Department of English

History

The Department of English was established in 2004. The Department aspires to be a leading center of comparative studies in English by integrating modern and contemporary concepts, skills, and technology. And to attain National and International renown.

Vision

To provide appropriate pedagogies including class size and environments that will lead to student retention and success as well as an increase in the number of majors and minors. To help students ass themselves as professionals as part of a discipline with skills and abilities valuable in the business, teaching, publishing, or post-graduate work. To assure that students encounter creativity crucial to English studies through theatre productions, readings by professional writers, and their own creative and critical production and presentation. To value faculty scholarship and service through greater support for and participation in activities of the profession.

Mission

The overall mission of the English Department is to promote literacy especially the ability to read, write and think critically. This mission includes the fostering of such technological literacy as information retrieval, research, and communication.

Objective

Language training, to build up students listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English. To increase students’ knowledge of English and American Literature and broaden their international vision in hopes of nurturing their cultural sensitivity in the humanities. Develop their intellectual, personal and professional abilities. Acquire basic language skills in order to communicate with speakers of the English language. Acquire the linguistic competence necessarily required in various life situations. The department of English fosters the creation of literature as well as the study of it. We have on our faculty a number of writers who have national and international recognition as poets, short story writers, and essayists. We work closely with the creative writers of the province to offer our students unique creative writing courses.

Department Activities
Students Activity

Department Activities

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH SEMINARS CONDUCTED

S.NO	DATE	SEMINAR TOPIC	CHIEF GUEST DETAILS
1.	10/02/2016	“ENGLISH STUDIES IN INDIA”	Dr.Supla Pandian, Assistant Professor, Department of English, University of Madras.
2.	24/03/2016	“ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES FOR GRADUATES”	Dr.T.Pushpanathan, Assistant Professor, Department of English, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram.
3.	18/07/2017	“COMMUNICATION SKILLS”	Dr.S.R.M. Sokkalingam, Program Director, Versatile corporation solution.
4.	03 /08/2019	“FEMINISM”	Dr.V.Raja Gopalan, Dean, S.S.K.V.Women’s College, Kanchipuram.
5.	01/10/2019	“INDIA’S PRIDE MAHATMA GANDHI”	Mr.S.Manivelu, Head Master, Govt.Hr.Sec.School, Dhamal,Kanchipuram
6.	29/01/2020	“POST-COLONIAL, CONTEMPORARY AND WORLD LITERATURE”	Dr.V.Saravanan, Assistant Professor, School of Social Science and Language, VIT University, Vellore.
7.	29/01/ 2020	“THE ART OF SHAKESPEARE”	Dr.T.Pushpanathan, Assistant Professor & Head, Department of English, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram
8.	09/10/2023	“LITERATURE A TOOL IN BALANCING SOCIAL LIFE WITH STUDIES”	Dr.K.MATHURAMANI ASST PROF DEPT OF ENGLISH ARULMIGU KAPALEESWARAR ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE,CHENNAI

Students Activity

S.No	Student Name	Event	Date	Prize/ Participated	Venue
1.	C.Jayashree	National Symposium on future India its challenger and solution in paper presentation.	20/01/2017	Best Performer	Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram
2.	C. Jayashree	Speech competition	28/07/2017	1^st Prize	Mylapur Academy
3.	P.Bhavani	Speech competition	28/07/2017	2^nd Prize	Mylapur Academy
4.	M. Dhanusri	Speech competition	28/07/2017	3^rd Prize	Mylapur Academy
5.	C.Jayashree	Speech competation in amaithiyaga vazha nulagame sirantha vazhi	18/08/2017	2^st Prize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
6.	Kaleeshwari	Poetry competation in amaithiyaga vazha nulagame sirantha vazhi	18/08/2017	1^stPrize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
7.	I.Yuvarani	Essay competation in amaithiyaga vazha nulagame sirantha vazhi	18/08/2017	1^stPrize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
8.	S.Nandhini	Essay competation in amaithiyaga vazha nulagame sirantha vazhi	18/08/2017	1^stPrize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
9.	Ms.S.Nandhini, III^rd B.A. English	Poetry competition in World Consumer day	30/01/2020	1^st Prize	Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram
10.	Ms.S.Nandhini, III^rd B.A English	State level Poetry competition “Aanaa Pennin Ethiri?”	20/01/2020	1^st Prize	Tamilnadu Health and Science Department DMS Chennai
11.	Ms.S. Nandhini, III^rd B.A. English	Oratorical Competition “Mahatma Gandhi”	02/10/2019	1^st Prize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
12.	Ms.S. Nandhini, III^rd B.A. English	Poetry Competition “Kaalam Thantha Kamarasar”	15/07/2019	1^st Prize	Arignar Anna College of Arts and Science, Cheyyar
13.	Ms.M.Dhanusri, III^rd B.A. English	Oratorical Competition, conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra	20/09/2019	1^st Prize & Cash Prize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
14.	Ms.M.Dhanusri, III^rd B.A. English	Oratorical competition in World Consumer day	30/01/2020	1^st Prize	Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram
15.	Ms.M.Kavitha , III^rd B.A. English	Oratorical Competition, conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra	20/09/2019	2^nd Prize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
16.	Ms.S.Yamini, II^rd B.A. English	Oratorical Competition, conducted by Nehru Yuva Kendra	20/09/2019	3^rd Prize	Kanchi Shri Krishna College of Arts and Science
17.	Ms.S.Divya,III^rd B.A. English	Essay competition in World Consumer day	30/01/2020	1^st Prize	Sri Sankara Arts and Science College, Kanchipuram
18.	Mrs.R.Nishanthi, Ms.S.Visnupriya and Ms.K.Ashwini	Mine competition	04/11/2019	3^rd Prize	Janaki M.G.R.College, Chennai