DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH (UNDER GRADUATE)
YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1955
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| INTAKE |
85 |
FACULTY MEMBERS
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| Associate Professor |
Dr. Debnita Chakravarti, M.A., Ph.D
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| Associate Professor |
Dr. Malini Mukherjee, M.A., Ph.D
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| Assistant Professor |
Smt. Baidehi Mukherjee, M.A., M.Phil
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| Assistant Professor |
Smt. Debolina Guha Thakurta, M.A.,M.Phil
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| Guest Lecturer |
Smt. Anam Jawaid, M.A.
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| Guest Lecturer |
Smt. Divyani Sharma, M.A.,M.Phil
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| Guest Lecturer |
Smt. Suchetana Sarkar, M.A.,M.Phil
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| DEPARTMENTAL HIGHLIGHTS |
- Inauguration of IMPRINT (English Literary Society) on August 8, 2016
- LiteraryFest IMPRESSIONS 2016, IMPRESSIONS 2017 (Austentatious)
- Collaborative Translation Workshop (for both teachers and students) with CENTIL, Jadavpur University on August 25, 2017.
- Special Lectures by eminent scholars in the academia, academic collaboration with other departments of the college and contiguous colleges, Active Learning Day students’ paper presentationin every academic session.
- University Rank Holders in recent years:
2016 – 5th, 8th, 10th
2017 – 8th
- Special Web-Lectures and inter-departmental collaborative students’ presentation.
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Programs/webinars/workshops/conferences/special lectures oragnised by the department
| Date |
Title of the program |
Name of resource person |
Platform |
| 25.09.2020 |
Special Lecture: Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea |
Dr. Ajanta Paul |
Impartus |
| 25.02.2021 |
Special Lecture: “Now more than ever seems it rich to die”: The Theme of mortality in Keats’ poetry |
Dr. Subhajit Sen Gupta |
Impartus |
| 10.06.2021 |
Students’ Presentation in collaboration with Imprint (English iterary Society): A Slightly Mad Universe: The Poetry of Allen Ginsberg |
Prepared & presented by Students of then semester 2 |
Impartus |
| 17.06.2021 |
Active Learning Day: Students’ Paper Presentation of all three semesters |
Sem2, 4, 6 |
Impartus |
| 16.11.2021 |
Active Learning Day: Students’ Paper Presentation of all three semesters |
Sem 1, 3, 5 |
Impartus |
| 07.10.2022 |
Collaborative Webinar with Dept. of History: Rammohan and Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay & the socio-cultural ethos of 19th century Bengal |
Students’ Paper presentation from both depts. & PG Dept of English |
Impartus |
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| JOURNAL
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Literati Vol 7 -2021
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| ALUMNI |
Most students of the department take admission in PG courses either in this college or in other universities, thus pursuing higher studies. Many of them have been well established in professional fields.
Annesha Ghosh(batch 2014), won ESPNcricinfoCricjockey, a national level talent-hunt for cricket commentators and joined ESPN (India) Digital Media’s editorial team in Mumbai as a full-time multimedia reporter. She has been covering global sports events, has appeared as a guest expert in BBC Test Match special radio programme, and have written cover stories for official magazine of the Olympic Movement.
Notable Alumni:
Sanjukta Banerjee, Danseuse
Ananya Banerjee, Producer of Doordarshan, Kolkata |
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