Department of English

Courses and programmes offered : BA Honours & Regular, PG

History of the department:

Date of Establishment	21st July, 1969
Introduction of BA. (General) course	1972-73
Introduction of BA (Major) course	1985-86
Affiliation of BA (General) course by Gauhati University	1972-73
Date of permission of BA (Major) course by Gauhati University	1986
Introduction of PG course	2020-2021
First teacher to join the department	Lt. Santosh Kumar Ghosh.

Name of the ex-faculty of the department:

Sl. No.	Name of the Ex – Faculty
1	Lt. Santosh Kumar Ghosh. (M. A. double)
2	Mr. Luis Islary. (M.A.)
3	Mr. Girin Ray. (M.A.)
4	Miss Sathi Y De. (M.A.)
5	Mr. Dhirendranath Ghosh M.A.
6	Mr. Duryodhan Parida  M.A.
7	Lt. Swadesh Saha. (M.A.)
8	Mr. Rabindra Narayan Sahoo. (M.A.)
9	Mr. Sashi Kanta Panigrahi. (M.A.)
10	Mr. Gopal Krishna Panda. (M.A.)
11	Mrs. Anima Dey, (M.A.)
12	Miss Somaina Basumatary, (M.A.)
13	Miss Laijou Brahma, (M.A.,B.Ed)
14	Miss Sanshri Basumatary (M.A.,B.Ed.)

Faculty:

Name of the Faculty	Mr. SAROJ KUMAR PASAYAT. (M.A., M.Phil.)
Designation	Associate Professor
Areas of Interest	American Literature
Name of the Faculty	Mr. Ranjit Kumar Barman. (M.A.)
Designation	HOD & Associate Professor
Areas of Interest	English Language
Name of the Faculty	Mr. Kumar Rajib Gurung. (M.A.)
Designation	Associate Professor
Areas of Interest	Linguistics
Name of the Faculty	Dr. Arup Sarkar. (M.A., PGDTE, M. Phil., Ph. D.)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Linguistics
Name of the Faculty	Mr. Manab Pratim Das. (M.A.)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Linguistics
Name of the Faculty	Miss Tutumani Kakati, (M.A.)
Designation	Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest	Indian English Literature and Modern European Literature.

Departmental Facilities and Activities:

1. The Department arranges student’s seminar in every Semester and publishes the Wall Magazine “Elixir” periodically. It also conducts Workshop on various academic subjects and praxis. The Department has also a departmental library for the students and teachers in everyday use. It also conducts field studies for acquainting the students with the relationship between academics and social needs.

Publications:

• Departmental Publications
  1. Journal of Literary Review vol-1, 2003

• Individual Publications
  1. Thoughts on Society, Culture & Education by Saroj Kumar Pasayat.
  2. Bernard Malamud’s Archetypal Motehrs “A Study of His Early Novels” by Saroj Kumar Pasayat.
  3. Mirage by Kumar Rajiv Gurung.

Modalities:

• Seminar
  1. UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “Post Modernism in the Indian Context” on 27^th & 28^th September, 2007.
  2. UGC Sponsored National Seminar on “The life and Works of Lakshminath Bezbaroa” on 26^th & 27^th September, 2015 (jointly organised with Department of Assamese & Political Science)
• Workshop
  1. Workshop on Drama and One – Act Play on November, 2014.
  2. Workshop on Films on December, 2014.
  3. Workshop on Methodology, 2017 & 2018.
• Webinar :  Nil
• Misc. : Nil

Research Work :

1. A Comparative Study of the Phonological Aspects of Bodo and English.