Department of English started in 1969with general/ subsidiary English course. English Honours was introduced in 2016and ever sincethe department has witnessed one of the highest enrollment rates.Departmentholds record of high pass percentage in RU Examination for B.A /AECC courses inEnglish.

Key Features of the Department

➢Qualified,competent, dedicated and dynamic faculty with a strong commitment to teachingand research.

➢Teachers possessing an excellent command over the English as well as the Vernacular(Hindi in the context of Jharkhand)

➢Student-centric pedagogy

➢GoodICT infrastructure facilities for teaching, research, and

documentation.

➢Regular remedial classes taken by the teachers.

➢Teaching pattern, curricular/extracurricular activities designed to inculcateand nurture the reading,writing, communication skills and also to enhance theliterary andcritical acumen of the students.

➢Equal opportunities provided to all the students irrespective of theirclass,creed or community.

➢Multi-disciplinaryapproach towards teaching and learning of EnglishLiterature.

➢Continuous efforts by the faculty to achieve excellence in the areas ofresearchand teaching.

➢Impartingeducation to the students coming from socially backward / under-privilegedsections of the society.

➢Focuson enhancing writing, reading, presentation, interpretive, critical andcreativeskills of students.

➢Department conducts extra/cocurricular activities like AnnualStudents’Seminars,workshops, Mother Mechtilda Lecture Series, annual debate competition,elocution competition, slogan writing, speech competition, R.N Tagore essaywriting competition, Munshi Premchand memoir writing for the Skill developmentof students.

➢Regular Faculty Meetings are held to analyze the performance of the departmentbased on the set objectives, and to strategize activities for the smoothfunctioning of the Department.

➢Online/OfflineParent Teacher Meeting is conducted by the department at the end of each year.

➢Online/Offline Parents’Feedback is taken by the department and feedbackanalysis is documented and reviewed regularly for improvisation of pedagogy andfacilities.

Thus, the Department of English constantly endeavoursfor andaims at the overall development of the students by emphasizing on theiracademic excellence and enhancement oftheir skills.