- Name of the Department & its year of establishment: Department of English, 1966
- Names of Programmes / Courses offered : UG (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)
- Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved : Yes
- Annual/ semester/choice based credit system : Semester(CBCS)
- Participation of the department in the courses offered by other: Participation in classroom departments teaching of the Behavioural Studies organized by the department of Political Science.
History
English is taught in this college as a compulsory subject to all and as Honours subject to those who opt for it and get selected on the basis of their merit in the entrance test/marks scored in the council examinations. Since it is taught as a compulsory subject the department started from the year of the opening of the college, 1966. Subsequently in the year 1978-79 honours classes opened with only 16 seats. Then in the year 1991-92 the number of seats in honours class increased from 16 to 24 and in the year 2011-12 the number of seats increased to its present strength of 32 from 24. It is also offered as Alternative English for M I L for all classes and as Elective subject for students of other Honours courses of Arts stream at the Degree levels.
Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled
|
Sanctioned |
Filled |
|
| Professor | 05 | 01 |
| Associate Professors | 02 | 01 |
| Asst. Professors | 04 | 02 |
Faculty profile
|
Name |
Qualification |
Designation |
Specialization |
No. of Years of Experience |
No. of Ph.D. students guided in the last 4 years |
|
01. Dr. Kusha Chandra Pradhan |
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
Lecturer |
American Literature |
32 |
Nil |
|
02. Upendra Kumar Swain |
M.A. |
Lecturer |
American Literature |
29 |
Nil |
|
03. Sri Dillip Kumar Rout |
M.A., M. Phil. |
Lecturer |
Linguistics |
26 |
Nil |
|
04. Dr. (Mrs.) Pragnya Pr. Dash |
M.A., Ph. D. |
Lecturer |
American Literature |
15 |
Nil |
- Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty –programme-wise information: Nil
- Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio : 250:1 General & 12 : 1 (Hons)
- 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
- Details of patents and income generated : Nil
- Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil
- Faculty recharging strategies : Faculty members regularly attending Refresher courses, Orientation Programmes & Seminars organized by U.G.C. and other agencies.
- Research facility / centre with
- state recognition: Nil
- national recognition: Nil
- international recognition: Nil
Publications
- number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national/international) Yes
- Monographs Nil
- Chapter(s) in Books Nil
- Editing Books Nil
- Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers
- number listed in International Database (For g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)
- Citation Index – range / average ∗ SNIP
- SJR
- Impact factor – range / average
- h-index
Student 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: 05
- Doctoral / post doctoral fellows: Nil
- Students: Nil
Student Enrolment
|
Year |
Courses |
Sanctioned strength |
Actual enrolment |
Total Boys |
Total Girls |
|
2014-15 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 28 |
104 201 70 12 |
152 55 122 16 |
|
2015-16 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 21 |
104 201 70 05 |
152 55 122 16 |
|
2016-17 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 25 |
116 204 129 09 |
140 52 63 16 |
|
2017-18 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 10 |
109 193 93 05 |
147 63 99 11 |
|
2018-19 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
107 170 126 04 |
149 87 64 17 |
Student Performance
|
Year |
Courses |
Sanctioned strength |
Actual enrolment |
Total Appeared |
Passed |
Failed |
|
2014-15 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 28 |
256 256 192 27 |
256 256 192 25 |
Nil Nil Nil 02 |
|
2015-16 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 26 |
256 256 192 25 |
256 256 192 24 |
Nil Nil Nil 01 |
|
2016-17 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 32 |
256 256 192 29 |
256 256 192 28 |
256 256 192 28 |
Nil Nil Nil Nil |
|
2017-18 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
Nil Nil Nil Nil |
|
2018-19 |
+3 1st Arts +3 1st Com +3 1st Science Honours |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
256 256 192 16 |
Nil Nil Nil Nil |
Student profile course-wise
|
|
Name of the Course |
Applications |
Selected |
Pass percentage |
|
|
|
(refer question no. 2) |
received |
Male Female |
Male Female |
|
|
|
UG |
70 |
20 12 |
100% |
|
Diversity of students
|
Name of the Course
(refer question no. 2) |
% of students from the College |
% of students from the State
|
% of students from other States
|
% of students from other countries |
|
+3 Arts English (Hons.) |
60% |
40% |
Nil |
Nil |
- How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any other competitive examinations:2%
Student progression
|
Student progression |
Percentage against Enrolled |
|
UG to PG |
20 |
|
PG to M.Phil. |
12 |
|
PG to Ph.D. |
05 |
|
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral |
01 |
Staff Diversity
Percentage of faculty who are graduates
of the same parent university 100%
from other universities within the State Nil
from other universities from other States Nil
Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period: 02 Ph.D.
Infrastructural facilities
- Library : Yes
- Internet facilities for staff and students : Yes
- Total number of class rooms : 03
- Class rooms with ICT facility : Yes
- Students’ laboratories : 01
- Research laboratories : Nil
- Does the department obtain feedback from
- faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the department utilize it?
Yes,
- students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response of the department to the same?
Yes, Satisfactory
- alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the same?
Very Good
Distinguished alumni
- Dr.Pragnya Paramita Das, Lecturer in English
- Sri Dillip Kumar Rout, Lecturer in English
- Sri Ramachandra Khuntia, MP, Rajyasava
- Smt. Mangalika Das, Lecturer in English
- Banamali Biswal, Principal, D.A.V.College, Hazaribag
- Dr. Nishakar Sahoo, Advocate, Odisha High Court
- Himansu Dwibedy, Lecturer in English
- Sri Banamali Mishra, Lecturer in English
- Sri Manoranjan Mishra, Odisha Judicial Service
- Dr Kush Chandra Pradhan, Lecturer in English
- Sri Upendra Kumar Swain, Lecturer in English
- Mrs Mamata Boitai, Lecturer in English
Special Methods
- Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external experts: Remedial teaching, workshops conducted.
- List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes:Classroom teaching
- How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning outcomes monitored?: By doing regular assessment
- Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.: Teachers are highly engaged in learning, teaching and research activities.
- Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.
- State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details:Nil
SWOC
a)Strength:
- The department has one seminar library with adequate no. of text and reference books.
- Class rooms are ICT equipped.
- Internal Seminars in the department are conducted regularly.
- Teachers are resourceful and skilled enough in catering to need of the students.
b) Weakness:
- No. of faculties is inadequate.
- The class rooms are not spacious.Scarcity of funds to promote research and extension activities.
- Poor attendance of students in Seminars
c) Opportunity:
- The departmental course is designed to meet the changing need of the students.
- The available infrastructure could be better used for upholding the teaching-learning process.
d) Challenges:
- Making the present course curriculum at par with the national level.
- Raising the level of competition with other institutions.
Future plans
Opening of PG classes, starting vocational courses in Spoken English and Communication Skills In English, setting up research laboratories, opening a Language Lab,etc.
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- Simant Nayak
- Biduttprava Prusty
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