Assistant Professor

Dr Harvinder Kumar Negi

Department of Literature and Languages

Interests

  • Language Documentation
  • Applied Linguistics
  • Folklore

Faculty Details

Education

2005

Himachal Pradesh University
India
B.A.

2008

University of Delhi
India
M.A.

2010

University of Delhi
India
M.Phil.

2017

University of Delhi
India
Ph.D.

Experience

  • July 2025 - contd. – Assistant Professor – SRM University-AP, Amaravati, India
  • April 2021 – July 2025 – Assistant Professor – GLA University Mathura, India
  • January 2020 – March 2021 – Consultant/ RP – Central Institute of Indian Languages Mysuru, India

Research Interest

  • Language documentation and description, and revitalization of endangered languages, particularly within the Tibeto-Burman and Indo-Aryan families
  • Language vitality, sociolinguistics and field linguistics

Awards & Fellowships

  • 2014-15 – Fulbright Visiting Research Fellow - USIEF – UC Berkeley, CA
  • 2011-2016 - JRF/SRF – University Grants Commission – MHRD, Government of India

Memberships

  • Academic Council Member - Adivasi Academy Tejgarh (2023–2028), recognised as a Center of Excellence by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India
  • Honorary Member - Foundation for Endangered Languages
  • Life Member - Linguistics Society of India
  • Life Member - Dravidian Linguistics Association

Publications

Journal Publications

  • Analyzing linguistic diversity of Himachal Pradesh: A case for the preservation of indigenous languages – Harvinder Negi & Shrutika Badur. In Harvinder Negi (Ed.), The People’s Linguistic Survey of India: Vol. 42. Tribal languages: Western Himalayan states (G. N. Devy, Series Ed.). Orient Blackswan. Forthcoming.
  • Bridging AI and ELL in Indonesia and India: International Insights on Perceptions and Challenges – P Maharani, Budiarta, Sawitri & Harvinder Negi. International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research. 24(4), 479-500 (2024) https://doi.org/10.26803/ijlter.24.4.22
  • Endangered Orality in Kinnaur: Linguistic and Cultural Interference – Harvinder Negi. Language in India. 25:2 2025 harvinderkinnaurendangeredorality1.pdf
  • Lecturers’ Readiness and Intentions for AI Integration in Indonesian and Indian ELL Classroom - Harvinder Kumar Negi et al.  English Review: Journal of English Education, 12(3), 1251-1260 (2024). https://doi.org/10.25134/erjee.v12i3.10034
  • Kinnauri Morphosyntax – Harvinder Negi. Languageinindia. 24(4), 80-92 (2024)
  • The Integration of Artificial Intelligence-Based Apps in Indonesian and Indian Ell Classroom Context: The Lecturers’ Perception – Harvinder Negi et.al. Proceeding ELT Connect: International Conference on English Language Teaching. 90-100 (2023).
  • Case Alignment in Kinnauri – Harvinder Negi. Interdisciplinary Journal of Linguistics. 16, 59-74 (2023). a07ca6cb-748b-4f84-8f48-215c060e174e.pdf
  • Language use, prestige and vitality of languages in Kinnaur. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics. 52(2), 190-213, (2023).
  • Language and cultural assimilation in Kinnaur. Shodh Disha- Hindi Sahitya Niketan. Vol. 60/1. pg 274-281, 2022).
  • Issues in ELT in Delhi Madrasa. Journal of Positive School Psychology. 6(4), (2022).
  • Negotiating multilingual childhood. AMU Journal of Language and media discourse. 4 (2022).
  • Linguistic demography of Himachal Pradesh – Harvinder Negi. Nepalese Linguistics. 35, 70-78 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3126/nl.v35i01.46563
  • Sunam (Kinnaur, India) – Language Snapshot – Harvinder Negi. Language Documentation and Description 19, 249-255. https://doi.org/10.25894/ldd81

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