Government Arts College for Men - Krishnagiri

     DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

                                                                                 - MR. M.Gladson Jose, MA.,M.Phil.,M.Ed., -

                                                                                               - Head of the Department -

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Name of the Department           :  ENGLISH

Year of Establishment               : 1972

Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil, Ph.D, Integrated Masters, Integrated Ph.D etc.)

                UG :  BA English       |     PG : MA English    |   M.Phil  :   English  |    Ph.D  :  English

Annual / Semester / Choice Based Credit System :   Choice Based Credit System

Participation of the department in the course offered by other departments. Non-major elective (speak better write better) communication skills and personality development to all the departments.

Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization (D.Sc / D.Litt / Ph.D / M.Phil, etc.,)

Percentage of class taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information : 60 %

Programme-wise student Teacher Ratio : 18 : 1

Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: (Sanctioned and filled) : Nil

Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. : Nil

Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR etc; total grants received  : Nil

Research facility / centre with

           State recognition           Nil

           National recognition       Nil

                                      International recognition Nil

Publications:

          Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (National / International) National Level        07

          International level           03

          Monographs     : Nil

          Chapter (s) in Books      03

          Editing Books   : Nil

         Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers       : Nil

         Number listed in international Database (for eg. Web of science, Scopus, Humanities International complete, Dare Database – International Social Sciences

         Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)          : Nil

        Citation Index – range / average : Nil

        SNIP     : Nil

        SJR      : Nil

        Impact factor – range / average  : Nil

        H-index : Nil

Details of patents and income generated :Nil

Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil

Faculty recharging strategies Orientation Courses Refresher Courses

            Quality Improvement programmes , Seminars, Conferences etc.

            Referring books and using internets Capacity building program.

Students projects

            Percentage of students who have done in – house projects including inter- departmental. : 100 %

            Percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes       :     : Nil

Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by Faculty : Nil

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops organized and sources of funding (national / international) with details of outstanding participants, if any. : Nil

Student profile course-wise:

Diversity of Students

How many students have cleared civil services, Defense services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other    competitive examinations?

             NET      :   02   

             SLET     :  04    

             Defence Services   :       17   

             Other Services       :       06

Student Progression

Diversity of staff

Number of faculties who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc., and D.Litt. during the assessment period. : 1

Present details about infrastructural faculties

Library  : Available

Internet facilities for staff and students  : Available

Total number of class rooms     06

Class rooms with ICT facilities   01

Students laboratories    01

Research laboratories    : Nil

Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from the college. : Nil

Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so, give the methodology : Nil

Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminars) with external experts. : Nil

List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

             Lecture Method Demonstration Method Chalk and Talk Method. Group Discussion Power point presentation

             OHP presentations

How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?

            By evaluating the performance through test and discussion.

             MR.M.GLADSON JOSE -Co-ordinator for conducting competitive exams (2004-06)

             Dr.A.SARIDHA  -NSS Program Officer (2013 onwards)

            -Member of Anti-Ragging committee (2014 onwards)

Student Participation:

             NSS, YRC, RRC, Rotaract Club, LEO Club, Consumer Forum, Population Club, Fine Arts & Performing Arts, Sports and Games.

Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

             Literary competitions by ELA (English Literary Association) Movie Time in English Language Lab Guest Lecturers

State whether the programme / department is accredited / graded by other agencies. : Nil

Detail any five Strengths, Weakness, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the Department.

             Strengths

Qualified and experienced staff.

English Language Lab

Coaching Classes for NET

Research Guidance.

Disciplined students

Weaknesses

Infrastructure

Staff Vacancy

International Collaboration

Department journal.

Opportunities

Communicative English

Adoption of School.

Inter-disciplinary Research.

CALL Software Development.

Training for Weaker sections.

Challenges

Semi-urban set up.

Lack of exposure.

Limited exposure.

Restrictions in appointments.

Lack of awareness among students.

Future plans of the department.

Introduction of Diploma and Certificate courses.

More number of seminars and workshops.

Introduction of students Exchange Programme.

Introduction of collaboration with agencies and institutions.

Enhancement of Research activities.