Department of English

Introduction

Year of Establishment : 2000

Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.) : UG

Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved: B.Com. and B.A.

Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise) : 6 Semesters

Vision

Mission

Future plans

  • To complete Ph.D. research work.
  • To organize national level conferences on soft-skills and English language related themes.
  • To undertake a minor research project.
  • To participate in an international conference at abroad.
  • To start a university-recognized certificate course for students.

Awards / Recognitions

Publications

Publication per faculty

Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national international) by faculty and students : Nil

Number of publications listed in International Database (For Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database – International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) :

  • Monographs : Nil
  • Chapter in Books : 01
  • Books Edited : Nil
  • Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers : Nil
  • Citation Index : Nil
  • SNIP : Nil
  • SJR: Nil
  • Impact factor: Nil
  • h-index: Nil

Seminars/Conferences/Workshops

  • National
  • International

Teaching Methods

Grammar Translation, Direct Method, Cognitive Code Approach, Power Point Presentations, Web-based Assessment Tools, Blended Teaching Method etc.

SWOC

Strengths :

  • The department tries its best to provide better opportunities and education to its students in spite of limited resources.
  • Qualified, experienced and dedicated teaching faculty.
  • Representation by faculty member in various seminars, conferences and workshops for knowledge enrichment.

Weakness :

  • The socio-economic background of many students admitted in the department is responsible for poor language competence (both in their mother language as well as English).This leads to an unsatisfactory level of comprehension and communication.
  • No graduation in English subject.

Opportunities :

  • Scope for interdisciplinary and sponsored projects/programmes.
  • Scope for launching skill-based job-oriented certificate courses.

Challenges :

  • Creating awareness about digital learning.
  • To provide job opportunities to the students.
  • Networking and strengthening relationship with stakeholders.

Faculty

Prof. Dilipkumar Kashinath Mathapati

M.A., B.Ed., UGC-NET

Specialization: English Language Teaching (ELT)

Date of Joining: 07/11/2006

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