English

INCEPTION

The Department of English was established in 1996 and B.A English has been offered since 2004

OBJECTIVES

• English Department provides a strong foundation in Literature and enables the students to have a deeper understanding of literary and cultural theories from World Literatures. The main focus is on British, American, Post-colonial literatures, Literary theories and also on the linguistic aspect of the language.
• The course emphasizes on the richness and diversity of the social and ethical values in literature and their response to those values. It also inculcates interest in students to learn the language and appreciate literature and develops confidence and competence in spoken and written expression

SCOPE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

• M. A in English, Journalism or Mass Communication
• B.Ed.
• Law
• Civil Service
• Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

• Editor
• Content Writer
• Journalist
• Teacher
• Blogger
• Translator
• Trainers
• Technical Writer
• Copy Editor

PLACEMENT

Our students have been placed in the following organizations through the Placement Cell of the College.

• Bharathi Group of Schools
• Zion Matriculation School
• WIPRO
• IDBI Bank
• St. Marks School

DEPARTMENT LIBRARY AND LANGUAGE LAB

A well-stocked department library is available for the students and faculty. 

Language Lab has 30 computers and provides an opportunity to the students to improve their language skills.

BRIDGE COURSE

The bridge course is offered to the 1 year students. They were briefed about the college, syllabus, curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular activities of the college.

CERTIFICATE COURSE

A certificate course on Report writing for a duration of 30 hours is offered in the 3rd semester.

SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS

• A National webinar on “Contemporary Trends in English Literature” was organized on 12-01-2023. The resource persons were Dr. Swarna Latha, Ms.Gayathri, Dr. Smitha Narayanan and Dr. Laly Mathew.
• National Workshop on “Relevance of English in Business Correspondence” was held on 05-01-2023. The resource person was Dr. Sumathi Shivakumar.

Guest Lectures

A guest lecture on “Learning Language Through Literature” was organizes on 06-09-2022. The resource person was K.N Shoba.

ACADEMIA INDUSTRY CONNECT

The students of the Department of English visited the following organizations for internship

• 1.Chennai girls higher secondary school
• 2.Anna centenary library3.St. Fathima nursery school

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS

• Yamini of II MA participated in the Youthtalk competition organised by the ICT Academy on the 27th of September2022and won first prize
• Mahalakshmi of II BA participated in a bridal make-up competition organized by Hindustan College of Arts and Science on March 3, 2023 and won the first prize.
• Elakkiya of I BA won the second prize in the Face Painting Competition on 27th of January, 2023 at Loyola College.
• Ramya. N of III BA won the third prize in the Ramp Walk conducted by Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women on February 7, 2023.
• Mahalakshmi of II BA won the first prize in a bridal make-up competition organized by Hindustan College of Arts and Science on March 3, 2023
• Anusuya of I MA won the Handball Competition- Inter Zone on January 22, 2023 at the University of Madras
• Keerthika B of I BA won the second prize in the Face Painting Competition on 27th of January, 2023 at Loyola College

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

• Dr.Lakshmi Balaji, published an article titled Slave Narratives to Black Activism in the book titled Evolutionary Innovations, ISBN No 978-9381899991
• Dr.V.C.Santhilakshmi, published an article titled “To Be or Not To Be is the Question - Theatre and the Pandemic”
• Ms.K.V.Priya, published an article titled “Om Prakash Valmiki’s Joothan: A Testimony of Marginalization and Rediscovery of Dalits inIndia.” in a book titled “Writings from the Marginalised “ published by Authors Press with ISBN 9789355292094 in August 2022
• Ms.Sarjana, published an article titled Social Media Writing in International Journal Of Creative Research Thoughts with ISSN:2320-2882, With IF 7.97 Volume 10, issue 8 August 2022. An international, peer-reviewed, refereed journal under UGC approved journal no: 49023(18
• Ms.Akshaya , published  an article titled ed Shades of Marriage: A Comparative Study of Sudha Murty's Mahashweta and Disney's Cinderella (1950)”  in ‘International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts’ Vol.10, ISSN:2320-2882, 2022.(IJCRT)
• Ms. Priya K V, published a paper titled ‘Environmental Colonialism: A Study of Amitav Ghosh’s The Living Mountain in the International Journal of Creative Research Thoughts (IJCRT)’ (Jan 2023, ISSN: 2320-2882)
• Ms. Rajalakshmi E, published a paper titled ‘Reconceiving Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Dreams from an Ecocritical Perspective’ in IIS Univ. J. A. Vol 11 (3), 208-218 (2023) (ISSN 2319- 5339)
• Ms.Nanthini, presented a paper titled Literary Translations :Challenges involved in a webinar  organised by Queen Marys College on 22nd April 2022.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ACHEIVEMENTS

• Ms.K.V.Priya, ,Ms.Roshni, Ms.Nanthini, Ms. Tasneem’ Ms.Sureka ,Ms.Aashika, Ms.Aarthi, Ms.Gayathri &,Ms.Akshya participated in an International Virtual Conference on 'Humanities through Literature, Film and Media 2.0' organised by the School of Social Sciences and Languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India on 18th and 19th August, 2022.
• Ms Sarjana, participated in the Three-Day International Webinar on “Imagining Catastrophe: Literary and Cultural Representations of Environmental Disaster” organized by Dept. of English and IQAC, Seva Bharati Mahavidyalaya.
• Ms.Annalakshmi, participated in a virtual International conference on the topic Environmental Imagination And Greening Of Literary Studies conducted by department of English,Bishop Heber College, Trichy on July 27 and 28th July  2022.
• Ms.Rajalakshmi, participated in the virtual international conference on Environmental Imagining and Greening Literature on 27th and 28th July 2022
• Dr.Santhilakshmi, and was a resource person for the following programs

a)Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Educationn- Talk the Book –The book reviews - reviewer

b)Dr. MGR Janaki College – Department of Natya – Research Methodology for Music and Dance -Speaker – Research in contemporary theatre

• Dr.Lakshmi Balaji participated in the Faculty Development Program on Stress Management (Online Live FDP) conducted by ICT Academy on 23 May 2022 to 27 May 2022.
• Dr.Uma Maheswari, &Ms.K.V.Priya participated in  a one week FDP on Mentoring and Teaching Pedagogy  for classroom enhancement conducted by Sai Ram Institute of Management held from 23rd August to 30th August 2022.
• Ms.Rajalakshmi Participated in FDP- Media, Language and Culture: Prospects and challenges (10days) conducted by department of Journalism and mass communication, college of science and humanities, SRM institute of Science and Technology.
• Ms. Gayathri participated in an FDP on Idea Generation Methods during the 20th and 22nd of June 2022 organized by the ICT of Dr. MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women
• Ms. R. Annalakshmi &Ms.Sureka participated in an International FDP titled Contemporary Trends in English Literature during the 21st and 28th of November organized by the Department of English, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
• Ms. S. Nanthini &Ms.Jyothi participated in a FDP titled Proficiency in spoken English by Cambridge Press and Assessment on the 6th and 7th of February organized by the Tamilnadu Government under Naan Mudhalvan - A Massive Skilling Programme