretation and linguistics for improving the functional effectiveness of Hindi; to reach
out to Hindi scholars and groups interested in Hindi abroad and to associate them in teaching and research
and to popularize Hindi through distance education system.