Department of English and Other Languages

The Department of English and Other Languages, GSHSS, has been engaged in training students across all disciplines in language skills. At present, it offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in English, as well as Minor courses in English and Spanish. In addition, the English faculty offer elective courses in English for Communicative and Professional Uses, Public Speaking, Business Communication & Value Sciences, Soft Skills, Critical Thinking and Academic Writing.

Comprehensive Programmes

The programmes offered by the Department strengthen the department’s unwavering mission of nurturing the critical sensibilities of students through a syllabus that is on par with national and international standards.

Highly Qualified Faculty

The faculty members are strongly committed to research and this is reflected in the in-depth research publications and teaching projects undertaken by staff.

Career Options

This diverse training opens up many avenues for further studies and professions for our students: they can become teachers, editors, publishers, advertisers or researchers. Their practical command over language and theoretical knowledge of the world also befits them to venture into careers as varied as public health, data analysis and large language modelling.

Courses Offered

The department offers Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programs. It offers a well-rounded curriculum in literary studies to BA and MA students and Doctoral Scholars. Students are offered courses in British, American, Indian and other postcolonial literary traditions. They can also select from a wide range of elective courses. Undergraduate students can opt for courses in transmedia storytelling, popular culture, travel writing, digital humanities and linguistics. The postgraduate degree offers advanced courses in linguistics, cultural studies and literary criticism. These students are also offered the chance to hone their skills in academic and professional courses in research methodology, copyediting, ecocriticism, translation theory, gender studies, Dalit studies and pedagogical theory and practice. The department houses an English Lab that assists in the acquisition of practical language skills as well as a preliminary understanding of linguistic processes.

English and Other Languages Programmes

B.A. English
Undergraduate
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Certificate course in Basic English Communication
Specialised Certificate
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Diploma in Advanced English
Diploma
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M.A. English
Postgraduate
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Ph.D English
Ph. D. Programmes
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Faculty

P Asha

P Asha

apendyal@gitam.edu

Assistant Professor

Sruthy B

Sruthy B

sbharath2@gitam.edu

Assistant Professor

Curriculum and Syllabus

Events

NANO -JATHA

Type
Meetings and Workshops

Contact
BVR TATA
btata@gitam.edu

Organized By
BVR Tata

Venue
KRC Auditorium|VSP

National Integrated Typhodont Workshop

Type
Meetings and Workshops

Contact
0169 | Som Sudheer Boddeti
sboddeti@gitam.edu
9704189596

Organized By
Department of Orthodontics GITAM Dental College and hospital

Venue
Mother Teresa Auditorium|VSP

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