Faculty

1. Dr. Alpna Saini, Professor
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2. Dr. Shahila Zafar, Associate Professor and HoD
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3. Dr. Vipan Pal Singh, Associate Professor
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4. Dr. Dinesh Babu P., Assistant Professor
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5. Dr. Prithvi Raj, Assistant Professor
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6. Dr. Rohit Yadav, Assistant Professor
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Academic Programmes

• 2023-25
  • M.A English
  • Ph.D English
• 2022-24
  • M.A English
  • Ph.D English

Syllabi

• 2023-25
• 2022-24

Research Thurst Area

Facilities

The department has Wifi-enabled smart classrooms, a fully-equipped Language Lab, a collection of the latest books and journals in the library, and access to various related e-content.

Language Lab

Facilities in the Lab:

Desktop computers with 30+1 user licence of Clarity SNET class software for digital class management, with additional modules on: Soft Skills & Personality Development

Open-source software available in the language lab:

Language and Linguistics Tools:

• GIST Linguistic Translator Workbench
• CDAC Unicode Typing Tool
• CDAC Intelligent Script Manager for Indian Languages
• Praat: Phonetic Analysis

Writing/Word Processing Tools:

• Akhar: Unicode based Indic Word Processor
• Apache Open Office
• Libre Office Research

Resources/E-Book Management:

• Calibre
• Zotero
• Voice Recording/Photo Editing Tools:
• Audacity
• GIMP

E-Content

Individual faculty members have been disseminating e-contents, carrying out assessments, class discussions as well as student presentations for all courses offered at the department through Google Classroom, Edmodo, Nearpod, Padlet, and various other digital tools. Blended learning methods, as well as flipped classroom modes, have been successfully adopted in tune with the changing times.

 https://sites.google.com/site/communicationskillscup/

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NTczODEyODQ4MDJa

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NTczODEyODQ4MDJa

https://classroom.google.com/u/1/c/NDI3ODE2MTkxMzg0 

https://classroom.google.com/u/0/c/MTY1MTc0NzAwOTA1

Placement

Publishing, and journalism as content writers, editors, assistant professors, school teachers, and research associates. Our curriculum is designed to prepare students for successful careers in these professions and more.

Student Corner

Masters Project/ Dissertation Details

Students who qualified NET or GATE in English 

National Competitive Examinations:

List of PhD Research Scholars:

List of MA English students: 

• Celebrating Teachers' Day in the Department: September 5, 2019
  
  
  
• English Literary Society Activity:  'Poetry Recitation and Discussion Session' on August 30, 2019.
  
  
  
• Inaugural Event of English Literary Society on May 27, 2019
  

 Participation of students in outreach activities:

Grants

Our faculty members have been recipients of research grants for the ICSSR, UGC, and the British Council. 

Currently, we are working on RSM (Research Seed Money) funded research projects as given below:

1. Dr. Shahila Zafar: 'An assessment of Academic writing needs of tertiary level students in Punjab' (Rs. 1,50,00)
2. Dr. Vipan Pal: 'The Postcolonial Adorno' (Rs. 1,45,000)
3. Dr. Prithvi Raj: 'Preservation and Documentation of Bagri Folk Tales' (Rs. 1,45,000)

Seminar/Symposia

1. The Department of English organised a International Conference 'Narratives of Nation: Contemporary Literary Cultural and Theoretical Debates' between 24-25 March 2022. During the inaugural session, Prof. Martin Puchner from Harvard University shared his views on "Narratives of the Nation" and "How Literature Shaped History". He stated that a Nation is an imaginary concept and it needs additional tools to keep its people together. Two-day international conference on the theme "Narratives of the Nation: Contemporary Literary, Cultural, and Theoretical Debates"

   
   

   On the second day, Prof. Dhananjay Singh from Jawaharlal Nehru University delivered a talk on "Nation and Darshan in Thought and Tradition". He understood nation as a substance, an attribute and a perspective derived from Bharata's Nātyaśastra. Prof. Singh reiterated that there is a need to come away from the colonial idea of nation state, since India stems as a community from the idea of the Self.

    

2. An interactive session organised by Department of English with Dr. Tariq Khan (CIIL Mysore) on 06 May 2022. Dr. Khan talked about the possibilities and opportunities of Translation Studies in India.

    

    
3. Online lectures series from 10-24, February 2021, on:
   1. ‘Academic Writing’,
   2. ‘Career Paths After MA English’
   3. ‘Language Hygiene

   The resource person for these lectures was Prof. Deepti Gupta, former Chairperson, Department of English and Cultural Studies, Punjab University, who successfully explained the nuances, challenges, and strategies to build a career in English and the fundamentals of academic writing. She also responded to the questions of students.
     

4. An online lecture on ‘Jacques Lacan and the Literary Dimensions of Psychoanalysis’ on February 3, 2021. The resource person for this lecture was Prof. Santanu Biswas, Department of English, Jadavpur University. Prof. Biswas raised central concerns and contemporary theoretical issues in the application of psychoanalysis in literary studies. The lecture was followed by a question-answer session.
   

   

5. The Department of English in collaboration with the Teaching Learning Centre at the University conducted a One-Week National Workshop on ‘Teaching Poetry: Pedagogical Challenges and Prospects’ for College and University faculties, under PMMMNMTT, MHRD, Govt. of India, from 18th March to 22 March 2019.

     

6. Invited Lecture by Professor Rana Nayar, Panjab University, Chandigarh on February 11, 2020 on "How to Read a Text."
   
7. Special lecture by Prof. Rabinder Powar (Department of English, Punjabi University, Patiala) on 'Literary Theory and Criticism' on  November 7, 2019
   
8. Invited Lecture by Professor Harjeet Singh Gill, Professor Emeritus, JNU, New Delhi and Professor of Eminence, Punjabi University, Patiala on March 15, 2019, on "Semiotics of Literary Discourse."
   
9. Invited lecture on "Print Culture and the Emergence of Early Novels in Malayalam" by Dr. Ashokan Nambiar C (Visiting Fellow at King's India Institute, King's College London) held on January 25, 2019.
   
10. First Batch of MA English students receiving their degrees during Convocation, 2018
    

    

Alumni

Our alumni are actively engaged in their professional communities in the fields of publishing, journalism, teaching, and research as content writers, editors, assistant professors, school teachers, and research associates. The Department of English has an Alumni Group of all postgraduate and PhD students who have studied in the department. The Group maintains a WhatsApp group through which the members are in touch with the department. They wholeheartedly participate in the programmes conducted by the department. All our alumni are also a part of the Alumni Association of CUPB maintained by the University.

Academic Calendar 2022-23

• Semester 3rd and 4th (Batch-2021)
• Semester 1st and 2nd (Batch-2022)
• Semester 3rd and 4th (Batch-2022)
• Short-Term Courses (Batch-2022)

Academic Calendar -  2021-22

• Semester 1st and 2nd
• Semester 3rd and 4th

Academic Calendar -  2019-2020, 2020-21

Board of Studies(BOS)

 Notifications 

• Constitution of BOS

Minutes of Meetings

• Minutes of BOS Meeting held on 27th April, 2022
• Minutes of BOS Meeting held on 20th May, 2021
• Minutes of BOS Meeting held on 11th September, 2021
• Minutes of BOS Meeting held on 11th Feb, 2020 

Academic & Administrative Committee (AAC)

Meetings of Meetings

• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 06.01.2023 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 13.12.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 07.11.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 06.09.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 01.08.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 31.05.2022
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 28.04.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 31.03.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 09.03.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held on 04.01.2022 
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held in year 2021
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held in year 2020
• Minutes of the AAC meeting held in year 2019

Curriculum Development Committee (CDC)

Notifications

Meetings of Meetings

• Minutes of CDC Meeting held on 27.01.2022
• Minutes of CDC Meeting held on 30.01.2020

Innovation 

Remedial Course in English

Classes are held twice a week for students across the university, focussing on helping students enhance their proficiency in English

Academic Mentorship Programme

Each PhD student has been assigned 4-5 MA students whom they meet once a week for mentoring them on academic matters, especially project work and dissertation writing.

Department magazine the Ornate Circle

 The Editorial Board, comprising MA and PhD students, is working on the first edition of the magazine, which is receiving submissions from students from all department.

English Literary Society

"Reading session on Manto" organised by English Literary Society to commemorate the birth anniversary of Saadat Hasan Manto.

First Annual English Literature Festival on the theme of The Magical World of Harry Potter

   

 First Annual English Literature Festival on the theme of The Magical World of Harry Potter Report 

Department Magazine

• Issue No.1, 2022-23

Participation of students in cultural Sports Literary NSS NCC related activities

• Upto July 2022 
  
  July 2022 Onwards
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Book Club
Department of English
The club has initiated two meetings. The minutes of the meetings are as follows:

1st Meeting of the Book Club:
The first meeting of the Book Club was held on 16th September 2022. It was an introductory meeting. Rishabh, MA English student, explained how the club is going to initiate reading of literature is beneficial. The club will undertake the reading of novels, short stories, poems, dramas, etc. The club members decided on a strategy concerned with putting things on the ground.   The club members decided that the next meeting will be held on 22nd September 2022.

2nd Meeting of the Book Club:

The second meeting of the book club was held on 22nd September 2022. All the members came with some books or short stories to decide the agenda of further discussions. Ayushi suggested The Box Social by James Reaney (1994) and The Veldt by Ray Bradbury (1950); Rinsha suggested An Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor. To build up the base of the club, and keeping in mind that it was the first discussion, the members mutually agreed upon The Box social by James Reaney (1994). All the members decided to come up with something unique which is beneficial for everyone.

English Literature E-Books

English Literature  Knowledge Repository