Department of Manipuri, Manipur University

Department of Manipuri, also known as Manipuri Department, is an educational department of studies in Meitei language (officially called Manipuri language), institutionally parented to the Manipur University of Canchipur, Imphal. It organises research works in Meitei literature, specifically in Meitei folklore and in Old Manipuri (Ancient Meitei).

Achievements
Koijam Shantibala, an assistant professor of the Department, was selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2022, for her poetry book Leironnung.

Naorem Sanatomba, an assistant professor of the Manipuri department of Manipur University, and Konthoujam Bimola, an associate professor of the Manipuri department of C.I. College, were selected for the prestigious "Dr. Ambedkar Distinguished Service Award-2022", by the Bharatiya Dalit Sahitya Akademi (India), New Delhi.

Rajen Toijamba, a retired professor of the department, was bestowed with the prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award 2017, for his play.

Courses
The Department of Manipuri provides its students the courses for Manipuri language in the degrees of Master's Degree (MA) as well as Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Departments of the same subject (Manipuri) of the colleges under the affiliation of the Manipur University offer courses in Bachelor's degree (B.A.). Department of Manipuri of the Manipur University has special Ph.D. programme and regular research programs for Manipuri folklore. The department allotted a paper of 100 marks on Folklore in the syllabus of Master's degree of the Manipuri subject. The colleges affiliated to it also have similar papers, carrying 100 marks, dedicated to folklore, in the Bachelor's degree. The allotment for same marks and the provision of similar paper for the study of folklore in Meitei are also done in Assam University. Both the departments of both the universities are training the students of Ph.D. for the specialisation in folklore, thereby uplifting the significance of Meitei folklore.

Annual events
The Department of Manipuri annually celebrates the   as well as the Meitei language day (formally known as Manipuri language day).

Subsidiary departments
The Department of Manipuri encompasses various departments of the same subject (Manipuri) in colleges affiliated to the Manipur University, including but not limited to the "Department of Manipuri, Manipur College" (estd. 1958), the "Manipuri Department, Y. K. College",  the "Manipuri Department, Oriental College", etc.