<p class="MsoNormal">The Committee of Parliament on Official Language conducted a

rigorous multi-day inspection of the <b>Indian Maritime University (IMU) Mumbai

Port Campus</b>. The high-level parliamentary delegation evaluated the

progressive deployment, infrastructure integration, and operational

implementation of Hindi as the Official Language (<b>Rajbhasha</b>) across the

institution’s core administrative and academic frameworks.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Legislative Oversight &amp; Delegation Composition<o:p></o:p></b></p>

<ul style="margin-top:0cm" type="disc">

<li class="MsoNormal"><b>The

Mandate</b>: The inspection was carried out in accordance with Section 4

of the <b>Official Languages Act, 1963</b>, which empowers the

parliamentary committee to systematically review the utilization of Hindi

within central ministries, attached government departments, and statutory

educational bodies. <o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Parliamentary

Leadership</b>: The oversight delegation was steered by Shri Bhartruhari

Mahtab, Deputy Chairman of the Committee, alongside Dr. Dinesh Sharma,

Convener of the First Sub-Committee, and several participating Members of

Parliament. <o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Ministry

&amp; Academic Interface</b>: Representatives coordinating the review from

the <b>Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW)</b> included Smt.

Priti Nath (Senior Economic Adviser) and Smt. Sangeeta Topno (Deputy

Director - Rajbhasha). The host IMU administrative panel was led by Dr.

Rajoo Balaji (Pro-Vice Chancellor, IMU Headquarters), Shri K. Saravanan

(Registrar), and Capt. Sunil Chand Panigrahy (Director i/c, IMU Mumbai

Port Campus). <o:p></o:p></li>

</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Evaluation of Academic &amp; Administrative Integration<o:p></o:p></b></p>

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<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Policy

Compliance</b>: The committee scrutinized internal records, academic

curriculum delivery channels, public communication channels, and digital

administrative workflows to assess adherence to the Union's Official

Language Policy guidelines. <o:p></o:p></li>

<li class="MsoNormal"><b>Strategic

Growth Paths</b>: While acknowledging the university’s structural efforts

to localize compliance and documentation workflows into Hindi, the

legislative panel extended technical directives to expand bilingual

capabilities. The focus is to organically weave Rajbhasha protocols into

specialized maritime education, engineering training, and nautical

sciences without diluting global academic training standards.<o:p></o:p></li>

</ul>