English
INCEPTION
The Department of English was established on 28th August 1996. Since its inception the Department has played an important role in nurturing the talents of the students. The PG degree (M.A. English) has been offered since 2015.
OBJECTIVE
- To mold students to be informed readers and creative writers and be participatory.
- To offer scope for job opportunities in research, media, teaching, publishing and other sectors where language skills are required.
- To develop the capacity to appreciate and critically examine Literature and Language
SCOPE FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
- M. Phil
- Ph. D
- B.Ed
- Mass communication
- Journalism
- Law
- Civil Service
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CAREER
- Editor
- Content Writer
- Journalist
- Teacher
- Blogger
- Translator
- Trainers
- Technical Writer
- Copy Editor
PLACEMENT
Our students have been placed in the following organisations through the Placement Cell of the College
- Lectures in various colleges
- Bharathi Group of Schools
- Zion Matriculation School
- WIPRO
- IDBI Bank
- St. Mark’s School
DEPARTMENT LIBRARY AND LANGUAGE LAB
- A large collection of books is available in the library for the students and faculty.
- The department uses many educational tools for the benefit of students. One such is the Language Lab which has 30 computers with required software
SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
- A National webinar on “Contemporary Trends in English Literature” was organized on 12-01-2023. The inaugural Address was given by Dr.Swarna Latha,Assistant Professor & Head PostGraduate and Research Department of English,Vellalar college for Women,Erode. The Keynote Address was given by Dr. V.Smitha Narayanan, Professor, Department of English,Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women,Chennai. The resource persons were Dr. Laly Mathew, Former Principal, Bharata Matha College of Commerce & Arts, Choondy and Dr.Ms.Gayathri, Assistant Professor, Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women,Chennai
- National Workshop on “Relevance of English in Business Correspondence” was held on 05-01-2023. The resource person was Dr. Sumathi Shivakumar, Assistant Professor,A.M.Jain College,Chennai.
GUEST LECTURES
A guest lecture on “Learning Language Through Literature” was organized on 06-09-2022. The resource person was Dr.K.N Shoba, Associate Professor,Department of Education, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research Ministry of Education,Government of India ,Chennai.
ACADEMIA INDUSTRY CONNECT
The students of the Department of English visited the following organizations for internship
- 1.Immaculate Overseas Consultancy
- 2.Chennai Girls’ higher secondary school
- 3.Anna Centenary library
- 4.St. Fathima nursery school
- 5.Emerald Publications
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTS
1.Yamini of II MA participated in the Youthtalk competition organised by the ICT Academy on the 27th of September2022 and won first prize.
2.Anusuya of I MA won the Handball Competition- Inter Zone on January 22, 2023 at the University of Madras.
FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS
1.Dr.Lakshmi Balaji, Assistant Professor,published an article titled “Slave Narratives to Black Activism” in the book titled “Evolutionary Innovations”, ISBN No 978-9381899991
2.Dr.V.C.Santhilakshmi,Assistant Professor, published an article titled “To Be or Not To Be is the Question - Theatre and the Pandemic”
3.Ms.K.V.Priya,Assistant Professor, 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
4.Ms.Sarjana,Assistant Professor, 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)
5.Ms.Akshaya ,Assistant Professor, published an article titled “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)
6.Ms. Priya K V,Assistant Professor, 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)
7.Ms. Rajalakshmi E,Assistant Professor, 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)
8.Ms.Nanthini,Assistant Professor, presented a paper titled “Literary Translations :Challenges” involved in a webinar organised by Queen Marys College on 22nd April 2022.
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
Ms.K.V.Priya, ,Ms.Roshni, Ms.Nanthini, Ms. Tasneem’ Ms.Sureka ,Ms.Aashika, Ms.Aarthi, Ms.Gayathri &,Ms.Akshya,Assistant Professors,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,Assistant Professor, 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, Assistant Professor,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,Assistant Professor, participated in the virtual international conference on “Environmental Imagining and Greening Literature” on 27th and 28th July 2022
Dr.V C Santhi Lakshmi, Assistant Professor, Department,was a resource person for the following programs
1.Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education- Talk the Book –The book reviews - reviewer
Dr. MGR Janaki College – Department of Natya – Research Methodology for Music and Dance -Speaker – Research in contemporary theatre
Dr.Lakshmi Balaji, Assistant Professor, Department,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,Assistant Professors, 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,Assistant Professor,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,Assistant Professor,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,Assistant Professors, 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,Assistant Professors, 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.