Abhimanyu K. Sharma

Media coverage

2025:

In March 2025, My research on India's language policies for deaf and hard-of-hearing featured on front page of Cambridge University Research News. Link below:

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/make-indian-sign-language-official-language-and-open-more-schools-for-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing

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It was also covered by leading newspapers such as the Hindustan Times. Links below:

Hindustan Times, 17.03.2025

https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/recognise-indian-sign-language-as-an-official-language-cambridge-study-advises-indian-government-101742216574682.html

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Fress Press Journal, 17.03.2025

https://www.freepressjournal.in/education/recognise-indian-sign-language-as-official-language-cambridge-study-advises-govt-to-reduce-dropout-rate-among-deaf-hard-of-hearing-students

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The Week.in, 17.03.2025

https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/03/17/des65-cambridge-india-sign-language.html

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Press Trust of India, 17.03.2025

https://www.ptinews.com/story/national/recognise-indian-sign-language-as-an-official-language-cambridge-study-advises-indian-government/2380812 

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Career360, 17.03.2025

https://news.careers360.com/recognise-indian-sign-language-official-language-cambridge-study-advises-indian-government

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2023:

​​​In 2023, my research featured on the German popular academic platform TeMa. It summarises my research on language policies in Wales

https://te.ma/art/mlppqb/sharma-wales-walisisch-sprachpolitik-mehrsprachigkeit/

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2022:

In 2022, I was invited for a radio talk by Bayerischer Rundfunk on «Chance oder Hindernis? Mehrsprachigkeit in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft»

https://www.br.de/radio/bayern2/programmkalender/ausstrahlung-2967904.html

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Conference organisation

In 2025, I am organising a conference on 'Language, politics and power in German-speaking countries. Details here:

https://sites.google.com/view/germanpowerpolitics/home  

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