DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH ( UG )

YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT: 1955

INTAKE CAPACITY
85
FACULTY MEMBERS
Associate Professor Dr. Debnita Chakravarti, M.A., Ph.D.
Associate Professor Dr. Malini Mukherjee, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Smt. Baidehi Mukherjee, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor Smt. Debolina Guha Thakurta, M.A.,M.Phil.
Assistant Professor(CFT) Smt. Divyani Sharma, M.A., M.Phil.
Guest Lecturer Mario Durlav Ghosh, M.A.
Guest Lecturer Smt. Diptishree Gupta, M.A.
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.

Programmes/webinars/workshops/conferences/special lectures oragnized by the department

Date Title of the programme Name of resource person/Organization 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
07.10.2021 Collaborative Webinar with Department 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
27.05.2022 Chaucer and Middle English Literature Dr. Santanu Ganguly Room – 303
08.09.2022 Literary Forum with Sahitya Akademi Dr. Sanjukta Dasgupta
Dr. Devendra Devesh
Dr. Chitrita Banerjee
Room – 303
08.09.2022
and
09.09.2022
Two-Day Book Exhibition with Sahitya Akademi Room – 005
11.11.2022 Active Learning Day: Students’ Paper Presentation Semesters 1, 3, 5 Room – 303
22.09.2023-23.09.2023 Literary Forum —View Report The Department in collaboration with Sahitya Akademi College
01.12.2023 Special Lecture —View Report The Department College
15.12.2023 Literary Society Programme —View Report Department along with Imprint, the Departmental Literary Society College
20.12.2023 Active Learning Day Programme —View Report The Department College
19.12.2023 Institutional visit to Sahitya Akademi Regional office, Kolkata. —View Report The Department Regional Office, Sahitya Akademi, Kolkata
03.01.2024 Talk on Art Therapy —View Report College Medical Committee along with Students’ Council At College
05.01.2024 Students’ Week Programme —View Report Department At College
JOURNAL
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1. 2020-21 Literati Vol 7 -2021

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