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{{Short description|Public Central University in Hyderabad, Telangana, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2019}}
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| name = The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)
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| former_names = The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL)
| mottoeng = Words Illumine the World<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annual Report 2018-2019|url=https://www.efluniversity.ac.in/images/documents/5%20ANNUAL%20REPORT_2018-19_HINDI_ENGLISH.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108024127/http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/images/documents/5%20ANNUAL%20REPORT_2018-19_HINDI_ENGLISH.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2022|access-date=14 February 2022|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in|page=378|language=hi|format=PDF|quote=Our motto “Words Illumine the World”, is ancient and eternal, and it shall light our future.}}</ref>
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| established = {{Start date and age|1958}}{{Sup|a}}
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| accreditation = [[National Assessment and Accreditation Council|NAAC]]<ref name=NIRF>{{cite report |author=Government of India|author-link=Ministry of Education (India)|date=2023 |title=National Institutional Ranking Framework |url=https://www.efluniversity.ac.in/NIRF_2023.pdf |publisher=NIRF|pages=1–11 |docket= |access-date=10 August 2024 |quote=}}</ref>
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]
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| budget = 101,08,29,461.00 (Operational expenditure) {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
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| head = [[President of India]]
| chancellor = Vasant G. Gadre<ref>{{Cite web|title=EFLU|url=https://www.efluniversity.ac.in/chancellor.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215063154/https://www.efluniversity.ac.in/chancellor.php|archive-date=15 February 2022|access-date=15 February 2022|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in|language=en-IN}}</ref>
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| vice_chancellor = Nagalapalli Naga Raju
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| rector = [[Governor of Telangana]]
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*Lucknow Campus:<br>Rajneesh Arora,
*Shillong Campus:<br>Ravindra Kumar Vemula
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| academic_staff = 187 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| total_staff = 250+
| students = 1,219 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| undergrad = 300 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| postgrad = 580 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| doctoral = 299 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| other_students = 40 {{small|(2021-2022)}}<ref name=NIRF/>
| address = Via Tarnaka Crossroads, Behind [[National Institute of Nutrition]]
| city = [[Hyderabad]] 500 007
| state = [[Telangana]]
| province = Secunderabad Mandal, [[Hyderabad district, India|Hyderabad District]]
| country = [[India]]
| postalcode = ([[Jamia Osmania|Jama-I-Osmania]] Post Office)
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*Headquarters
**Hyderabad ([[Telangana]]) {{Convert|32|acre|ha}},
*Regional campuses
**[[Lucknow]] ([[Uttar Pradesh]])
**[[Shillong]] ([[Meghalaya]])
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{{Sup|a}} Became a central university in 2006.
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'''The English and Foreign Languages University''' ('''EFLU''') is a [[Central university (India)|central university]] for English and foreign languages located in [[Hyderabad]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.efluniversity.ac.in/About.html|title=EFL University About|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121033024/http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/About.html|archive-date=21 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is the only such university dedicated to languages in [[South Asia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/eflu-gets-record-number-of-applications/article22699600.ece|title=EFLU gets record number of applications|date=9 February 2018|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/eflu-to-offer-its-specialised-services-to-all/article19758197.ece|title=EFLU to offer its specialised services to all|date=26 September 2017|website=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref><ref name="N. Naga Raju appointed Vice-Chancellor of EFLU">{{cite news |last1= |first1= |title=N. Naga Raju appointed Vice-Chancellor of EFLU |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/n-naga-raju-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-eflu/article69298947.ece |access-date=8 March 2025 |publisher=The Hindu |date=6 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250308184300/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/n-naga-raju-appointed-vice-chancellor-of-eflu/article69298947.ece |archive-date=8 March 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

[[File:EFL UNIVERSITY.jpg|alt=EFL University Foreign Language Building|thumb|260px|EFL University Campus]]
The university offers the study of English and foreign languages like [[Arabic language|Arabic]], [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Italian language|Italian]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Japanese language|Japanese]], [[Korean language|Korean]], [[Persian language|Persian]], [[Turkish language|Turkish]] in the areas of Teacher Education, Literature, Linguistics, Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies.<ref name=":0" />

== History ==
EFLU, Hyderabad was founded in 1958 as the Central Institute of English by [[Jawaharlal Nehru|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]], India's first Prime Minister.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/History.html|title=EFL University History|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121110722/http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/History.html|archive-date=21 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Central Institute of English, Hyderabad had started functioning with effect from 17 November 1958.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lok Sabha Debates - Central Institute of English, Hyderabad |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/1599/1/lsd_02_06_19-11-1958.pdf |website=eparlib.nic.in |access-date=5 March 2021 |page=479 |quote=page number 479 of the document, but page 33 in the PDF}}</ref> It was renamed the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) in 1972 with the addition of three major foreign languages – German, Russian and French.<ref name=":1" /> The Educational Media Research Center (EMRC) was established at CIEFL in 1984. In 2006, CIEFL received central university status and was renamed to English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), by an act of the Parliament.<ref name=":1" />

== Campus ==
=== EFLU Hyderabad campus ===
This is the main campus, situated in the heart of [[Hyderabad]], the capital of [[Telangana]]. This is the oldest of the campuses of the university. The campus has 7 schools with 26 departments. Apart from graduate, postgraduate, and research programmes, EFLU also offers postgraduate diplomas, and distance and part-time mode courses. The [[EFLU Hyderabad heritage well]] is situated in the Hyderabad campus.

==== Hostels ====
The campus houses five hostels two for men and three for women.
* Basheer Men's Hostel
* Tagore International Men's Hostel
* Mahlaqa Bai Chanda Women's Hostel
* Akka Mahadevi Women's Hostel
* Amrita Pritam International Women's Hostel

=== Regional campuses ===
The university has one main campus – at Hyderabad; and two regional centres – at Shillong (1973) and Lucknow (1979). They have their own libraries and hostel facilities.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/Campuses.html|title=EFL University Campuses|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in|access-date=30 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161121110531/http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/Campuses.html|archive-date=21 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==== EFLU Shillong campus ====
The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) [[Shillong]] Campus was established in Shillong in 1973 as the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages (CIEFL) North-East Campus, one year after Meghalaya achieved statehood. The aim of establishing this campus was to cater to the linguistic and research needs of the region as well as to provide quality training for teachers.<ref name=":2" />

Here is a list of courses offered in the campus
* BA English/Mass Communication and Journalism
* MA in English/Linguistics /Mass Communication and Journalism/English Literature,
* M.Phil. and PhD courses in English Literature and English Language Education, along with Linguistics.
* Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in French, German, Spanish and Russian languages.<ref name=":2" />

==== EFLU Lucknow campus ====
Situated on the banks of [[Gomti River|Gomti]], the Lucknow campus is housed in the Moti Mahal Campus, RanaPratap Marg, [[Lucknow]].<ref name=":2" />

The EFL University Campus at Lucknow was started in 1979 to provide training to university/college teachers of English in northern India, but it slowly emerged as a full-fledged Centre offering PG Diploma in the Teaching of English, degree and research programmes. The campus has been actively engaged in conducting refresher courses for university and college teachers, proficiency courses for a wide spectrum of learners and contact programmes for the participants of Postgraduate Certificate course in the Teaching of English. The campus also offers a Postgraduate Diploma in Communication. All programmes run by the Campus are face-to-face and are not offered through the distance mode. The campus has its own library and hostel.<ref name=":2" />

== Academics ==
Dedicated to the study of English and foreign languages, the university was set up to conduct advanced research and training in English and foreign languages, in areas of Teacher Education, Literature, Linguistics, Interdisciplinary and Cultural Studies.<ref name=":1" />

=== Official journal ===
The EFLU publishes ''Contextures: A Journal of Literature and Culture'' bi-annually.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/journals-2|title=Journals|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130630174833/http://www.efluniversity.ac.in/journals-2|archive-date=30 June 2013|access-date=14 September 2013|website=www.efluniversity.ac.in}}</ref> It aims to contribute to the debates over literary and cultural practices from heterogeneous perspectives by bringing together several departments of literature.

==Notable people associated with EFLU==
===Arabic===
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*Moinuddin Azmi, Ph.D. ([[Aligarh Muslim University|Aligarh]])
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===English===
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*Ramesh Mohan, Ph.D. ([[University of Leeds|Leeds]])
*Raghavachari Amritavalli, Ph.D. ([[Simon Fraser University|SFU]])
*V. Y. Kantak, [[Master of Arts|M.A.]] ([[Bombay University|Bombay]])
*[[Mangesh V. Nadkarni|M. V. Nadkarni]], Ph.D. ([[University of California, Los Angeles|California]])
*[[Susie Tharu]], [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] (CIEFL)
*K. G. Vijayakrishnan, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*Paul Gunashekar
*M. L. Tickoo, Ph.D. ([[University of London|London]])
* Raj. N. Bakshi, M.A. (Bangor), Ph.D (Panjab)
*P. T. George, M.Phil. (Leeds)
*[[K. A. Jayaseelan]], Double Ph.D. ([[Viswa Bharati University|Viswa Bharati]]) & (SFU)
*R. N. Ghosh, Ph.D. ([[University of Michigan|Michigan]])
*B. K. Das, Ph.D.
*S. R. Ganguly, Ph.D. ([[Brunel University London|Brunel]])
*K. Subrahmanian, Ph.D. ([[Indiana University|Indiana]])
*B. N. Koul, M.A. ([[University of Reading|Reading]])
*Priya Hosali, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*B. A. Prabhakar Babu, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*V. Prakasam, Double Ph.D. ([[University of York|York]]) & ([[NALSAR]])
*T. Balasubramanian, Ph.D. ([[University of Edinburgh|Edinburgh]])
*S. K. Verma, Ph.D. (Edinburgh)
*S. V. Pradhan, Ph.D ([[University of Manitoba|Manitoba]])
*[[Rajeev Taranath]], Ph.D ([[University of Mysore|Mysore]])
*Jacob Tharu, [[Master of Education|M.Ed.]] ([[Harvard University|Harvard]])
*S. V. Parasher, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*Kamakshi-Subramaniam, Ph.D. ([[Brown University|Brown]])
*Kamalesh Sadanand, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*V. S. S. Sastry
*Y. C. Bhatnagar
*K. C. Nambiar, M.A. ([[Oxford University|Oxford]])
*R. K. Bansal, Ph.D. (London)
*R. N. Ghosh, M.Ed. ([[Sagar University|Sagar]])
*Damodar Thakur, Ph.D. ([[University of Reading|Reading]])
*V. D. Singh, M.A. (Leeds)
*B. M. Sagar, M.A. (Punjab)
*P. Nihalani, Ph.D. (Edinburgh)
*[[Vinayak Krishna Gokak]], M.A. (Oxford)
*Julu Sen, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*[[Colin Masica|Colin P. Masica]], Ph.D. ([[University of Chicago|Chicago]])
*Surabhi Bharati, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*M. T. Hany Babu, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
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===French===
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*Nirupama Vasadani, Ph.D. ([[Université Sorbonne Nouvelle|Paris III]])
*Nirupama Rastogi, Ph.D. (Paris III)
*Jayant Dhupkar, Ph.D. (Paris III)
}}

===German===
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*Pramod Talgeri, [[Doctor of Philosophy|Dr.Phil.]] ([[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|München]])
*K. P. Augustine, Dr.Phil. ([[Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg|Halle]])
*Brigitta Spitzbardt, Dr.Phil. ([[University of Jena|Jena]])
*Harry Spitzbardt, [[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]] (Jena)
*V. Ganeshan, Dr.Phil. (München)
*J. V. D. Moorty, M.Litt. (CIEFL)
*Meenakshi Reddy, Ph.D. (CIEFL)
*Ishwar Singh Dagar
*Adrian Francis
*Rajiv Shungloo
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===Persian===
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*Ismat Mehdi, Ph.D. ([[Osmania University|Osmania]])
}}

===Russian===
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*M. P. Pande, Ph.D. ([[University of Moscow|Moscow]])
*Yogendra Kumar, Ph.D. (Moscow)
*V. I. Maximov, D.Sc. ([[University of Leningrad|Leningrad]])
*J. P. Dimri, Ph.D. (Moscow)
*V. S. Totawar Ph.D. (Moscow)
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===Spanish===
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*Sonya Surabhi Gupta, Ph.D. ([[Jawaharlal Nehru University|JNU]])
}}

== See also ==
* [[List of central universities in India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website}}

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Meemobaidullah at 12:53, 23 March 2026