ENGLISH

Welcome to the Department of English.

The Department of English started its journey with the inception of the college, however it is in 2019, we became fully functional with the introduction of Honours Program in the CBCS format and today it has morphed into one of the most vibrant and sought after centres for women students wanting to study English Literature in the town. At present the Department has two Assistant Professors and two Guest Lecturers. It has one Smart Class Room with audio-visual facilities and we are developing one Language Lab for English Language Teaching. We are aware that most of our students come from the rural areas and we are committed to help them nurture their critical appreciation of literary and cultural issues and guide their intellectual journey.

Some of the best practices of the Department are as follows:

Best practices:

1. Interactive class through ppt and audio visual medium in our Smart Classroom
2. The Department of English has taken an initiative of running a film club for the movie buffs of the College called Cinebusand we screen various movies based on literary texts as well as movies by renowned directors from across the globe for developing critical appreciation of literary and cultural issues of the students.
3. We organise student seminars, debates on contemporary issues, annual exhibitions etc. 
4. We organise special lectures annually by renowned academicians from across the country to make the students aware of the latest developments in the literary and intellectual fields. 
5. We invite our successful alumni to take classes that help them to remain connected to the department. 
6. We encourage student centric education like book quiz and group discussion, where students themselves teach and learn with their own peer groups.

About Us

The Department offers both honors and general courses. Our main focus is on literature, cultural politics and social justice to develop an organic interest among the students and the faculty members. Like the college as a whole, the Department is committed to cultivating under graduates who will be engaged citizens and community members, in addition to successful professionals and life-long learners. We also hope that our students in particular will learn to recognize how literature and other forms of cultural production uniquely intervene in questions of justice and shape our ways of being in the world.

Departmental Vision:

The Department of English aims to impart the students coming from a rurban background the knowledge and skills to participate creatively in a globalized professional world and encourage them to nurture progressive and compassionate human values so that they can usher in a healthy and harmonious society.

Departmental Mission:

The Department has taken upon itself the mission of working zestfully and resourcefully to impart their students with critical reading skills, to analyze, interpret and contextualize the literary and the social, so that they can access the portals of knowledge, both texts and beyond.

The Department also aims to offer career oriented courses, and also inculcate in their students the life skills to engage in community living and growth, by nurturing the ethical values of life and living.

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
Dhupguri Girls’ College
Future Aims & Plans

The Department aims to carry forward a few of these areas in the coming years:
To introduce Soft Skill Management courses for the students in order to improve their employability in both Govt. and Non-Govt. jobs in different sectors like Teaching, Customer Care Centres, Management Houses etc;
To motivate the students to apply for University Courses in a Multidisciplinary perspective;
To extend the scope of Departmental Mentoring / Teaching to both Alumni and Senior students to junior students;
To encourage the students to take up research in FYUGP format while preparing for their University Degree;
To encourage the publication of a departmental journal in a regular basis;
To regularise mentoring / coaching the students for the CUET exams.