PANKAJ DWIVEDI Back


  Address
  Current Positions
  Work experience
  Education
  Supervision of Dissertations / Language Technology software
  Seminar/Conference/Workshops/Summer Schools
  UG/PG Courses Taught
  Publications
  Lectures/Talks
  Conference Presentations
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  Address
Dr.Pankaj Dwivedi
( PhD, EPGM, MA, BSc. )

L-JRO ( Group ‘A’ Gazetted )
Room no. 217, First Floor,
Central Institute of Indian Languages
(MoE, Dept.of Higher Education, Govt. of India),
Manasagangotri, MYSORE-570 006,
KARNATAKA, INDIA.

E.mail  : pankaj.linguistics@gmail.com (personal), headnts@gmail.com (office)

Office  : +91-821-2345018
 
 Current Positions
  • Officer In-Charge, National Testing Service – India, CIIL, Mysore.
  • Officer In Charge, Educational Technology Unit, CIIL, Mysore.
  • Principal i/c, Urdu Teaching and Research Centre, Lucknow, Gomati Nagar, Uttar Pradesh.
  • Overall In-Charge, Rajbhasha scheme, CIIL, Mysore.
  • Overall In-Charge, Hindi Teaching Scheme (CIIL, Mysore) of Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi, GOI.
  • Secretary, Town Official Language Implementation Committee (Hindi), Mysore District.
 Work experience
  • Working as L-JRO in Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from February 2016 onward.
  • Worked as an Asst. Prof. at Department of Computational Linguistics in Mahatma Gandhi International Hindi University, Wardha, Maharashtra-India from August 2014 onwards to April 2015.
  • Worked as a Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab from August 2011 till February 2016.
  • Worked as an Assistant Professor (Professional Communication and Linguistics) at Dept. of Applied Sciences & Humanities in GLA University, Mathura (U.P.) from September 2009 to June 2011.
 Education
  • Executive Programme in General Managementa from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta(IIMC) in 2021.
  • PhD in Linguistics in 2019 from Indian Institute of Technology Ropar(IIT), Punjab, India (CGPA 9.75/10).
    (Dissertation : Phonology and Sociolinguistics of Kanauji)
  • M.A. in Linguistics in 2009 from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India (Gold Medalist).
    (Dissertation : Attention and Language Processing in Mind)
  • University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Linguistics (UGC-NET) in June 2009.
  • B. Sc. (Chemistry and Mathematics) in 2006 from CSJM University, Kanpur, India.
  • Diploma in Chinese Language in 2008 from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.

Online courses and Certificates

 Supervision of Dissertations / Language Technology software
  • Coordinator for 12 weeks of Basic Online Course for Kannada Language ( to be hosted on SWAYAM).
  • Contributed resources in 2019-20 on Basic Linguistic Information on Kanauji to Numeral Systems of the World's Languages Project. https://mpi-lingweb.shh.mpg.de/numeral/Kanauji.htm
  • Created a time aligned speech database for Kanauji.
  • Supervised development of Marathi Verb Generator by KiranKhanderav (MA dissertation +software).
  • Supervised development of E-learning and MOOCs by RakeshRanjan (MA dissertation and E-learning platform).
  • Supervised development of Devanagri to IPA converter ( MA dissertation + software) by VishwanathSarvey (Selected for presentation in FESTIVAL OF INNOVATION from 12th – 18th March, 2016 at RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN, NEW DELHI).
  • Co-supervised development of Automatic Generation of Question Papers for Engineering Students (BE in CSE final year project + software) by Tapan Shankar R, Meghana B, Sushaini H, Sudeep B R.
    Project titled “Revisiting Automatic Question Paper Generation Systems”guided by as co-supervisor for Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering got selected in 42nd Series - Seminar and Exhibition of Student Project Programme by KARNATAKA STATE COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY and INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, BENGALURU http://www.kscst.iisc.ernet.in/spp/42_series/SPP42S/01_Seminar_Projects/70_42S_BE_0891.pdf.
  • Co-supervised development of English to Indian Sign Language Converter (BE in CSE final year project + software) by Sri Lakshmi Abhijna Venkata Rao, Vinay Nayar, Yash Ponanna, and Asha M R.
  • Co-supervised development of Prediction model for Endangered Languages of India (BE final year project + software) by Shreyas Mathews Sudipta Majumder, Madhumathi R, Vasundhara M R
  Seminar/Conference/Workshops/Summer Schools/BootCamps/Training Programmes (Organized)

    2020

  1. Conducted an Online workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Urdu from 13th October 2020 to 17th October 2020.
  2. Conducted an Online workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Kannada from 5th October 2020 to 9th October 2020.
  3. Conducted an Online workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Telugu from 14th September 2020 to 18th September 2020.
  4. Conducted an Online workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Hindi from 7th September 2020 to 11th September 2020.
  5. Conducted an Online workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing in Hindi from 5th August 2020 to 9th August 2020.
  6. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing for Urdu at NTS-I, CIIL from 24 to 28 Feb 2020
  7. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing for Urdu Teachers/Assistant Professors/ Lecturers/Research scholars of South India at NTS-I, CIIL from 2nd to 6th March 2020.
  8. 2019

  9. Coordinated BROCAS2019: Bridging Research On Cognition And Speech (BROCAS)’ from 13-14 December 2019.
  10. Organized a 6-day BootCamp on Theoretical and Experimental Phonology at Educational Technology Unit, CIIL Mysore from 22-27th July 2019.
  11. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing for Telugu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 21-25th Jan'19.
  12. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing for Urdu Asst. Prof.& Research Scholars at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 04- 08th Feb'19.
  13. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing for Urdu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 11-15th Mar'19.
  14. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing for Tamil at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 17-21st June 2019.
  15. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Kannada to Asst. Prof. of South India at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 17-21st June 2019.
  16. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Hindi for Assistant Professors/Lecturers/Teachers of South India at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 24th to 28th June, 2019.
  17. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Urdu for Assistant Professors/Lecturers/Teachers of South India at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 24th to 28th June, 2019.
  18. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Telugu for High School Teachers/Assistant Professors/College Lecturers/Research scholars of South India at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 26th to 30th August, 2019.
  19. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Tamil for Hr. sec/PUC Teachers/Assistant Professors/ Lecturers/Research scholars of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 16th to 20th Dec 2019.
  20. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Kannada for Hr. sec/PUC Teachers/Assistant Professors/ Lecturers/Research scholars of Karnataka at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 16th to 20th Dec 2019.
  21. 2018

  22. Coordinated HLS24: 24th Himalayan Languages Symposium with Department of Linguistics, University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India, June 8-10, 2018.
  23. Coordinated BROCAS2018 : Bridging Research On Cognition And Speech (BROCAS)’ from 17-18 February 2018 held at IIT Ropar, Punjab.
  24. Workshop cum Training Program on T & E and I/W for Asst. Prof. of Karnataka– Kannada at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 1-5th January 2018.
  25. Workshop cum Training Program Testing & Evaluation and item writing in – Tamil at IITS, Chennai from 29th January to 2nd February 2018.
  26. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Hindi for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India at NTS -I, CIIL, 12-16th February 2018.
  27. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Tamil for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India – Tamil at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore, 12-16th February 2018.
  28. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Urdu for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India – Urdu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore, 12-16th February 2018.
  29. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Urdu for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India – Urdu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore, 19-23rd March 2018.
  30. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Hindi for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India – Hindi at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore, From 26-30TH March 2018.
  31. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Tamil for Asst. professors & Research Scholars of South India – Tamil at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore, From 26-30TH March 2018.
  32. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation & Item Writing in Kannada for Doctoral & Post Doctoral Research Scholars of Karnataka at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysuru from 23rd to 28th April 2018.
  33. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation & Item Writing in Hindi for Research Scholars - National Level at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysuru from 21st to 25th May 2018.
  34. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation & Item Writing in Tamil for Assistant Professors of Tamil at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysuru from 4th to 8th June 2018.
  35. Workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and question item preparation in Urdu for PUC & Degree level teachers of South India at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysuru from 23rd to 27th July 2018.
  36. Workshop cum Training Programme on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Kannada for R/S of Karnataka at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 27th to 31st Aug. 2018.
  37. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and item writing in Tamil for Asst. Professors of Karaikudi region at Ananda College, Devakkottai, Karaikudi from 24th to 28th Sept 2018.
  38. Training cum workshop on Testing & evaluation for Research scholars & Asst professors of Hindi - All India Level at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 12-16th Nov'18.
  39. 2017

  40. Organized a 6-day Advanced Workshop cum Training Programme on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology at Educational Technology Unit, CIIL Mysore from 25th to 30th September 2017.
  41. Organized a National Conference on “Current Trends in Testing & Evaluation” CIIL, Mysore on 26-27th October 2017.
  42. Coordinated International Conference on Language culture and Society from November 10-12, 2017 at GLA University, Mathura.
  43. Training cum workshop on Testing & evaluation for sec. & Higher sec. school teachers of RIE, Mysore at NTS-I, CIIL Mysore from 4-6th January 2017.
  44. Training cum workshop on Testing & evaluation and Question item preparation-Urdu From 23- 28th January 2017 at NTS, CIIL, Mysore.
  45. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation & Item Writing – Tamil (Phase II) at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 27-3rd March 2017.
  46. Workshop on Testing & Evaluation & Item Writing in Kannada for Research Scholars, Lecturers & Guest Lecturers at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 24th to 28th April 2017.
  47. Workshop cum Training Program on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing - Tamil at St. Xavier's College, Palayamkottai from 5-9th June 2017.
  48. Workshop cum Training Program on T & E and I/W for Teachers, Lecturers, Asst. Prof. R/S – Telugu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 3-8th July 2017.
  49. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing - Hindi at UTRC, Lucknow from 17-21st July 2017.
  50. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing - Urdu at UTRC, Lucknow from 17-21st July 2017.
  51. Training cum Workshop on Training cum workshop on Testing & evaluation for Tribal Teachers of High/Higher secondary schools of TN " at TN Tribal Research Centre, Ooty, Tamil Nadu Tribal Research Centre, Ooty from 28-30th July 2017.
  52. Training cum W/S on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing for the languages of North East from 19th to 23rd September 2017 at NEHU, Shillong.
  53. Training cum WS on Statistical Methods to Linguists & Educationists at NTS from 9-11th October 2017.
  54. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing in Urdu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 13-17th November 2017.
  55. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing - Hindi at UTRC, Lucknow from 26-30th December 2017.
  56. Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Item Writing - Urdu from UTRC, Lucknow from 26-30th December 2017.
  57. 2016

  58. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation and Question Item Writing for Kannada & Telugu at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 23-29th May’16.
  59. Organized a National Seminar on “The Role of Evaluation in Quality Maintenance in Teaching Indian Languages with special reference to Hindi” from NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 30th – 31st May’16.
  60. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation, and Question Item Writing for Kannada & Telugu – Phase II at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 11th – 16th July’16
  61. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation, and Question Item Writing for Hindi at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 17th – 22nd October 2016
  62. Organized a National Seminar on Teaching & Testing of Didactic Literature in Tamil NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 25th – 26th October 2016.
  63. Conducted Training cum Workshop on Testing & Evaluation, and Question Item Writing for Tamil at NTS-I, CIIL, Mysore from 12th – 17th December 2016.

 UG / PG Courses Taught
  • Technical Writing, Professional Communication, Business Communication, Spoken English, Introduction to English Phonetics and Phonology, Natural Language Processing, Introduction to Language and Linguistics, Speech Processing, Introduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology, Fundamental of Linguistics, Laboratory Phonology, Corpus Linguistics and Professional Communication
  Publications

    Papers/Chapters/Full Proceedings

  1. Dwivedi, P. and co-authors, (2020, 1-3 July) Predicting Language Endangerment: A Machine Learning Approach. In The 11th International Conference on Computing, communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT). IIT Kharagpur. IEEE Explore. (Accepted and Presented) Proceeding with DOI from IEEE Explore is in process.
  2. Dwivedi, Pankaj and co-authors (2020) Designing an Adaptive Question Bank, Question Paper Generation and Automatic Retrieval Management System. In Chiplunkar N. and Fukao T. (Ed.)" Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering: Select Proceedings of AIDE 2019". Springer Singapore. (Forthcoming in June 2020, ISBN: 978-981-15-3513-0) doi 10.1007/978-981-15-3514-7. https://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811535130#aboutAuthors
  3. Jha, A. K., Singh, P. P., & Dwivedi, P. (2019, July). Maithili Text-to-Speech System. In 2019 IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT) (pp. 1-6). IEEE. DOI: 10.1109/CONECCT47791.2019.9012903
  4. Dwivedi, Pankaj, and Kar, Somdev (2018). Phonology of Kanauji. In G. Sharma (Ed), Advances in Hindi Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics (pp. 189-220). Munich: Lincom Europa.
  5. Pankaj Dwivedi & 3 co-authors (2017). How to deal with students from diverse backgrounds. In Smith, R.; Podwad, A. & Bullock, D. (Ed.). ISBN 978-0-86355-884-9, British Council, UK.
  6. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2017). A module on Morphophonemics: In Mukharji, T. and Tondon, N. (Ed) Introduction to Linguistics and Phonetics. Subject English EPG, Pathshala, UGC, MHRD, New Delhi.http://epgp.inflibnet.ac.in/view_search.php?&category=19568&ft=et
  7. Dwivedi, Pankaj and Kar, Somdev (2017). On Documenting Low Resourced Indian Languages: Insights from Kanauji Speech Corpus. Dialectologia, 19, 67-91.
  8. Dwivedi, Pankaj and Kar, Somdev (2016). Kannauji of Kanpur: A brief overview. Acta Linguistica Asiatica, 6(1): http://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/ala/article/view/4535
  9. Asija, S & Dwivedi, P. (2015). Effective communication the Classroom. In V.K. Yadav (Ed.) Elements of teaching and learning. ISBN: 9789351072867. India: Elsevier
  10. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2012) Swami Vivekananda on Language. Pabuddha Bharat: Swami Vivekananda and World Culture. Vol. 118, No.1, pp.109-117, ISSN 0032-6178.
  11. Edited Books/Glossaries

  12. Fernandez, PRD and Dwivedi, P. (eds.) (2020). General Aspects of Language Conceptual Explanations in Kannada. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. ISBN:- 978-81-947955-3-7
  13. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2016) CONCEPT BASED CONTINUUM OF GRADED SYLLABI (CCGS). Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. ISBN: 9788173431715.
  14. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2016) CONCEPT BASED CONTINUUM OF GRADED SYLLABI (CCGS) (Tamil Version). Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore. ISBN: 978-81-7343-177-7.
  15. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2016) Dwivedi, Pankaj & Mishra, Awadesh, K. (eds.) (2017) Glossary of Evaluation Terms: Bengali-English & Englsih - Bengali. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: 9788174431791
  16. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2017) अनुस्तरितपाठ्यक्रमोंकासंकल्पनाआधारितसातत्यक Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: 9788173431746
  17. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2017) Glossary of Evaluation Terms: Telugu-English &Englsih - Telugu. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: 9788174431784
  18. Balakumar, M &Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) (2016) Glossary of Evaluation Terms: Odia-English &EnglsihOdia. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: 978-81-7343-173-9
  19. Balakumar, M. and Dwivedi, P. (eds.) (2017) General Aspect of Conceptual Explanation (language): Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages. ISBN-978-81-7343-180-7
  20. Balakumar, M. and Dwivedi, P (eds.). General Aspects of Conceptual Explanation (Literature) Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore ISBN- 978-81-7343-183-8
  21. Dwivedi, Pankaj (ed.) & Mishra, Awadesh, K. (eds.) (2017) Glossary of Evaluation Terms: Bengali-English & Englsih - Bengali. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: 9788174431791
  22. Dwivedi, Pankaj and Balakumar M. (ed.) (eds.) (2017) Glossary of Evaluation Terms: Kannada-English & Englsih - Kannada. Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languaages, Mysore. ISBN: .-9788173431852
  23. Book Reviews

  24. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2012) Review of Sarangi, Srikant and Candlin, Chirstopher N. (2011) Handbook of Communication in Organizations and Professions. Linguistlist, 23(3898), Sep 19, 2012. Review of Handbook of Communication in Organisations and Professions ( http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?SubID=4553762)
  25. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2013) Review of Schnurr, Stephanie (2012) Exploring Professional Communication: Language in Action.Linguistlist 24(2738), April 4, 2013. Review of Handbook of Communication in Organisations and Professions ( http://linguistlist.org/pubs/reviews/get-review.cfm?SubID=4553762 )
  26. Translation

  27. 18. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2017) Translated Balaramayanafrom English to Hindi under Neo-Literates & Children Literature Materials Bank Project, CIIL Mysore and EMESCO, Publisher, Hyderabad.
  28. News Paper Articles

  29. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2011 August 27). ‘B’ Silent or ‘b’silent, pp-7,Yuva Sambad, Sambad: Odisa
  30. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2013 March 2). Idiomatic Order, pp.7, YuvaSambad, Sambad: Odisa

  Lectures/Talks

    2020

  1. Delivered an invited talk on "मातृभाषा शिक्षण तथा भाषा प्रौद्यौगिकी: चुनौतियाँ तथा अवसर {राष्ट्रीय शिक्षा नीति 2020 में भारतीय (मातृ)भाषाओं के संदर्भ में}" at Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha on 29th September 2020 in Webinar tilted "महात्मा गाँधी के आधुनिक भारत की कल्पनाः भारतीय बहुभाषा एंव भारतीय भाषा अभियांत्रिकी".
  2. Delivered a keynote on "हिंदी, भारतीय भाषायें तथा भाषा प्रौद्योगिकी" at Regional Institute of Mysore on 14th September 2020 as Chief Guest on the occasion of Hindi Diwas.
  3. Delivered an invited talk on uses of Use of Digital Tool in Implementation of Official Language (Hindi) in Regional Institute of Mysore, Mysore on 19th Feb 2020.
  4. Chaired a Session in National Conference in titled “Documentation of Lesser-Known Languages: Deliberation and Medium” at Central Institute of Hindi and Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore from 2020, 12-13 February.
  5. 2019

  6. Delivered an invited talk on Linguistic Features of Indo Aryan Languages in workshop titled Writing Linguistic Reports on Minor Languages at CIIL Mysore on 13.12. 2019.
  7. Delivered a KeynoteTalk on Hindi in Govt. Offices on 12th Nov 2019 at Reserve Bank of India (Printing Press), Mysore as Chief Guest.
  8. Delivered a KeynoteTalk on Rajbhsha Hindi in South India in JNV, Mysore on 14 September 2019 as Chief Guest.
  9. Delivered an invited talk on राजभाषा हिंदीः नियम तथा अधिनियम in RIE on 13th September 2019 during Hindi Pakhwada.
  10. Chaired various programme sessions at CIIL, Mysore on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada held from September 1-18, 2019.
  11. Convened a panel discussion on Testing and Evaluation for Language Education in India on 16 July 2019 on the occasion of Golden Jubilee Programmes at CIIL, Mysore.
  12. Delivered an invited talk on Problems and Solutions of working in the Official Language (Hindi) in RIE, Mysore on 27th August 2019.
  13. Delivered a talk on Uses of Hindi in offices in RIE Mysore on 19th June 2019.
  14. 2018

  15. Delivered Key note Talk on Hindi : A link Language in South India in Regional Institute of Mysore Mysore on 14 September 2018 as Chief Guest on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada.
  16. Delivered Key note Talk on Use of Rajbhsha Hindi in GOI offices All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore on 20th September 2018 as Chief Guest on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada.
  17. Delivered an invited talk in Rare Material Production, BARC, Mysore on 6th June 2018 on Noting and Drafting in Rajbhasha Hindi.
  18. Chaired various sessions at the Institute on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada held from September 1-18, 2018.
  19. 2017

  20. Chaired a Session in International Conference on Language culture and Society from November 10-12, 2017 at GLA University, Mathura.
  21. Delivered a talk on National Conference on “Current Trends in Testing & Evaluation” 26-27th October 2017.
  22. Chaired a session on National Conference on “Current Trends in Testing & Evaluation” 26-27th October 2017.
  23. Chaired various sessions at the Institute on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada held from September 1-18, 2017.
  24. Delivered a lecture on GFR (language) ‘Phonetics and Phonology ’at Anand College, Devakottai, Shivvangangai, Tamilnadu from 24-28th Sep 2017.
  25. Delivered a talk titled “Globalization and Translation” at NTM’s 3 week Intensive Training Programme on 11.05.2017
  26. 2016

  27. Delivered a keynote Lecture as Chief Guest on 14th September 2016 on Role and Relevance of Hindi in 21st Century on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada Celebration at Reserve Bank of India (Printing Press), Mysore, Karnanatka.
  28. Delivered a talk on a five-day orientation programme for the ST teachers of Meghalaya on Introductory Phonetics and Phonology for Language Teachers in July 2016 in NEHU, Shilong.

 Conference Presentations
  1. Dwivedi, P. and co-authors, (2020, 1-3 July) Predicting Language Endangerment: A Machine Learning Approach. In The 11th International Conference on Computing, communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT). IIT Kharagpur.
  2. Vasundhara, M. R., Madhumati, R. and Dwivedi, P. (2020, 12-13 February). GIS की सहायता से लुप्तप्राय भाषाओं का स्थान-विषयक विश्लेषण (Translation: Spatial Analysis of Endangered Languages using GIS). In Documentation of Lesser-Known Languages: Deliberation and Medium. Central Institute of Hindi and Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore.
  3. Jha, A., Dwivedi, P. and Singh, P.P. (2019, July 26-27). Text to Speech System for Maithili. In International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (IEEE CONECCT). IIIT Bangalore. Bengaluru. India.
  4. Dwivedi, Pankaj and co-authors (2019, May 23-24). Designing an Adaptive Question Bank, Question Paper Generation and Automatic Retrieval Management System. In Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering – 2019, N.M.A.M. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Mangalore, Karnataka.
  5. Dwivedi, Pankaj (2019, March 22-24). From Kanauji to Kanpuria: Language shift and Change in Kanpur. In 43rd PENN Linguistic Conference. University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. USA (accepted)
  6. Dwivedi, Pankaj and co-authors (2018, December 5-7). A ComprehensiveReview of SignLanguage TranslationSystems. In 40th International Conference of Linguistic Society of India.
  7. Dwivedi, P; Kavitha, R. and Raghvan, K. S. (2016, December 8-11). Multipurpose Indian Language Evaluation System and Question Bank. In India International Science Festival (IISF -2016) - Young Scientists’ Conclave (YSC), New Delhi.
  8. Dwivedi, Pankaj and Kar, Somdev (2016, September, 14-16). Sociolinguistics and Phonology of Kanauji. In International Conference on Hindi Studies, INALCO, Paris, France https://ichs2015.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/11
  9. Chand, G., Kar, S., Dwivedi, P. & Kumar, N. (2013, October) Endangering a language: A study of language contact and language loss. In seminar on Endangered and Lesser Known languages. Lucknow University, Lucknow.
  10. Dwivedi, P.; Chand, G. &Kar, S. (2013, November). Technological approaches to linguistic documentation and meta-Documentation. In 34th Annual International Conference of Linguistic Society of Nepal. Kathmandu, Nepal.
  11. Dwivedi, P & Singh, P. (2013, November). Working memory model: A critical observation through Language-Lens. In 35th AICL & 1st ICOLSI. Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, November 27-29, 2013 (presented by Parman Singh)
  12. Tilak, R., Bhrati, D.K. &Dwivedi, P. (2009) Biophysics of Speech Sound Production. In the conference proceedings of 31st All-India Conference of Linguists (AICL), University of Hyderabad, India.

 Awards / Medals / Memberships

    Awards / Medals

  • Ministry of Human Resource Development –Senior Research Fellowship for PhD (MHRD-SRF) at IIT Ropar
  • Ministry of Human Resource Development –Junior Research Fellowship for PhD (MHRD-JRF) at IIT Ropar
  • University Grants Commission – National Eligibility Test for Lectureship in Linguistics (UGC-NET) in June 2009
  • Awarded Gold Medal for standing 1st in order of merit in MA in Linguistics, 2009
  • Awarded Travel Grant by European Commission to participate in INNET Summer School on Technological Approaches to the Documentation of Lesser-Used Languages’ held from September 1-14, 2013 at Gniezno, Poland.
  • Memberships

  • Life member of Linguistic Society of India.
  • Life Member of Linguistic Society of Nepal.
  • Advisor of Centre for AI Research and Education" (CAIRE) The Department of CS&E, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore.
  • Contributor for Kanauji language for Ethnologue.
  • Assistant Editor for Open De Gruyter, Poland till from 2014-2016.
 Technical skills
  • Natural Languages : Kanauji, Hindi, - Native; English - Advanced; Chinese - Basic ; and Punjabi- Basic.
  • Programming Languages : Python, SQL.
  • Computing skills : Operating System Environment: Windows, MS Office, Regular Expressions.
  • Speech software skills : Audacity, PRAAT, Wave surfer, ELAN, Peak etc.
  • Research tools and databases : SPSS, and other academic & research tools
  • Language skills : Hindi, Indian English and Chinese
  • Membership of Professional bodies : Linguistic Society of India (LSI), Linguistic Society of Nepal (LSN) The English Language Teachers’ Association of India (ELTAI)