India, Oct. 7 -- More than a decade after its establishment with the vision of promoting the Hindi language, the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University in Bhopal is facing an alarming decline in student enrollments. For the 2025-26 academic session, not a single student has taken admission in 18 of its courses, while only four students have enrolled in the MA Hindi programme - the very discipline that defines the institution's identity.
Founded in 2011 at Sukhi Sevaniya on the outskirts of Bhopal, the university was conceived as a specialised centre for higher education in Hindi.
However, despite its stated objective, the number of students opting for Hindi programmes has been steadily shrinking. In the current session, just 174 students h...