DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

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

·         Making optimum use of the autonomous status in evolving syllabi that will upgrade the knowledge of the faculty and students.

·         Introducing a paper in communications skills that will enable them to effectively communicate the need of the hour.

·         Increasing the number of job-oriented subjects -- Translations and Journalism.

·         Creating an awareness of women’s problems with a paper on Women’s Writings, this will also inspire them to strive for higher goals.

·         Providing them with views of feminists and adopting a positive approach to the gender issues.

·         Combining theoretical knowledge with practical training.

 

The Department will thus reach the goals set by the Institution –

·      Quality Education

·      Career-Oriented skills

·      Personality Development

·       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.

THE PRINCESS CRUISE – DRAMA CLUB

The drama club started its functioning with the inaugural on 23-9-2016. The chief guest for the inaugural was Mr. Vikram Dhanasekaran from Ensomneacks theatre, an enterprising and upcoming theatre group. He motivated the young enthusiasts of the drama club to hone their dramatic skills. He also gave them tips to improve stage fear. He elaborated on the drama techniques and threw light on the various forms of stage art.