Research in Hindi needs to use more tech tools, feel scholars.

This emerged on Thursday during a daylong seminar hosted by the Hindi department of Graduate School College for Women on the theme ' Research in Hindi: present scenario and challenges'.

Delegates from across colleges discussed problems faced by scholars and institutions during research before an appreciative audience of undergraduate students from the host college.

Mudita Chandra, head of the department of Jamshedpur Women's College, was the chief guest on the occasion. Jayant Prasad Singh, faculty member of Jamshedpur Co-operative College, was the guest of honour.

"Hindi, being the official language of India, is currently recognised globally. Extensive research work on the language by scholars will further enlighten students. It is well-known that science requires rigorous study, but the the importance of research work for the development of Hindi is also essential," said Usha Shukla, principal of Graduate School College for Women.

According to professors present at the seminar, Hindi has evolved over the past thousand years and is currently one of the most recognised language across the world.

But, the language also needs to be publicised over the Internet in a wired world.

"Unicode, a computer programming, has enabled us to read and write in Hindi over the Internet, but Hindi text processing and retrieval are some major issues which needs due attention. The seminar also enlightened us on the importance of promoting Hindi language," said Sharmila Kumari, a Hindi student of the Graduate School College for Women.

"Students should have the freedom to choose their subject of research," observed professor Singh.

Principal of the host college Shukla said the college planned to organise more such seminars not only to promote research work in languages but also to motivate students to undertake research on various languages.