1 Name of the department ENGLISH

2 Year of Establishment 1958

3 Names of Programmes / Three year UG course (Major & General)
Courses offered (UG, PG,
M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated
Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)
4 Names of Interdisciplinary NIL
courses and the departments/units
involved
5 Annual/ semester/choice based Semester Based Credit System
credit system (programme wise)
6 Participation of the department in NIL
the courses offered by other
departments
7 Courses in collaboration with NIL
Other/universities/industries/
foreign/institutions, etc.
8 Details of courses/programmes NA
discontinued (if any) with reasons
Number of Teaching posts Government Adhoc/
Part time
Sanctioned Filled
Post
Professor 00 00
Associate ---- 01
Professor
Assistant ---- 04 02
Professor
10 Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt. /Ph.D. / M.
Phil. etc.,)
Name of the faculty Designation Highest Specialization Experience No. of Ph.D.
(In years) Students
qualification guided for the
last 4 years
Sanctioned Posts
Madhulika Singh Associate M.A. American 19 yrs
Professor Literature
Birenchi Kumar Assistant MA American 8 yrs -------
Pegu Professor Literature
Rongina Narzary Assistant MA Commonwea 8 yrs -------
Professor lth Lit.
Utjala Barman Assistant MA Linguistics 7 yrs -------
Professor
Sanghamitra De Assistant MA, PhD. Indian 2 yrs --------
Professor English Lit.
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 Adhoc/Part-timer
Anannya Acharjee Assistant MA Indian 3 yrs -------
Professor English Lit.
Aradhana Singha Assistant MA Indian 9 mon -------
Professor English Lit.
11 List of senior visiting faculty Nil
12 Percentage of lectures delivered and 26%
practical classes handled (programme wise)
by temporary faculty
13 Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) Programme Ratio Remark (if any)
UG 12 : 1 In the Major course
197 : 1 In the General course
PG N/A
14 Number of academic support staff (technical) Sanctioned Filled
and administrative staff; sanctioned and filled
01
15 Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ DSc/ D.Litt Ph.D MPhil PG
D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.
----- 01 ------ 07

16 Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National

b) International funding agencies and grants received:
Name of faculty Year Funding Grant Received Status
Agency (in Rs.) (ongoing/completed)
Madhulika Singh 2011 UGC 1,15,000.00 Ongoing
Madhulika Singh 2012 UGC 1,15,000.00 Completed
Rongina Narzary 2011 UGC 1,05,000.00 Ongoing
Rongina Narzary 2012 UGC 1,05,000.00 Completed
Dr Sanghamitra De 2014 MHRD-UGC Ongoing
Dr Sanghamitra De 2015 MHRD-UGC Ongoing
17 Departmental projects funded UGC-02
by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and Total Grants received- Rs 2,20,000.00
total grants received
18 Research Centre/laboratory /facility Nil
recognized by the University
19 Publications (2009-15)
Nos. of papers published in Peer Reviewed /refereed Journal (National/International)
Name of the Faculty 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Rongina Narzary ----- ------ ------- ------ 01 -------
Utjala Barman ------ ------ ------- ------ 01 -------
Anannya Acharjee ------ ------ -------- ------- 01 -------
Nos. of Books/Chapters/articles
Name of the Faculty 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Madhulika Singh ------ ------- 01 ------ 01 ------
Utjala Barman ------- -------- ------- 01 ------ -------
Dr Sanghamitra De ------- -------- ------- ------ ------ 01

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20 Areas of consultancy and income NIL
generated
21 Faculty as members in
Name of the Faculty Name of the international/ National/Regional State Member
level Committees/ Editorial Board ship
status
(Life/An
nual)
Madhulika Singh Indian Association of English Studies (IAES) Life
Utjala Barman Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda Life
Dr. Sanghamitra De •Member of Editorial team of Gauhati University
Institute of Distance and Open Learning
•Forum on Contemporary Theory, Baroda. Life
22 Student projects
Percentage of students who have Nil
done in-house projects including
inter departmental/programme
Percentage of students placed for 2011-2012: 03%
projects in other organizations outside
the students i.e. Research
Laboratories/ Industry / and other
agencies.
23 Awards / Recognitions received by Tania Tarannam (2011-2014), won Gold Medal in
faculty and students Western Singing Competition in the Youth Festival,
2012, Gauhati University, Adjudged the 2nd best paper
presenter in the Inter-College Students’ Seminar held at
B. Borooah College,on 9 th April, 2013, has to her credit
a music album released by the music company Times
Music (Bennet, Coleman & Co. Ltd), 2013.
Dorin Goswami, 2nd in Satriya Dance, Youth Festival,
GU, 2014.
24 List of eminent academicians and  Ms. Mitali Goswami, Associate Professor, Handique
scientists / visitors to the Girls’ College, Guwahati (2009)
department  Dr. Bondita Medhi, Associate Professor, AVC,
Guwahati (2010)
 Dr. Moushumi Pathak, Associate Professor, AVC,
Guwahati (2012)
 Ms. Jayashree Borthakur, Associate Professor, B.
Barooah College, Guwahati (2012)
 Dr. Arundhuti Chakraborty, Associate
Professor,AVC, Guwahati (2013)
 Dr. Manju Goswami, Associate Professor, AVC,
Guwahati (2014)
 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Nath, Associate Professor,
Gauhati University (2014)
 Dr.Prasanta Kumar Das, Assistant Professor, Arya
Vidyapeeth College (2014)
 Dr. Nandana Dutta, former Head and Professor of

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 English, Gauhati Univerity (2015)
 Dr. Anita Tamuli, Head and Professor,
Dept. of English language Teaching, Gauhati
University (2015)
25 Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops NIL
organized & the source of funding
National/international
26 Student profile (programme/course
wise):
Year 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
Prog ramme UG UG UG UG UG UG
MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR MAJOR
Enrolled M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T M F T
1st Yr. 10 18 28 12 12 24 10 16 26 8 20 28 11 17 28 11 21 32
2nd Yr. 8 18 26 10 18 28 12 12 24 10 16 26 8 20 28 11 17 28
3rd Yr. 8 19 27 8 18 26 10 18 28 12 12 24 10 16 26 8 20 28
Total 26 55 81 30 48 78 32 46 78 30 48 78 29 53 82 30 58 88
Appeared 7 18 25 4 17 21 9 18 27 3 10 13 3 12 15 03 15 18
Passed 7 15 22 2 10 12 6 17 23 3 7 10 3 12 15 02 14 16
% of pass 100 83 88 50 59 57 67 94 85 100 70 77 100 100 100 67 93 89
27 Diversity of Students
UG Course 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
% of students from 100 83 100 93 99 84
the same state
% of students from 00 17 00 07 01 16
other States
% of students from Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
abroad
28 How many students have cleared national and state NET- 01
competitive examinations such as NET, SLET, SLET- 02
GATE, Civil services, Defense services, Civil services- 01 (APS), 01 (ACS)
etc.(2009-2015)
29 Student progression (2013-14)
UG to PG NA
PG to M.Phil. NA
PG to Ph.D. NA
Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral NA
Employed: Campus selection NA
Other than campus recruitment NA
Entrepreneurship/Self-employment NA
30 Details of Infrastructural facilities
a. Library Nos. of Books in the Nos. of Books of the Journa
Departmental Library. concerned subject in ls/Mag
the Central Library. azines
178 16
b. Internet facilities for Staff &  Laptops: 02
Students in the Department  Printer: 01

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  Internet: Yes
c. Class rooms with ICT Not Available
facilities
d. Laboratories (Give details)  A Language Laboratory shared with other language
departments of the college.
31 Number of students receiving financial assistance from College, University,
. Government or other agencies.
Financial assistance 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
from
College Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
University/ 15
Government
32 Details on student 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15
enrichment
programmes (special
lectures / workshops 01 PT ------- 01 PT ------- 02- PT & -----
/seminar) with external SL
experts
Name of the  Ms. Mitali Goswami, Associate Professor, Handique Girls’ College,
Invitees Guwahati (2009)
 Ms. Jayashree Borthakur, Associate Professor, B. Barooah College,
Guwahati (2012)
 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Nath, Associate Professor, Gauhati University
(2014)
 Dr.Prasanta Kumar Das, Assistant Professor, Arya Vidyapeeth
College (2014)

33 Teaching methods  Home Assignments, Seminars and Group Discussions

adopted to improve  Remedial Classes for slow learners
student learning  Soft skill training
 Training for literary competitions
 Screening of classic movies related to the subject
 Extension activities
34 Participation in Rongina Narzary: Team Member of the Community Development
. Institutional Social Programme organized by Arya Vidyapeeth College at Garbhanga L.
Responsibility P. School on August 2, 2010.
(ISR) and  Rongina Narzary: Led the Plantation Programme organized
Extension activities by 60 Assam Girls’ Bn on August 24, 2010 as a part of My Earth My
Duty-A Campaign initiated by Zee News and NCC.
 Rongina Narzary: Organized a Blood Donation Camp as
CTO, NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with NCC 1 Assam
Boys’ Bn and B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati on September
25, 2010.
 Rongina Narzary: Organized a Blood Donation Camp as
CTO, NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with NCC 1 Assam
Boys’ Bn and B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati on September

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25, 2010.
 Rongina Narzary: Organized a Blood Donation Camp as
CTO, NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with NCC 1 Assam
Boys’ Bn and B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati on November
26, 2011.
 Rongina Narzary: Led the Annadan Programme organized by
60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with 1 Assam Boys’ Bn at
Sukreswar Mandir, Guwahati on November 27, 2011.

 Rongina Narzary: Organized a Yoga Camp for Memory

Development as CTO, NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn at Arya Vidyapeeth
College from May 22- May 25, 2012.
 Birenchi Kumar Pegu: Member of Arya Vidyapeeth
Playground Development Committee.
 Papori Kalita: Donated blood in the Blood Donation Camp
organized by NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with NCC 1
Assam Boys’ Bn and B. Borooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati on
November, 2013.
 Sanghamitra De: Organized a Yoga Practice session as CTO,
NCC 60 Assam Girls’ Bn in collaboration with NCC 1 Assam Boys’
Bn from April 22 to April 29, 2015.
Sanghamitra De: Organized a popular talk on the occasion of the
celebration of International Yoga Day, as CTO, NCC, 60, Assam
Girls’ BN, AVC, 19th June 2015.
Extension Activities
2009
Attended Anita Baruah Memorial Lecture at Gauhati University
2011
Visit to the theatre.
Venue: Rabindra Bhawan
Play: Aadhe- Adhure by Mohan Rakesh
2012
Participation and paper presentation of English Major students in the
Inter-College Seminar at B. Borooah College
2012
Study Tour to village near Sonapur .
2013
Participation and paper presentation of English Major students in the
Inter-College Seminar at B. Borooah College. A total of 4 (four)
groups participated.
2014
Visit to the State Museum.
2014
Extempore speech competition for Major students.
2014
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Rathi Lakshminath Bezbaruah at Rabindra Bhawan.
2015
Participation in Yoga Practice Session by Major students and faculty
members organized by NCC.
35 SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
. Strength  Continuous and increasing demand for the subject every year.
 In spite of shortage of staff the faculty takes enough initiative to
manage the classes of the department and ensures a satisfactory pass
percentage.
 Communication and group discussion activities are conducted regularly
for B.Sc. students to strengthen their public speaking abilities and train them
for facing interviews.
 The Department maintains an atmosphere of discipline, conducive to
learning.
 The Department is endowed with a dedicated set of faculty members
who constantly engage in counseling, guiding and mentoring the students
for both academic and other activities. The individual needs of Major
students are addressed by providing academic, personal and career
counseling.
 Students are encouraged to hone their writing and research skills
by participating in student seminars and contributing actively to the
department Wall Magazine. These efforts have borne fruit as
students have participated in inter-college students’ seminars and
made the department proud by winning the first prize in the annual
Wall Magazine competition for the last three years and the second
prize in the current session.
 Numerous extension activities having a diversity of relevance for the
students have been undertaken in the last few years.
 Research projects funded by the UGC have been carried out by
faculty members.
 One member of the department is involved in open and distance
learning for PG teaching in English in various capacities.
Weakness  Shortage of teaching faculty and space.
 Disproportionate teacher-student ratio.
 Inadequate facilities for research activities.
 Being a Department which bears the burden of catering to the largest
number of students in the College it is not possible for faculty members
to engage in research activities to the desired level due to shortage of
time and a hectic schedule.
Opportunities  Inter-disciplinary relevance of the subject and therefore bright career
prospects for students in various fields.
 Enhancing communicative skills.
Challenges  Acquainting the Major students with a completely new area for which
the Higher Secondary syllabus does not prepare the base.

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  To develop the language skills of the students especially those
coming from the vernacular medium schools.
 The needs of the Major students often cannot be met due to an
extensive and exhaustive syllabus in the Major course designed by
the affiliating university, and which demands completion in a short
time.
Future Plans  Holding a drama workshop for the Major students.
 Holding a creative writing workshop for the Major students.
 To start a course on Spoken English
 To bring more research projects in the Department.
 To organize National and State level seminars.
 To undertake more publication by teachers at International and
National levels.