Da-ren Shi, President of the India-Taipei Association, noted that India is one of the fast growing economic entities in the world. With the worth over US$ 4 hundreds of billions electronic market, Taiwan can see the country as a potential developing area.

In order to let students learn more about the country and its culture, Taipei Tech’s Hindi culture and language course allows students not only learn the language but also experience various cultural activities such as Yoga and cooking Indian cuisine.

Hands covered with flour, Rohit Prasad, faculty of the Hindi course is walking around in the room to give instructions to students who are learning to make a Naan (a traditional food common seen in India’s home) when we went to observe the class. The experienced teacher has been teaching for 13 years before he came to Taiwan two years ago.

The talented professional is also a certificated Yoga instructor who loves teaching. Speaking of his teaching method, he noted that students will learn alphabets first, then vocabulary, finally basic sentences. Even reading is the focus area for this introductory level class, various and interesting learning materials and activities were used during the class said Mr. Prasad. Bollywood films, Indian pop music, Yoga, meditation, cooking and role play are just some of the examples to name a few. Taking feedback seriously, Mr. Prasad makes adjustments to his curriculum every semester. Word of mouth spread, the registration number of students soared from 16 to 40 after the end of the class’s debut.

Xian-en Liao, a freshman of the Department of English as well as one of the students in Hindi class, noted that he was very interested in Hindi culture and has been to India once. When asking of the most impressive part of the class, Liao said the practice of meditation made him extremely calm and peaceful therefore he enjoyed it a lot.