Vision

To promote excellence in learning English language and inculcate humanistic values in technical students in the interests of nation and multi-cultural world.

Mission

• To enhance students’ abilities to communicate in written and spoken English while encouraging them to be creative and skilled professionals

• To equip students with critical thinking skills, academic honesty and leadership skills to succeed in the global job market

• To widen our students’ understanding of the society through appropriate and innovative methods and materials.

About the Department

The Department of English was started in 1996. Currently, the department consists of ten members – two professors and eight assistant professors. Publication of textbooks, creative books, and 24 articles in National and International Journals and participation in more than 40 National and International seminars, workshops and faculty development programmes indicate the tireless efforts of the faculty in upgrading their academic credentials and professional strengths.

At present the department has been catering to the needs of B. Tech, MCA and M. Tech courses. The department is following modern teaching practices such as role-plays, Group Discussions, Panel Discussions, use of Skype for interaction between alumni and present students, Reviews of books and movies, JAM, Team Presentations and the use of audio and video aids to teach phonetics, vocabulary, grammar, technical and creative writing. Students are given theoretical and practical orientation to come out with flying colours in campus recruitment, GRE, TOEFL and other competitive examinations. The department has been vibrant in promoting extracurricular activities in students through Debate Club and Film Club. The department has also been training in managerial communication skills to the personnel from industry.

The department endeavors to integrate humanistic values with academic learning through introduction of relevant and innovative syllabus. English lab is equipped with 70 systems, LCD and material worth rupees one lakh. The future goals of the department are: establishing an independent language lab with more advanced software, developing short term courses on communication skills and personality development of students and staff, and to offer tailor-made courses and workshops for the needy professionals.

Future Goals

• Short term courses on Communication Skills and Personality Development of students and staff.

• To offer tailor-made courses and workshops for the needy professionals.

• Diploma courses in spoken English for non-teaching staff

• Courses on:

  • Pronunciation and Accent(RP and American),

  • Creative Writing

  • Reading Fiction/Poetry/Short story

  • Vocabulary/Grammar for GRE, TOEFL, IELTS, CAT …etc.

• Series of guest lectures for the benefit of students.

• A Two-Day workshop on Language and Literature in 2016.

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