Dr. Krishna Kumar Pandey is Assistant Professor of Linguistics at the Central Institute of Hindi, Agra. Additionally, he holds the position of Regional Director at the Central Institute of Hindi’s regional center in Shillong, Meghalaya.
In 2020, Dr. Pandey completed his Ph.D. in linguistics at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. His doctoral research focused on the area of second language acquisition, orthography, spelling errors, and the culture of learning. He obtained his master’s in linguistics from the Department of Linguistics at Banaras Hindu University (BHU). In 2012, Dr. Pandey received the BHU prize for securing the first rank in his bachelor’s in linguistics at BHU. He has published research papers that explore topics such as the culture of learning, the role of English as a second language in India, and the nature and identity of the Devanagari script. Furthermore, he has written articles on language, culture, and identity, which have been published on reputed news platforms.
As a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant, Dr. Pandey is teaching Hindi at the University of Michigan. In this role, he is contributing to the global prominence and growth of Indian languages, particularly Hindi. He intends to integrate the valuable teaching and learning experiences gained from this program into his pedagogical practices upon returning to India. In addition to providing an exceptional platform for teaching and learning, Dr. Pandey views the Fulbright FLTA program as a remarkable opportunity for fostering intercultural exchange.