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VISION

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.

MISSION

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.

OBJECTIVES

• 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

Research Projects

Name of Faculty	Funding Agency	Amount Sanctioned	Ref/Date
Sandeep Sanap	BCUD	1,30,000	OSD/BCUD/360/117,21.11.2013
Shampa Chakravarthy	UGC	75,000	F.23-1

Research Publications

Revisiting Language and Literature

• Dr. Shampa Chakravarthy
• Dr. Deepanita Bhanja
• Prof. Sandeep Sanap
• Prof. Jitender Kumar

Publication per faculty:

Mrs. Shampa Chakravarthy:

1. 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

2. 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)

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

4. 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

5. “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

6. “ 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

7. “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

8. 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

9. “Women,Workplace and the Invisible Barriers”- Research Paper published in ‘LANGLIT’ a Peer- reviewed Open Access Journal. May 2015 ISSN: 2349-5189

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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.

14. An article ‘Directing the Winds of Change’ in The Indian Express on the occasion of Badal Sircar Theatre Festival.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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:

1. “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

2. “ 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

3. “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

Linkage Collaboration

• Collaboration with TIMES GROUP for English for Employability
• PEN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

Consultancy

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
Dr. Deepanita Bhanja	Proof Reading/Editing PhD theses Designed syllabus of MBA Course of a private college in Pune

Activities

Interdisciplinary Activities

Sr. no.	Name of the activity	In association with which department	Nature of work
1	QUEST: THE CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY FORUM	All Departments	Creative Writing
2	SPELLATHON	All Departments	Vocabulary Quiz

Other Activities of the Department:

Sr.No.	Activity
1	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