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Prof. Aadil Amin Kak
Professor and Head, Dept of LinguisticsUniversity of Kashmir, Srinagar
Biography & Expertise
Dr. Aadil Amin Kak is a distinguished scholar and **Professor of Linguistics** at the University of Kashmir, widely recognized for his contributions to the study, documentation, and promotion of Kashmiri and other South Asian languages. His academic work bridges **theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, phonetics, and language preservation**, making him a prominent voice in the linguistic landscape of Jammu & Kashmir.
With an extensive teaching and research career spanning decades, Dr. Kak has supervised numerous MPhil and PhD scholars, guiding cutting-edge research in language structure, dialectology, phonological variation, and language policy. His scholarship has appeared in reputed national and international journals, and he has contributed chapters to edited volumes focused on regional languages and linguistic diversity in India.
Academic Highlights
- **Gold Medalist:** Awarded the **Uggresain Memorial Gold Medal** for topping M.A. Linguistics at the University of Delhi (1993).
- **International Recognition:** Received a **Gold Medal** in the "Kashmiri to UNL" modality from the UNDL Foundation, Geneva (2013).
- **Doctoral Research:** Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Delhi, focusing on **'Language Maintenance and Shift in Srinagar'** (2002).
- **Linguistic Specialization:** M.Phil. research on **'Acceptability of Kashmiri-English Mixed Code Sentences: A Socio-linguistic Survey'** (1995).
Research Guidance & Supervision
8+
Ph.D. Degrees Awarded Under Supervision
10+
M.Phil. Degrees Awarded Under Supervision
Guided seminal work in areas including **Machine Translation**, **Kashmiri Phonetics and Phonology**, **Computational Verb Morphology**, and **Sociolinguistics of Mixed Code**.
Major Research Projects (PI)
- **Language Resource Development (DIT/MCIT):** Principal Investigator for the Rs 45 Lakh project on **'DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE TOOLS AND LINGUISTIC RESOURCES FOR KASHMIRI'**.
- **Shallow Parser Tools (SPT-IL):** Principal Investigator (Kashmiri) for the multi-crore national consortium project on developing Shallow Parser Tools for Indian Languages.
- **Trilingual Dictionary:** Involved in building the **Online English-Hindi-Kashmiri Dictionary** (12,000 entries) and led the UGC project for a Trilingual Kashmiri Pronunciation e-dictionary.
- **Kashmiri Script & Corpus:** Led the team that built the **first ever Linux and Windows compatible Kashmiri AFAN Modified Persio-Arabic font**. Also built the first Kashmiri e-corpus (~5,00,000 words).