Year of establishment – 1970
The Department of English has highly motivated staff that endeavors to prepare
students for the future by inculcating an interest in literature and to learn the
nuances of the English language through practice of LSRW skills. With
3 Doctorates
and 2 staff pursuing Research, the Department is gearing to establish itself as
a Research Department in the near future. The Department has designed a well thought
out syllabus to balance interest in literature and develop a competency in
spoken English
Journalism, an elective subject has been introduced to hone
their creative skills and also a prepare them for a career in journalism after their
post graduation
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Making optimum use of the autonomous status in evolving syllabi that will upgrade
the knowledge of the faculty and students.
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Introducing a paper in communications skills that will enable them to effectively
communicate the need of the hour.
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Increasing the number of job-oriented subjects -- Translations and Journalism.
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Creating an awareness of women’s problems with a paper on Women’s Writings, this
will also inspire them to strive for higher goals.
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Providing them with views of feminists and adopting a positive approach to the gender
issues.
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Combining theoretical knowledge with practical training.
The Department will thus reach the goals set by the Institution
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Quality Education
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Career-Oriented skills
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Personality Development
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Social Awareness.
|
Name |
Qualification |
Designation |
Experience |
1 |
Mrs. R.Mangayarkarasi, |
M.A, B.Ed., M.Phil., |
Head, Associate Professor |
28 |
2 |
Miss.S.Ezhilarasi |
M.A |
Assistant Professor |
14 |
3 |
Miss G.Thilakavathy
|
M.A M.Phi |
Assistant Professor |
|
4 |
Dr.P.Beena
|
M.A, M.A (Hindi), B.Ed (Hindi)
M.Phil, PGDJMC |
Assistant Professor |
16
|
5 |
Dr .K.Kanthimathi
|
M.A M.Phil., Ph.D PGDJMC |
Assistant Professor |
16 |
6 |
Mrs. P Hema |
MA MPhil PGDJ |
Assistant Professor |
10 |
7 |
Dr. S. Sharmila |
MA MPhil PhD |
Assistant Professor |
12 |
8 |
Mrs. C. Gandhimathi |
MA MPhil |
Assistant Professor |
4 |
9 |
Ms. P. Divya Prabha |
MA MPhil MA(translation Studies), PGDELT, PGDPR, DTTM |
Assistant Professor |
2 |
10 |
Mrs. C. Ponni Devi
|
MA MPhil |
Assistant Professor |
1 |
11 |
Ms. M. MebithaLordlin Kiruba |
MA |
Assistant Professor |
|
LIT-INVENTIVA
( A forum
for Innovation, Enlightenment & Creativity)
English Literary Association & Debate Club - 2015-2016
Ø
Inaugural Lecture on communicative English by Dr. Gopalan
Ravindran, Professor & Head, Dept. of journalism and Communication,University
of Madras, Chennai, on 11th August 2015.
Ø
Inter and Intra Departmental competitions were conducted
Ø
A guest lecture on “Attitudes of English Second Language
Learners towards corrective feedback " was given by Mrs. Malathy Bakeerathan, Lecturer,
University of Jaffna, Srilanka on 5th January 2016.
Ø
One day workshop was conducted under the banner of CLF
(Chennai Literary Fest) on “News Reading and Comparing” by Prof. Abul Faiz,
Founder and Director, AF School of News Reading and “Copy Editing and Publishing”
by Mrs.Nalini Olivannan, Director at Chennai Centre of Training and Development
on 18th February 2016.
Ø
Valedictory Guest : Dr. Lazar Selva, Loyola
College Chennai.
Ø
Valedictory Address : Communication development in class
room.