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Deutschlehrer Ausbildung, Goethe Institutes, Pune, Berlin & Munich 

Ph.D in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.Phil. in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.A. in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

B.A. (Hons.) in English, University of Delhi

Prof. Shruti Jain

Professor and Director, Centre for Foreign Languages

Email shruti@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0000-0002-9239-7062
Key Expertise Indo-German cultural exchanges, comparative literature and philosophy, gender studies, foreign language pedagogy

Deutschlehrer Ausbildung, Goethe Institutes, Pune, Berlin & Munich 

Ph.D in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.Phil. in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

M.A. in German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University

B.A. (Hons.) in English, University of Delhi

Biography

Dr. Shruti Jain is Professor and Director of the Centre for Foreign Languages, 91Ě˝ť¨ (JGU), Sonipat, India, with over two decades of experience in German language education. 

She holds a PhD in German Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), researching Friedrich Nietzsche’s reception in India. A DAAD scholarship recipient, she pursued doctoral research at Humboldt University, Berlin (2007–2008). She also received the DACH Fellowship for Excellence in Pluricentric German Language Education (2023–2025), organised by the International Association of Teachers of German (IDV), with support from the education ministries of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, completing the programme with a qualification from Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). 

Having taught at the Goethe-Institut/Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, and JNU, her interdisciplinary research spans Nietzschean philosophy, German and Indian philosophy, literature, gender studies, ecological thought, multilingualism, and foreign language policy. Her publications feature in volumes by Routledge, Bloomsbury, De Gruyter, and IGI Global. She contributes to international academic publishing as a peer reviewer for a humanities and social sciences journal and as an editorial team member for publications in German language education. 

Dr. Jain co-led the Artificial Intelligence section at IDT 2025 and presented at Nietzsche’s Futures, Weimar (2024). In 2010, she co-developed IGNOU’s Diploma in Teaching German materials with the Goethe-Institut, Munich, and the University of Vienna. She also conducts teacher-training workshops and promotes intercultural dialogue and innovative language education at JGU. 

  • Language Courses: German Level 1, German Level 2, German Level 3, German Level 4, German Level 5, German Level 6, Introduction to German Language and Culture 
  • Literature courses: German Women's Writing, Learn (to read) German with Kafka 

DAAD Sandwich Scholarship 2007-2008

IDV-Scholarship for in service training program- DACH: Lehrexpertise im Kontext von Plurizentrik und kulturbezogenem Lernen 2023-2025

Peer Reviewer: Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature

Peer Reviewer: IGI Global

Goethe Society of India

InDaF (Indian German Teachers' Association)

Section Head of F.4 – Künstliche Intelligenz im Unterricht reflektiert nutzen (Reflective Use of Artificial Intelligence in Class) Internationale Tagung der Deutschlehrer:innen (IDT), 28.07.-01.08.2025 in Lübeck, Germany, July/Aug. 2025

Landeskunde ohne Diskurs ist wie Currywurst ohne Soße; Vom Faktenwissen zur Diskursfähigkeit im DaF-Unterricht – Online-Workshop for school and university teachers of German as a Foreign Language – organized by InDa, Apr. 2025

Invited as Panelist to speak on Nietzschean Perspectives in/and Indian Thought at the Global Conference on Nietzsche’s Futures - organized by Friedrich Nietzsche Kolleg/ Weimar Stiftung, 7.-11. October 2024, in Weimar, Germany, Oct. 2024

Jain, S. 2024. The Snail and its House: Anneliese as a Home thinker in Lou Andreas-Salomé’s Das Haus. In Anway Mukhopadhyay, Saptarshi Mallick and Debashree Dattaray (Eds.), Finding Philosophers in Global Fiction, Redefining the Philosopher in Multi-cultural Contexts (pp. 166-176). New York/ et al: Bloomsbury.

Jain, S. 2024. Re-Defining Tree Worship as Artistic Becoming for Environmental Education. In Tatjana Kochetkova (Ed.), Fostering an Ecological Shift Through Effective Environmental Education (pp. 65-79). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2577-3.ch005

Über die ersten Leser und den Kampf um Nietzsche im indischen Subkontinent (1900- 1947) – at the International Conference organized by Friedrich-Nietzsche Stiftung & Nietzsche -Gesellschaft e.V. 12.-15. Oktober 2023 in Naumburg (S.), Germany Oct. 2023

Chairperson of Webinar on: Nietzsche, Buddha and the Taoaufklärung. Guestspeaker: Dr. Arturo Romero Contreras (Chair of Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy and Letters, University of Puebla, Mexico) - organized by Department of Languages, School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Sept.2023

Über die ersten Leser und den Kampf um Nietzsche im indischen Subkontinent (1900- 1947) – Guest Lecture at the Centre of German Studies, JNU, May 2023

Zum menschlich-intelligenten Einsatz von ChatGPT im DaF-Unterricht. Deutschlehrertagung, North India and Nepal, organized by the InDaF, July 2023

Jain, S. 2023. Nietzsche and Shaktism. In Michael J. McNeal (Ed.), Nietzsche on Women and the Eternal-Feminine: A Critique of Truth and Values (pp.103-117). London/ New York/ et al.: Bloomsbury.

Panelist at the International Online Symposium on “Siddhartha turns 100”. Department of German, University of Mumbai, Dec. 2022

Rasse und Identität im literarischen Diskurs der Indischen Diaspora in Deutschland. Do Literatures have Borders, Nov. 2022

German Intercultural/ Transcultural Literature. The Center and Periphery Discourse. International conference, Centre of German Studies, JNU ( 4.-5. Nov 2022)

Can a meaningful Life also be a Life Divine? An attempt to understand the spiritual paths of Nietzsche and Sri Aurobindo. Beyond the Limit: Divine Human in Indian and Global Philosophy, 91Ě˝ť¨. 17-18 September, 2022

Zarathustra ne kya kaha: The Dynamics of Translation and Reception of Nietzsche in the Hindi Speaking World. Literary Translation, Language and Thought. International Conference Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi. 1–2 September, 2022

Ein Abend mit Brecht. LiteraTour, Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, Sep. 2022

Identität im literarischen Diskurs der indischen Diaspora in Deutschland. Deutschlehrertagung, North India and Nepal, organized by the InDaF, Jul. 2022

Netzwerkstärkung – Kommunikation. DAAD Germanistik Strategie-Worshop, Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi, Jun. 2022

Brechtsches Theater und die Didaktik des Zeigens. Guest Lecture for MA students of the Department of German Studies English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, May 2022

How to Live Together in the Aftermath of Social Distancing? Rethinking society for a post-pandemic world Überlegungen zur Gesellschaft für eine postpandemische Welt International Conference of the Goethe Society of India 30 November - 2 December 2021

Ideen zur Inszenierung von literarischen Texten im Online-Daf-Untericht. German Teachers Virtual Conference (GETVICO 2021), Oct. 2021

Shakti under Erasure: Reflections on Goddess Spirituality in Nietzsche. 26th International Conference Friedrich Nietzsche Society held on the theme: What If Truth Were a Woman? On Nietzsche, Women, and Philosophy. Hosted by the University of Amsterdam and University of Lisbon, Sep. 2021

Influencen lernen kann das Lernen influencen. Workshop for German teachers at the InDaF, DLT, North India and Nepal, Goethe Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, New Delhi and InDaF, DLT, West and South India, Goethe Institut, Max Mueller Bhavan, Chennai, Aug. 2021 Feb. 2022

Challenges and Remedies in the Virtual Classroom. Faculty development conference at Amity University, Mumbai, Jun. 2021

Reflections on the Attitude of Foreignness in Language Education. Faculty development conference at Amity University, Uttar Pradesh, Jun. 2021

Relevance and Scope of Learning German in India Today. A Talk at an Orientation programme at the Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram, Delhi, May 2021

Die Hermeneutik der Literaturverfilmung: Einige Überlegungen Zur Filmischen Adaptation Des Romans „Der Vorleser”. Guest Lecture for MA students at the Department of German, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Mar. 2021

Zur Genealogie der Moral. Eine Streitschrift. Eine EinfĂźhrung in Nietzsches Werk. Guest Lecture for MA students at Centre of German Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Feb./Mar. 2021

How “foreign” are foreign languages? On the need for changing prevailing attitudes towards foreign languages in Indian education in the age of globalization. Conference Theme: Educating the Global Citizen, International Perspectives on Foreign Language Teaching in the Digital Age. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Mar. 2019

Jain, S. 2019. How ‘Foreign‘ are Foreign Languages? A Critical Look at India’s Current Foreign Language Policy Through the Prism of Multilingualism. In Language in India www.languageinindia.com. ISSN 1930-2940 Vol. 19:9 www.languageinindia.com/sep2019/drshrutiforeignlanguagepolicyprismofmultilingualismfinal.pdf

Sharma, P. 2019. Get Ready-Practice Book German for Class- X, Ed. Shruti Jain, Delhi: Goyal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN: 9789388141840+9789388141994

Sharma, P. 2018. Get Ready-Practice Book German for Class – IX, Ed. Shruti Jain, Delhi: Goyal Publishers Pvt. Ltd. ISBN-13: 9789388141352

Der Unterricht als Transit-Ort. Zur Besonderheit der interkulturellen Begegnung im Deutschunterricht. (The Classroom as a Transit-space. On the Uniqueness of intercultural encounters in the German classroom) InDaF, University of Delhi and Bhasha Yog, Amity University, Jaipur, Nov. 2015/ Apr.2017

Werde, der du bist. Aktionsforschung im Deutschunterricht (Become who you are. Action-research in the German classroom) InDaF, JNU, Delhi/Chennai, Sept./Nov. 2014

Elemente eines kommunikationsorientierten DaF-Unterrichts (Elements of a communicative class of German as a Foreign Language) (Dozentenfortbildung zum Thema Methodenkompetenz, mit UnterstĂźrzung des DAAD am Centre of German Studies, JNU)( A Training for lecturers in methods competence, organised by the German Academic Exchange Service, at the Centre of German Studies, JNU) Apr. 2011

Jain, S. 2010. Methodisch-didaktische Konzepte im Deutschunterricht. In Diploma in Teaching German, IGNOU, Course1, Block 2, Chapter 1, 77-106. Delhi: Goyal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Jain, S. 2010. Mehrsprachigkeit. In Diploma in Teaching German, IGNOU, Course 1, Block 2, Chapter 2, 107-125. Delhi: Goyal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Jain, S. 2010. Strukturelemente des Deutschunterrichts. In Diploma in Teaching German, IGNOU, Course 1, Block 4, Chapter 1, 219-247, Delhi: Goyal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.

Jain, S. 2009. Leben ist, wo das Herz schlägt. In Simon Springmann and Asmus Trautsch (Eds.), Was ist Leben? Erfahrung und Denken. Schriften zur FÜrderung der Beziehung zwischen Philsophie und Einzelwissenschaften. Berlin: Duncker & Humboldt.

Nietzsche und Indien (Nietzsche and India). Internationale und interdisziplinäre Forschungskonferenz mit Nachwuchswissenschaftler(inne)n, “Neue Nietzsche-Philologie. (International and interdisciplinary Research conference for Junior Research Scholars, The New Nietzsche Philology). Ernst Moritz Arndt Universität, Greifswald, Germany, May 2008

Jain, S. 2008. “... man is full of divine possibilities…“ In Detlev Ganten, Volker Gerhardt, Jan-Christoph Heilinger et al.(Eds.), Was ist der Mensch? AG-Humanprojekt, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.

Foreign Languages in India: A Journey from the Gurukul to the Present. ILTG Conference, FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria, Apr. 2006
Email shruti@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0000-0002-9239-7062
Key Expertise Indo-German cultural exchanges, comparative literature and philosophy, gender studies, foreign language pedagogy