Mahitosh Nandy Mahavidyalaya

About Department:

Arabic is one of the most significant languages in the modern world, it is one of the world's five most widely spoken languages, with official status in 27countries. It is spoken by more than 500 million people across the globe. It also holds the distinction of being one of the six official languages of the United Nations since 1973. UNESCO declared 18th December the World Arabic Language Day in 2012 to celebrate its cultural richness and global significance. Beyond its linguistic prominence, Arabic holds profound cultural and religious significance as the liturgical language for approximately 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide.It is the liturgical language in many churches in the Arab world. Also, a significant part of the Jewish cultural and religious heritage was written in Arabic.

India with many types of diversities has been a notable hub for the growth and development of the Arabic language, Trade relation between Arabia and the Indian subcontinent dates back to ancient times even before the rise of Islam. West Bengal is one of the leading states of India where Arabic is widely integrated into educational curricula from schools to universities.

Department of Arabic at this collegeexisted since the very beginning of this college in 2007 as B.A. General. The University of Calcutta approved B.A. Honours in the academic session 2012-2013.Since then this college became a centre of Arabic learning for the students of surrounding areas. Even students from different districts come here to study Arabic. The college is proud to have the department here as only in Hooghly district. The Arabic Curriculum focuses mainly on learning of Arabic language, grammar, translation, literature,literary trends,modern Arab world, rhetoric, prosody, criticism, Philology and research methodology.It gives special focus on skill development too through Skill Enhancement Course. For smooth transaction of the curriculum, the department has two UGC Assistant Professors on substantive posts. There are three State Aided College Teacher (SACT) also. The intake capacity of the Arabic department as follows.

Since the very beginning of the department, it succeeded in producing good students. They score good marks in the examinations. Many students graduated with 1st class from this department. The Department actively fosters student engagement in academic and cultural activities i.e seminars, webinars, special talks, wall magazine, educatinal tour etc. within the college and beyond. The department also provides 'Ameen Memorial Award' to the student who scores the highest marks in the final year Arabic Honours examination since the session 2022-2023. The department strives to continue good performance and reach the academic excellence in the future.