The Language Programme was established in the early years of IIT Kanpur and acquired a more formal structure during the 1970s. For more than 50 years now, our wide variety of language courses have been helping students widen their intellectual horizons and get better integrated within an international working environment. The programme is organized by the Centre for Continuing Education of IIT Kanpur.
Germany, positioned at the heart of Europe, is a confluence of science, art and philosophy. Additionally, the Germans are known for their discipline, punctuality and precision. Germany has always been known for its engineering precision and technological wizardry. Benz, BMW, Bosch, Daimler, Siemens and many more have made Germany the largest economy in all of Europe. In today’s socio-political landscape, Germany is proving to be a major stabilizing force; with a sensitive heart towards humanitarian and environmental causes.
About 33% population of the European Union speaks German, including countries like Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, Liechtenstein and Luxembourg, where it is the official language.
It is therefore not surprising that the German language is one of the most fervently taught languages in the world today. Although misconstrued as a tough and hard-to-pronounce language, it is in fact a rather melodious one, with clear and strong intonations.
The Germans are proud about their language and are very particular about the pronunciation. There are many dialects, but we will learn Hochdeutsch
or standard German, which helps one to watch German films, listen to German Music or podcasts, converse with native speaker.
You will learn the basics of the language along with songs, short films, group activities etc. Some interesting facts about Germany, Switzerland and Austria makes the learning enjoyable.
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FRENCH is spoken in many countries - not just in France! It is the official language in Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, Seychelles, Morocco, Ivory Coast - to name just a few. In fact, it is the only language spoken on all five continents.
The French are very proud of their language and will immediately warm to you if you speak it - even if you make a few mistakes. Since there are no hard consonants in the French language, it is easy on the ear. It is a language of precision and musicality.
At IIT Kanpur, we have a small French library which houses books, magazines, comics (yes, you can read Tintin
and Asterix
in French !) and CDs.
Our aim is to teach you how to read, write and speak French. It is a language that will open up a host of opportunities - in the tourism industry, hotel management, airlines, international banks, Indo-French collaborations, teaching..... It will help you enjoy French literature and cinema, understand research papers in Mathematics.
Come, discover this language. It will help you relax and have fun, make you multilingual and throw open many doors for you.
Teaches Level 1 & 2
Teaching Level 1 since 1987 and Level 2 since 2009.
M. A in French from University of Bombay and Diplôme de Langue from l'Alliance Française de Bombay. Has taught French language at Jai Hind College, Mumbai and French language and literature at Elphinstone College, Mumbai.
Email: shubha@iitk.ac.in
Teaches Level 1 since 2018
Master Sciences de l'Homme et Humanites,Universite de Perpignan via Domitia,Perpignan, France.
M.A. in French from Madurai Kamaraj University.
Email: lekhar@iitk.ac.in
Teaches Level 1 & 2
Teaching Level 1 since 2011 & Level 2 since 2012.
Language course from Volkshochschule, Stuttgart, Germany and Goethe Institut, (Max Mueller Bhavan)Pune, India.
Teacher's Training done from Goethe Institute, Pune, India.
Email: deepaa@iitk.ac.in
Teaches Level 1 & Level 2
Teaching Level 1 since 2013 and Level 2 since 2018
Language course from Sprachenakademie, Aachen, Germany.
Email: neelamp@iitk.ac.in
Teaches Level 1 & 2
Teaching L1 since 1995 and L2 since 2010.
Two year intensive course in Basic and Intermediate Japanese at the University of Tokyo.
Language Proficiency certification from The Japan Foundation.
Teachers' training program, from The Japan Foundation, Urawa, Japan.
Email: vatsalam@iitk.ac.in
Admission will be done purely on FIRST COME FIRST SERVED BASIS THROUGH ONLINE as per the following schedule. The list of selected candidates will be posted on the website
Note: -The fees once paid will not be refunded under any circumstances.
Final certificate will be issued only to the finally passed candidates.
| Start date of submission online application form: | 5:00 PM 1 July 2021 (Thursday) |
| Last date for submission online application form: | 2:00 PM July 15, 2021 (Thursday) |
| Declaration of First admission list of provisionally selected candidates: | 5:00 pm, July 16, 2021 (Friday) |
| Date of submission of Fees through online SBI-I Collect: | 5: 00 PM July 16, 2021 (Friday) to 5:00 PM, July 20, 2021 (Tuesday) |
| Declaration of Admissions from Waiting List: | 5:00 pm July 22, 2021 (Thursday) |
| Date of submission of Fees through online SBI-I Collect:(only wait-listed students) | 5:00 PM July 22, 2021 (Thursday) to 5:00 PM, July 27, 2021 (Tuesday) |
| List of final Selected candidates will be published on FLP, IIT Kanpur webpage: | 5:00 pm July 28, 2021 (Wednesday) |
What our students say about the program.
Today I feel that I have secured my life in terms of finances and fame and I am known throughout the city of Kanpur from small to big institutions - this is just because of learning French from IIT Kanpur in 2009. I can never never forget what the course has given me.
Learning French from IIT Kanpur has changed my life completely. It has groomed my personality, made me feel confident, it makes me feel different from others and I am a well-respected teacher of French in one of the oldest schools in Kanpur.
Words cannot express what the French language has done for me.
Arpita Murkhe
French teacher
Methodist High School, Kanpur
I was a student at IITK in the 5-year Integrated Masters program in Mathematics from 2001-2006, and took the French language course during the 2004-5 academic year. At the time, I had taken the class out of a fondness for movies of “La Nouvelle Vague”, and how lyrical the language sounded. That year of wonderfully-taught classes helped me deepen that appreciation— and when I finally had a chance to visit Paris in 2011, memories of those classes kept surfacing. At last, I saw the sights and tasted the food and was immersed in a culture that I had previously glimpsed through the books and tapes and stories heard in the French class! Indeed, that introduction to the language and region during my Kanpur days has come back to me in all my subsequent visits to France - it has always been thrilling to converse with someone there, when our only common language was French. After all, it is only during such travel that one realizes that there are large parts of the world where English is rarely spoken, or even understood. And it is only when one has gone through a course like I did, that one understands that there is so much more to a language than what a mere translation would yield (and what a Google app might offer). I consider myself lucky for having signed up for the course, and would always be grateful for this additional lens with which I can view the world and its diverse people.
Subhojoy Gupta
Faculty, IISc, Bangalore
I have learned German in 2015 and 2016 both the two levels. This program in IIT helped me in making my career in German language as I got in love with this language and this interesting 1 hour class made my mind to learn this language further and my teacher helped me a lot in learning this language further from MMB Pune.and because of that I am working in a well known organization .I think IIT Kanpur should continue this program as this help many people building there careers.
Vartika Gupta
In case of any query related to registration please contact the following persons.
Centre for Continuing Education
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur – 208 016, INDIA
Phone: +91-512-679-7795
Email: vinayku@iitk.ac.in, flp@iitk.ac.in
Centre for Continuing Education
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Kanpur – 208 016, INDIA
Phone: +91-512-679-7795
Email: yogs@iitk.ac.in