The Department of English envisions youth with love for literature, desiring to explore the world of aesthetic pleasure, kindle their spirit to understand the science of language, improve their power of expression and linguistic competency leading to successful careers in diverse fields.
Our mission is to inspire, motivate and encourage students to excel in their academics, be good communicators, foster employability skills among them by providing a platform to identify and nurture their inherent talent, promote their creative pursuits, build their self-esteem and make them well-rounded personalities.
To create awareness about the importance of English as a global language.
To cultivate research aptitude through comparative study of cultures and literatures.
To acquaint students with catalytic effect of English in opening gateways to myriad career opportunities.
To make students comprehend, analyze and appreciate literary texts.
To enhance their personality, build their confidence through training in English communication viz. social etiquette, manners, polite conversations and formal and informal discourse etc.
Year of Establishment: 1992
Department of English was instituted in the year 1992. English is taught at UG level for traditional programs in Arts, Commerce and Science and for professional courses like Computer Science, Biotechnology, Computer Applications and B. Voc.
Students of Arts can opt for English at the special level for a course in Literature and Language
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Certificate Courses run by the Department:
3 Months Certificate course in French for Beginners (Started in Academic Year 2020-21)
3 - month Certificate Course in Spoken English
Modules covered: i) Basic Grammar
ii)Use of day-to- day vocabulary
iii) Correct sentence constructions
iv) Speech: pitch, intonation and modulation
v) Pronunciation
Software used: “Tell Me More”
Our Budding Poet, Abhishaj Sajeev, TYBA (English Special)
This Time Tomorrow
This time tomorrow,
the birds would go mute.
As their castles would disappear,
being cut down root by root.
This time tomorrow,
heaven would unveil its wrath.
Your breath will grow heavier,
none would figure out the math.
This time tomorrow,
nickels would outrun humanity.
Killing each other to pay your bills,
selling fresh flesh and assuring quality.
This time tomorrow,
you won't have a mother.
You dare not wish for a sister,
for her to be dead is what they prefer.
This time tomorrow,
would you let a flower whither?
would you be the silver lining?
or would you just sit and wonder?
Remember Her?
She was dressed in brown blue and green,
all her intentions always pure and clean.
She built a home for the birds,
and for the creatures which couldn't use words.
Bearing burdens of stones on her back,
will so strong, her spine wouldn't crack.
She slept under the stars and bright moonlight,
legends have been told, of her courage and might.
She fed men and women with grass and fruits,
and yet they've set out to cut the roots.
She asked nothing but for love and mercy,
she never knew her gods were so clumsy.
Today she's forgotten and nowhere to be found,
neither her sobbing nor laughter sound.
Dime and time spent can't measure her worth,
do you remember her, her name was 'Earth'?
Name of Faculty |
Funding Agency |
Amount Sanctioned |
Ref/Date |
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Sandeep Sanap |
BCUD |
1,30,000 |
OSD/BCUD/360/117,21.11.2013 |
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Shampa Chakravarthy |
UGC |
75,000 |
F.23-1 |
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Mrs. Shampa Chakravarthy:
Co-authored an article ‘Urban Bias as a Post-colonial Distortion’in a bookPostcolonial Theory and Literature ed. by P. MallikarjunRao and published by Atlantic Publishers. New Delhi ISBN: 978-81-269-0230-9
An article ‘Technology Enhanced Pedagogy-Challenges and Threats’ in a Peer reviewed International Research Journal –Thematics, Vol.1 Issue-3 Sept. 2011(ISSN-2231-487-3)
An article ‘In Search Of The Quintessential...’ in a book “Raising The Bar: Striving For Quality” ed. by Dr. MintuSinha , Alfa Publications. 2012 ISBN: 978-93-81465-61-5
Research Paper titled “Catching The Winds of Change- ‘Voice’ of The Subaltern in BadalSircar’s Third Theatre” published in EPIGNOSIS- Journal of Multidisciplinary Research - Information & Communication for Development- Reach, Impact, Opportunities, Vol-1, Issue 2 January 2013. ISBN: 978-81-922163-2-4
“It’s Time We Broke Through the Glass Ceiling” – Paper published in the Conference Proceedings at the National Symposium on ‘Empowering Women in Higher Education Institutions’, Modern College, Pune-16. Sept. 2013ISBN: 978-81-928564-1-4
“ Come Let’s Break Those Invisible Barriers”- Paper published in the Conference Proceedings at the 5th Annual Women’s Leadership & Empowerment Conference in Bangkok, March 2014 ISBN: 978-86-87043-21-3
“Quest For Identity: Metamorphosis of the ‘Archetypal’ Indian Woman InManjuKapur’s Fiction”. Abstract published in the Conference Proceedings at the International Conference on Social Entrepreneurship-A Global Perspective:2015Manipal University. January 2015
BadalSircar’s ‘Third Theatre’: A ‘Voice’ to the ‘Voiceless’- Abstractpublished in the Conference Proceedings at the InternationalConference on ‘Marginalisation And Indian English Literature’.BharatiVidyapeeth University’s Y.M. College, Pune.February 2015.ISBN: 13978-81-923-438-1-5
“Women,Workplace and the Invisible Barriers”- Research Paper published in ‘LANGLIT’ a Peer- reviewed Open Access Journal. May 2015 ISSN: 2349-5189
BadalSircar’s ‘Third Theatre’: A ‘Voice’ to the ‘Voiceless’-a Research Paperpublished in the Special Issue on Indian English Literature of International Journal of Innovative Knowledge Concepts. Vol.I, Issue 3, September 2015. ISSN: 2454-2415
Abstract of a Research Paper titled “In Search of ‘Self’: Metamorphosis of the ‘Archetypal’ Indian Woman in ManjuKapur’s Fiction” published in Conference Proceedings at the International Conference on Women Studies & Social Sciences March 2016. ISBN 978-93-84124-67-0
Research Paper titled “In Search of ‘Self’: Metamorphosis of the ‘Archetypal’ Indian Woman in ManjuKapur’s Fiction” published in an International Research Journal ENGLISH STUDIES Vol-4, Issue-1.March 2016 ISSN 2347-3479
An article ‘Education in India-A Journey from Gurukul To Cyberkul’ in a book “Aajche Shikshan Ek Vaastav” edited by Shanta Malegaonkar and published by VidyarthiSahayakSamiti, Pune.
An article ‘Directing the Winds of Change’ in The Indian Express on the occasion of Badal Sircar Theatre Festival.
Dare to Defy: Reflections of the ‘New Woman’ in Manju Kapur’s Difficult Daughters and A Married Woman. Asian Quarterly. Vol. 14 Issue No. 1&2 May 2016 & August 2016. ISSN 2229-581X
Published a Research Paper titled The Language of a Play: ‘Being Within and Experiencing…’in a book ‘Revisiting Language and Literature’ having ISBN no.978-81-928564-8-3
Looking Beyond the Image of ‘Angel in the House’: Feminist Readings of the Status of Women in Society published in an International book titled Women Issues in Developing Countries: Some Reflections, Delton Publishing House (P) Ltd. Delhi ISBN: 978-93-87631-08-3. 2018
The ‘Ideal’ versus ‘Difficult’:Virmati’s Conflict in Manju Kapur’s ‘Difficult Daughters’ published in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities (IJELLH) an Indexed Peer Reviewed UGC Approved Journal Volume 6, Issue 12 , December 2018
Quest for Identity: Manju Kapur’s ‘Astha’-An Ineffectual Angel or a Rebel? Published in Reflections on Gender: Mapping the Territory, Delton Publishing House (P) Ltd. Delhi 2019 ISBN : 978-93-87631-22-9 2019
Badal Sircar’s ‘Street Plays’: A Vehicle of Social Change published in ROYAL- an International multi-disciplinary Research Journal (Peer-reviewed &UGC listed) Vol-VI, Issue-II, December-May 2017-18, ISSN# 2278-8158
The Quintessential Women in Selected Post-colonial Indian Novels published in AJANTA- an International multi-disciplinary Quarterly Research Journal (Peer-reviewed &UGC listed) Vol-VII, Issue-III, July- September 2018, ISSN# 2277-5730
Mr. SandeepSanap:
Sr. No. | Journal Name | Title of Paper | ISBN/ISSN | Year of Publication | Page No. | Approved/Ref. No |
1 | LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal | An Analysis of Marginalization and Exclusion in Rama Mehta’s Inside the Haveli | ISSN:2349-5189 | February 2015 | 727-731 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
2 | Glimpses of World Literature | A Postcolonial Analysis of E. M. Forster’s A Passage to India | ISBN:978-93-81549-71-1 | September 2015 | 257-263 | UChapter in Book |
3 | Literary Cognizance: An International Refereed e-Journal of English Language, Literatures & Criticism | Post-Colonialism: Polarities and Similarities in The Lying Days and The Grass is Singing | ISSN:2395-7522 | Decembe 2015 | 26-34 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
4 | LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal | A critical survey of the postmodern Indian writing in English with special reference to selected Indian novels, poetry and dramas | ISSN:2349-5189 | May 2016 | 951-955 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
5 | LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal | The reflection of Indian society in Indo-Anglian writings | ISSN:2349-5189 | August 2016 | 914-917 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
6 | Interlink Research Analysis: International Research Journal Related to Higher Education for all Subjects | Pragmatic analysis of socio-political realism in Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq | ISSN:0976-0377 | January 2017 | 01-07 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
7 | Universal research analysis: International Research Journal related to higher education for all subjects | Teaching English Through Literature | ISSN:2229-4406 | September 2017 | 01-07 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
8 | LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal | The study of inner world of characters in Arundhati Roy’s novel The God of Small Things | ISSN:2349-5189 | May 2018 | 397-400 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
9 | Interlink Research Analysis: International Research Journal Related to Higher Education for all Subjects | Arvind Adiga’s the White Tiger: The Greater Process of Self-Examination | ISSN:0976-0377 | June 2018 | 01-07 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
10 | Review of Research | Teaching of English Language through English Literature | ISSN:2249-894X | January 2019 | 123-127 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
11 | Research Journey: International e-Research Journal | Subordinate Position of Women Characters in Kiran Desai’s Novel The Inheritance of LossThe reflection of Indian society in Indo-Anglian writings | ISSN:2348-7143 | February 2019 | 287-290 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
12 | Research Directions: An International Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access Research Journal | A study of realism and naturalism in Indian Writing in English | UGC Journal No. 45489 ISSN: 2321-5488 | February 2019 | 208-214 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
13 | Research Directions: An International Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access Research Journal | An analysis of code-mixing and code-switching in Baby Kamble’s Prison we Broke | UGC Journal No. 45489 ISSN: 2321-5488 | May 2019 | 99-104 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
14 | Kala Sarovar: An International Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Refereed UGC CARE listed Journal | Women Activism and Gender Parities in Post-Modern Indian Writing in English | ISSN:0975-4520 | August 2021 | 222-226 | International Refereed Peer Reviewed UGC CARE listed Journal |
15 | LangLit: An International Peer-Reviewed Open Access Journal | Postmodern Themes in the Selected Novels of Indian Women Novelists | ISSN:2349-5189 | November 2021 | 176-179 | UGC Listed International Refereed Peer Reviewed |
16 | Sanshodhak: An International Multidisciplinary Peer Reviewed Refereed UGC CARE listed Journal | A Postmodernist Reading of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai | ISSN:2394-5990 | March 2022 | 485-491 | International Refereed Peer Reviewed UGC CARE listed Journal |
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja:
“Traversing the Terrain of the Past: A textual Analysis of Anita Desai’s
TheZigzagWay” –Research Paper published in Indian Journal of World
Literature and Culture. July 2013. Vol 9 & 10, ISSN 2229-7251
“ The Path Towards Self Discovery: Womenin Anita Desai’sNovels”Paper published in the Conference Proceedings at the National Symposium on ‘Empowering Women in Higher Education Institutions’, Modern College, Pune-16. Sept. 2013 ISBN: 978-81-928564-1-4
“Baidh/Abaidh: Relationships in Buddhadeva Bose’s It Rained All Night and DibyenduPalit’sIllitic”- Research Paper published in The Commonwealth Review. Vol 24, ISSN: 0974-0473
Research Paper titled “Redefining Freedom through selected novels of anita Desai” published in an International Research Journal ENGLISH STUDIES Vol-4, Issue-1.March 2016 ISSN 2347-3479
Chapter in Books:
Shampa Chakravarthy: 02
Co-authored an article‘Urban Bias as a Post-colonial Distortion’in a bookPostcolonial Theory and Literature ed. by P. MallikarjunRao and published by Atlantic Publishers. New Delhi ISBN: 978-81-269-0230-9
An article ‘In Search Of The Quintessential...’ in a book “ Raising The Bar: Striving For Quality” ed. by DrMintuSinha , Alfa Publications. 2012 ISBN: 978-93-81465-61-5
Sandeep Sanap: 01
Glimpses of World Literature, ABS Publication, Varanasi, ISBN:
978-93-85149-71-1
DeepanitaBhanja: 01
Co- authored an articleBiadh/Abaidh: Relationships in Buddhadeva Bose’s It Rained All Night and DibyenduPalit’s Illicit edited by R.K.Dhawan and SumitaPuriin a book titled Indian and Comparative Literature:NewInsights. (138-151).Prestige Books, New Delhi
Shampa Chakravarthy |
Proof Reading/Editing articles and theses Content Writing for websites Compering academic and cultural programs Guidance on Business English, Technical Writing and Communication Skills Guidance to students on writing SoP |
Sandeep Sanap |
Guidance to students aspiring for NET/SET Lectures for MPSC aspirants Study material on Basic English Grammar for competitive examinations
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Dr. Deepanita Bhanja |
Proof Reading/Editing PhD theses Designed syllabus of MBA Course of a private college in Pune
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Interdisciplinary Activities
Sr. no. |
Name of the activity |
In association with which department |
Nature of work |
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QUEST: THE CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY FORUM |
All Departments |
Creative Writing |
2 |
SPELLATHON |
All Departments |
Vocabulary Quiz |
Other Activities of the Department:
Sr.No. |
Activity |
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QUEST: THE CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY FORUM |
2 |
English Corner |
3 |
SPELLATHON |
4 |
Think-Pair-Share |
5 |
Inhouse e-magazine AURORA |
6 |
LITCARNATION-The Literary Carnival |
7 |
CAPTION CONTEST |
8 |
WRITERS’ UNBOXED |
9 |
Spoken English |
10 |
Remedial Coaching |
11 |
Guest Lectures |
12 |
Workshops |
13 |
French for Beginners along with Spoken English |
14 |
Educational Visits |
11 |
Trilingual Booklet |
15 |
Film Screening |
16. |
Intercollegiate Essay writing Competition |
17. |
Inhouse Magazine “Odyssey” |
18. |
Aurora – E-Magazine |
19. |
Polaris – An Interactive Career Guidance Workshop |
Ayushman Gupta: Film, Television and media
Supriya Bhonde: Translator and Japanese language instructor
Jitender Kumar: Asst. Professor
Sonu Chaudhary: entrepreneur
Mhalappa Koli: IT professional
Abhishaaj Sajeev: Senior Content Editor, Fortune Business Magazine
Priyanka Padmanabhan: Senior Processing Executive
Bubar Debbarma: Freelance Hair Stylist and Make-Up Artist
Navya Pandey: Teaching profession
Pranjali Parite: Teaching profession
Aditi Tare: Teaching profession
Library: Central Library
04 Journals
824 (includes Reference Books on Language, Literature, Communication Skills - Scientific and Business
205 Text Books
Digital Library facility for staff and students
Online Library Facility: DELNET, INFONET, INFLIBNET
Well equipped Language Laboratory with 21 computers having internet facility, BSNL and Aircell Broadband connection with 10 mbps speed
“Tell Me More” a special software installed for Language Learning
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