VISION OF THE DEPARTMENT
University Education has to be need based. The Department of English will endeavour to help its students to prepare themselves for the future by
- Making optimum use of the autonomous status in evolving a syllabi that will upgrade the knowledge of the faculty and students.
- Introducing a paper in communications skills that will enable them to effectively communicate – the need of the hour.
- Increasing the number of job-oriented subjects — Translations and Journalism.
- Creating an awareness of women’s problems with a paper on Women’s Writings, which will also inspire them to strive for higher goals.
- Providing them with views of feminists and adopting a positive approach to the gender issues.
- Combining theoretical knowledge with practical training.
The Department will thus reach the goals set by the Institution –
- Quality Education
- Career-Oriented skills
- Personality Development
- Social Awareness.
ENGLISH LITERARY ASSOCIATION AND DEBATE CLUB
REPORT FOR THE YEAR (2018-19)
“Opportunities don’t happen, you create them”
English Literary and Debate Club conducted Inter-departmental competitions, Oratory and Dumb Charades on 29/08/2018, Poetry writing and Literary quiz on 30/08/2018. Students from various departments actively participated in the events. The judge for Oratory was Mrs. Hyrun Fathima Nousheen from PG, Department of English. The next event Dumb Charades was judged by Mrs. E. Krithika from the Department of English. On the second day, Poetry Writing was judged by Mrs. P. Beena from the Department of English. The final event, Literary Quiz was judged by Mrs. L. Divya Bharathi from the Department of English. The winners of the events are
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL EVENT’S PRIZE WINNERS:
| S.NO | EVENTS | NAMES | DEPT | PRIZE |
| 1 | Oratory | K. Hema Suriya S. Aadhira V.R.Varsha | I B.Sc Physics I B.A English III B.Sc Physics | I II III |
| 2 | Dumb Charades | T.Poorna R.Mathangee V.Vaijayanthi | II B.A Statistics | I |
| B. Vanitha Jothi S. Shanmuga Priya L. Harini | II B.Sc Physics | II | ||
| T. Deepika S.R. Muthumeena S. Deepika Durga | III B.A English | III | ||
| 3 | Poetry Writing | V.Thanvi Ramya Sundaresan V. Anushri | III B.Sc Physics I B.Com I B.A Economics | I II III |
We also conducted One-day workshop on ‘Englishes in Digital Era’ on 25th September, 2018. The resource person of the event was Dr. Samuel Rufus, Assistant Professor, Department of English from Madras Christian College. Department of English in collaboration with Chennai Literary Festival (CLF) conducted a talk on ‘Literature and Gender’ on 9th January, 2019. The speaker for the event was Dr. N.Tamil Selvi, Head, Department of Visual Communication, Quaid-E-Millath International Academy of Media Studies.
Our students actively participated in the competitions conducted by other colleges and won many prizes.
| S.NO | NAME | DEPT & CLASS | COLLEGES | COMPETITION | PRIZE |
| 1 | Aishwarya.A Aishwarya.D Senita Beryl | III B.A English | Sri Kanyaka Parameshwari College | Literary Quiz | I |
| 2 | Janani.N | III B.A English | Sri Kanyaka Parameswari College | Canvas Painting | II |
| 3 | Swathi Eswari. C | I B.A English | New College | Film Review | III |
| 4 | Praveena. T Heebha Afnan | I B.A English | New College | Cross-word Puzzle | III |
On February 5th 2019, Mr.Dexter Bad Bear, an International Story-teller gave a talk on ‘Native American Story-telling’. We also organised a guest lecture on ‘Postcolonial Literature’ on 14th March, 2019. Mrs.V.Rajalakshmi, Senior Head, Department of English at Kumararani Meena Muthiah College of Arts and Science was the resource person. Our students were immensely benefited from the sessions.
“All of us do not have equal talent. But all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents”
We hope our students will enhance their creativity and potential to progress towards excellence.