English Department

The department started as a General course in 1985. Honours course was initiated in 2000.
The department provides access to Seminar Library and computer facilities.
The department provides access to a Language Laboratory.
The department conducts State, National and International level seminars throughout the academic session.
The department encourages students for participating in different academic programmes, cultural activities, extension activities and excursion.
The students after passing out can study Post-Graduation, journalism, or can appear for competitive exams like NET, SET, WBCS, School Service Commission and College Service Commission.

Faculty Profile

Syllabus

Honours

Programme

Major & Minor

Syllabus NEP-2020

Course Outcome

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Intake Capacity

	General	SC	ST	OBC-A	OBC-B	EWS	Total
English (Major)	36	18	5	6	8	8	80
English (Minor)	18	9	2	3	4	4	40

Seminar

Seminar/ Webinar/ Workshop details

Sl. No.	Name of the Topic	Seminar/ Webinar	Date	Resource Person
Academic Year: 2019 – 20
1	We Two Boys: Friendship in Walt Whitman	International Webinar Series	27.06.2020 to 30.06.2020	Dr.Niladri Ranjan Chatterjee, Professor, Kalyani University
2	Feminist Perspective in Postcolonial Indian and Bangladeshi Woman Authors in English			Dr.Shahadat Hossain Azad, Professor, Islamic University. Bangladesh
3	Bhimayana:Subversion of Hegemonic Discourses			Dr.Narugopal Mukherjee, Associate Professor, Bankura Christian Colleg
4	Re-Reading Literature through the Postcolonial Lens			Dr.Shreya Bhattacharji, Associate Professor, Central University of Jharkhand
Academic Year: 2020 – 21
1	Armchair Narratives: Solidarity, Resilience and Resurrection in the time of Covid-19	International Webinar Series	01.07.2020 to 04.07.2020	Dr.Sayan Dey Assistant Professor Yonphula Centenary College Royal University of Bhutan
2	The Armed American Reality: The Glass Unicorn and Dismantled Laura in The Glass Menagerie			AnilaChandran Assistant Professor HHMSPBNSs College for Women Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
3	History, Language and ldentity in Derek Walcott's Poetry			Dr.Arnab Kumar Sinha Assistant Professor Burdwan University
4	Reading Literature from Eco-Critical Point of View			Prof. Md.Ali RayhunSarker Assistant Professor Rokeya University, Bangladesh
Academic Year: 2021 – 22
1	Confusion as Conclusion: Embracing 'Inbetweeness' as a research methodology in Humanities and Social Sciences	International Webinar	30.03.2022 to 31.03.2022	Dr.Sayan Dey Post-Doctoral Fellow Wits Centre for Diversity Studies University of Witwatersrand Johannesburg, South Africa
2	Always Something Better to Strive For: Towards the American Dream			Dr.SarbojitBiswas Professor Department of English Bankura University
3	SlendideMendax:Swift's Gulliver's Travels			Dr.AmritSen Professor Department of English Visva-Bharati University
4	Revisiting ‘The Chronicle of a Death Foretold'			Dr.Mahammad Rabiul Awal Assistant Professor Department of English Netaji Nagar Day College University of Calcutta
Academic Year: 2022 – 23
1	The Theme of Slavery in Tony Morrison’s Beloved	State Level Seminar	31.03.2023	Mrs. Shrabani Hembram Assistant Professor Department of English Bankura Sammilani College
2	A Critical Appreciation of P. B. Shelley: "Ode to the West Wind"	One Day International Seminar	28.04.2023	Mr. Systanando Kumar Saha Assistant Professor Department of English Abul Hossen College ChalanBeel, Bangladesh