Initiation and Brief Overview
Started in 1985, the Department of English is operating as an Honours Department since 1992. From its inception, the Department has a sustained academic record of excellence with University rank-holders form many of its past and current batches. At present, the English Department has a five-member faculty (2 associate professors, 1 assistant professor, 2 State aided college teachers).
On the basis of its performance and on the strength of its faculty, NAAC (2nd Cycle, 2016) recommended opening an autonomous PG course (MA English) for the Department. As soon as the Department and the College gets Government approval, it will initiate and run a PG course in English.
Vision and Outlook
We focus on inculcating a love for literature among our students, with particular effort towards building their analytical abilities and academic writing skills and work towards honing their critical and creative thinking abilities. Spoken and written fluency in the English language is desirable among students, as class lectures are entirely in English.
In future, our students typically move on to academic as well as non-academic jobs in both private and public sectors. Many of our students go on to choose and work in fields like research, teaching, media, content writing, public relations and advertisement.
Teaching-Learning
Lectures and Audio-visual modes
Apart form classroom lectures or the chalk and talk method, the Department uses ICT based classes and audio-visual aids in smart classrooms to stimulate learning interests. PowerPoint presentations and films related to texts and authors are a staple part of our teaching and learning process.
In accordance with the larger discipline of our College, the entire syllabus (opted for teaching) is completed before the semester exams take place.
Tutorials
Extra tutorial classes are taken for students of Semesters 1 and 2. In these classes the students are divided into small groups so that more individual attention can be devoted to their academic supervision and guidance.
Classwork, tests and presentations
Regular assessments through written classwork and class-tests and end of the semester mock-exams ensure that the students are well prepared for their final end-semester examinations. Constructive feedbacks and suggestions on their written assignments/tests are shared with the students.
Besides cultivating their skills in writing assignments and tests, our students also get initiated into the basics of academic research and short paper presentations. As part of their internal examinations, and in keeping with the guidelines of the University syllabus, the students are asked to submit short research papers or do short paper presentations on given texts/areas. These practices help greatly in shaping their critical thinking abilities and familiarize them with the ground rules of research.
Online Teaching-Learning Platform
Since May 2020, we use Google Workspace (G Suite for Education) for our regular online teaching-learning activities as well as for various departmental programmes like extension lectures and webinars. During the pandemic, online teaching, sharing materials with students, setting assignments and tests as well as evaluation and feedback are being carried on as per scheduled routine.
Parent-Teacher Meetings
The Department arranges at least one Parent-Teacher Meeting for each batch in a year to discuss the progress of the students with their guardians. In addition, any parent or guardian is welcome to get in touch with the Department regarding any issue/s concerning the student.
Departmental Feedback
The Department has its own feedback system, which is collected from each passing out batch via a printed or a virtual form. A detailed feedback is taken on teaching learning, evaluation, extension activities, skills learnt and future plans.
Infrastructure
The Department maintains a Seminar Library constituting of relevant critical books and materials of reference that are not part of or available in the College Central Library. The Department also has a collection of films and educational Audio-Visual material related to the Core Course syllabus.
In addition to the critical reference library, the Department also has a storybook and leisure reading Library, to encourage general reading among the Departmental students.
The Department has a smart TV, a laptop and a DSLR camera. These Departmental assets are used for teaching-learning purposes and for documenting and recording special Departmental events.
Departmental Highlights
English for Academic Purpose Add-on Course
The Department of English, RKSMVV has collaborated with Elta Global, to offer a unique, professional, add-on course English for Academic Purpose. The EAP course is designed to develop writing skills, strengthen vocabulary and grammar and build structuring and organization skills – key elements for any academic or professional writing. Along with these foundational building blocks, the course also includes modules on developing content, smart presentations, referencing, proofreading and avoiding plagiarism. The course is available for students of this college as well as for female students affiliated to other institutes and young professionals.
Student Internships
The Department tries to arrange short-term internships for competent students and ex-students, as and when the Department finds an opportunity matching a student’s profile. Such internships are meant to provide a professional exposure and hands-on experience for the students involved and add value to the their profiles.
In 2020, Rhitobrita Chakraborty, Sulagna Sarkar and Akanksha Krishnatre interned as content writers with an international travel company Dreamland Escapes.
In 2018, Chandrama Basu, an ex-student of the Department and a JRF scholar, was a research assistant for Ms. Marielle Morin, Research Engineer at CNRS/CEIAS, Paris. Chandrama assisted and accompanied Morin in her visits to the colonial public libraries in and around Kolkata. She helped her locate and visit contact persons, transcript interviews and translate library records into English.
Free Coaching for NET
The Department has started a discipline-centric free coaching for UGC NET examinations for its students and ex-students. The facility is made available through an online platform so that it is accessible for ex-students as well.
Students’ Research Circle
The initiative is conceived as a forum of academic exchange between the faculty, current students and our ex-students. This will be an online platform where young researchers can present their ongoing research projects or completed studies in an academic gathering. The audience will similarly be rewarded by opportunities of engaging with varied fields and new methodologies of research in literature and culture studies.
Email: english@rksmvv.ac.in
Courses offered
The following courses are offered under the Choice Based Credit System:
Honours
Generic Elective
Skill Enhancement
Modern Indian Language
Syllabus
West Bengal State University syllabus for BA in English (designed following the UGC prescribed syllabus template for CBCS system)
Course Outcomes
Course Specific Outcomes
Core Courses
As per the CBCS curriculum, there are fourteen core courses (6 credit each) in the English Honours syllabus. The scope of the syllabus is extensive, including representative texts from diverse cultures across the world.
Classical Literature
CC 1 Indian Classical Literature (Sem I)
CC 2 European Classical Literature (Sem I)
The two courses familiarize students with the ancient classics from the Indian subcontinent and Europe and is a foundational course that bears reference to the later core courses. CC1 offers students critical readings of selected texts from ancient Indian literature along with their socio-cultural contexts. Simultaneously, students are also acquainted with classical literary theories for a more precise appreciation of the aesthetics of the ancient texts. CC 2 includes ancient European epics, narrative poems and dramas that are seen as important origins and influences for later European literatures. The learners get detailed insights into Platonic and Aristotelian theories that are considered fundamental for any student of Western literature.
British Literature
CC 4 British Poetry and Drama (14th – 17Th C) (Sem II)
CC 7 British Poetry and Drama (17th -18th C) (Sem III)
CC 8 British Literature (18th C) (Sem IV)
CC 9 British Romantic Literature (Sem IV)
CC 10 19th C British Literature (Sem IV)
CC 12 Early 20th C British Literature (Sem V)
Six core courses together cover the span of British literature from Medieval to Modern Age. The texts along with the respective background-studies provide students with a strong idea about the literary periods and the contemporary social changes affecting the literary characteristics of the corresponding eras. They also develop a detailed critical understanding of the texts and authors in the syllabus. Thus these courses help students to have an over-arching as well as a meticulously detailed understanding and appreciation of British canonical literature.
CC 3 Indian writing in English (Sem II)
The course offers an in-depth knowledge about the socio-cultural history of colonial and postcolonial India through a selection of texts by Indians writing in English. Indians writing in English constitute a significant and thriving branch of English literature. Beginning with early writers like Derozio and Dutt and going on to current and modern ones like Bond and Rushdie, the course straddles a range of genres like poetry, fiction and drama in Indian English.
CC 5 American Literature (Sem III)
Students get acquainted with the American dream, social realism, folklore, politics of race, gender and colour through a variety of texts including American poetry, fiction and drama. Through this course, they are initiated in a subsidiary branch of English literature.
CC 6 Popular Literature (Sem III)
This unique course brings together texts and contexts outside the so-called canonical boundaries and invites the students to engage with a critical understanding of the contexts of popular or entertaining literature through readings of genres like comic books, crime fiction, fantasy and child-centric literature.
CC 11 Women’s Writing (Sem V)
Studying seminal women-centric texts authored by women writers across ages and geographies, help to ground the students not only in comprehending of the politics of gender but also instills a knowledge of feminist perspectives and the possibilities of resistance and negotiations through literature. Through this paper, the students get an idea of the multivalent aspects of Feminism, a theoretical area closely allied with literature and criticism.
CC 13 Modern European Drama (Sem VI)
The course examines plays of key European playwrights from the 19th through 21st centuries, namely Ibsen, Brecht, Beckett, and Ionesco. A brief history of European theatre in the specified timeframe is also studied to initiate students to the socio-cultural background that shaped the dramatic works. The course allows the students to identify and critically analyze the key critical concepts and practices of modern European drama – from Realism to Epic theatre, from Problem plays to the Theatre of the Absurd.
CC 14 Postcolonial Literature (Sem VI)
The course deals with literatures from previously colonized spaces like the Caribbean countries and Latin America, Africa, India and Australia. Through representative texts this course familiarizes students with aspects of decolonization – hegemony, hybrid identities, postcolonial cultures and globalization. Going through the colonial histories and postcolonial texts from varied regions, the students also get an idea of the interconnections and commonality of the socio-culturally diverse writings.
Discipline Centric Elective Courses
DSE01 Old English Literature, Philology and Rhetoric and Prosody (Sem V)
DSE02 Literary Types and Terms (Sem V)
DSE04 Literary Criticism (Sem VI)
DSE05 Partition Literature (Sem VI)
The DSE courses taught focus on specific areas to help students gain specialized knowledge in the corresponding domains, beyond the compulsory core courses. These courses thus provide diversified options for students to delve into allied branches of English literature. The Discipline Centric Elective Courses offered by our Department are mentioned above.
DSE01 focuses on Old English or Anglo Saxon history and literature, a brief section on the history of language and rhetoric and prosody. This course helps provide a base for history of origins and developments of English language and literature along with a knowledge of rhetorical devices and metrical scansion.
DSE02 concerns literary types and terms. The students are acquainted with the history, development and generic characteristics of Tragedy, Comedy and Novel along with frequently used literary terms. This course provides a solid foundation for appreciating a text within its generic tradition.
DSE04 concentrates on literary criticism – a branch of literary study that combines interpretation and aesthetics aiming for reasoned appreciation and evaluation of texts, genres, authors or literary tendencies. The function of this course is twofold. Firstly, the students sample some of the greatest works of literary criticism beginning with Wordsworth’s ‘Preface’ to the Lyrical Ballads (1802) to Gerda Lerner’s treatise on Patriarchy (1986). Secondly, it grounds them in reasoned and erudite argumentative literary opinions that are valuable tools for critical appreciation.
DSE05 introduces a momentous and painful episode in the history of India – the partition of the nation, through the literature that mourns the loss and records the trauma, dislocation and death of masses amidst fury, fear, violence and anarchy. The assigned texts address the pre-partition map of the undivided colonized nation as well as the horror and violence of partition as experienced on the personal front. The course presents several concerns related to the moment and its aftermath – mass-migration, loss of identity, trauma, ideas of home and exile, memoirs and memories as alternative histories – that combine to help students understand the painful and bloody chapter in Indian history from several perspectives.
Skill Enhancement Course
Creative Writing (Sem III)
ELT (Sem IV)
The Skill Enhancement Courses (SEC) are practical programmes aiming to teach students skills related to literary professions. The Creative Writing course acquaints the students with the art and craft of creative writing and engages students in various creative assignments like writing for the media and writing for publication. ELT teaches the foundations of English Language Teaching, an upcoming and significant field of employment related to English language.
General Elective
GEC01 The Individual and Society (SemI)
GEC02 Poems and Short Stories (Sem II)
GEC03 Novels and Plays (Sem III)
GEC04 (Sem IV)
The GE courses focus on representative texts and contextual background studies from an extensive area including texts focusing on caste/class and gender, violence, colonization and war in a local as well as a global context. The students are closely acquainted with the varied sections of the culturally diverse Modern Indian Literature as well as with British canons like Shakespeare and Dickens. They study various genres in the process, drama, novel, poetry, short fiction and non-fictional prose by British, American and Indian authors.
Ability Enhancement Compulsory Course/Modern Indian Language
English Communication (Sem II)
This basic level English course is one of the options available to students among Modern English Languages offered by the College. It aims to boost students’ proficiency in English language by polishing their spoken, reading and writing skills in the language.
Core English for General Students
LCC I (Sem I)
LCC 2 (Sem II)
These courses meant for students of the general stream, aim to teach language through literature and are meant for upgrading their basic skills in language and comprehension.
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2020 – 2021
Date | Event | Speaker | Topic |
04/08/2020 – |
Online Teachers’ |
Dr. Madhuchhanda |
“Interrogating the |
10/08/2020 | Workshop/Lecture | Mitra, , Professor, | Colonial: Lectures on |
Series “ | Department of | Heart of Darkness | |
English, College of | and Wide Sargasso | ||
Saint Benedict, Saint | Sea Lectures on | ||
John’s University | Heart of Darkness | ||
Minnesota | and Wide Sargasso | ||
Sea” | |||
21.01.2021 |
An Online lecture organized in collaboration with the Gender Research Cell of the College |
Dr. Niladri R. Chatterjee, Professor, Kalyani University |
‘Why Masculinity Studies is Feminist?’ |
4.03.2021 |
Online Extension Lecture |
Dr. Arpa Ghosh, Associate Professor, English,Vivekananda College for Women |
An Introduction to Classical Europan Literature |
13.06.2021 & 16.06.2021 |
Online Extension Lecture (in two parts) |
Dr. Madhuchhanda Mitra, , Professor, Department of English, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University Minnesota |
Chinua Achebe and the Postcolonial Novel |
28.06.2021 – |
Online Lecture Series |
Partition Narratives: |
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29.06.2021 | on Partition Studies | An Interdisciplinary | |
Lecture Series – | |||
01.07.2021- | organized jointly | ||
02.07.2021 | with the Sanskrit | ||
College and | |||
University | |||
28.06.2021 |
Day 1 |
Rituparna Roy, |
‘Khushwant Singh’s |
Assistant Professor, Heritage College, Kolkata, Initiator, Kolkata Partition Museum Project. | Train to Pakistan: Revisiting a Classic | ||
29.06.2021 |
Day 2 |
Mr. Nazes Afroz, Journalist, Author, Photographer |
“Uncertain Landscape: Refugee Memories of Kolkata” |
1.07.2021 |
Day 3 |
Dr. Tista Das, Assistant Professor, Department of History, Bankura University |
“Women in India’s Partition” |
02.07.2021 |
Day 4 |
Dr. Anwesha Sengupta Assistant Professor, Institute of Development Studies Kolkata |
The Railway Refugees of Bengal Partition: Revisiting Sealdah Station of 1950s- 60s’ |
2019- 2020
Date | Event | Speaker | Topic |
16- 08-2019 |
Extension Lecture |
Dr. Modhumita Roy, Associate Professor, Tufts University |
“Postmodernism” |
06-09-2019 |
ELT Workshop For SEC Paper |
Debarati Roy, Co- founder and teacher trainer at ELTAGLOBAL |
English Language Teaching |
12-05-2020 |
Webinar |
Dr. Sanmita Ghosh, Assitanat Professor of English, Hooghly |
“Decoding Darwin” |
Mohsin College and
Dr. Sipra Mukherjee , Professor in the English Department at West Bengal State University |
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22- 06-2020 |
Webinar |
Dr. Madhuchhanda Mitra, Professor, Department of English, College of Saint Benedict, Saint John’s University Minnesota |
“Indian Writing in English” |
2018-2019
Date | Event | Speaker/s | Topic |
17.04.2018 |
Teachers’ workshop on Semester I CBCS Organized by the department of English, RKSMVV |
Professor Krishna Sen, Dr. Shamin Ahmed, Professor Amlan Dasgupta and Professor Ratna Basu |
Ancient Indian and Classical European Literature |
26.11.2018 |
Extension Lecture |
Dr. Subarna Mondol, Sanskrit University, Kolkata |
Gothic in Literature |
06.12.2018 |
Extension Lecture |
Professor M. Mitra, St John’s University, Minnesota, USA |
Heart Of Darkness |
2017-2018
Date | Event | Speaker | Topic |
04.09.17 |
Extension Lecture |
Dr. Siddharta Biswas, Associate Professor, English, University of Calcutta |
“Modernism and Pinter” |
06.09.17 |
Extension Lecture |
Professor Subir Dhar, Rabindra Bharati University |
“William Blake” |
20.09.2017 |
Interdiscilplinary Seminar on “Dress in Literature” (Bengali, English and Sanskrit) |
Mr. Bappaditya Biswas |
“Indigo” |
Educational Trips/Literary Meets and Fairs/ Theatre Visits
2020-2021
Date | Place/places visited/Activity | Objective |
20-02-2021 |
Revelio ‘21- Online culture meet “From Kabul to Kolkata: Of Memories, Belonging and Identity” – a talk by Nazes Afroz Slam Poetry Competition Photography Competition | Cultural awareness, Author- meet. Departmental fest |
21-02-2021 | Revelio – Online “Beyond Graduation: The Wider Horizon” | Counselling for Higher Studies |
Departmental Reunion | Celebrating 25th year of the English Honours Department, RKSMVV | |
25- 02-2020 | A visit to the Kolkata Book Fair | Educational |
23-02-2020 | A visit to the theatre hall to see Girish Karnad’s play Tughlaq | Theatre performance |
19-01-2020 | A heritage and food walk in the “Grey Town” of the city Kolkata with Sri Shuddhabrta Deb. | A historical exploration of of the city |
2019-2020
Date | Place/places visited/Activity | Objective |
11.01.2019 | Visit to Serampore, Danish colony | Exploring history and heritage |
22.08.2019 | Visit to the Academy of Fine Arts for Nathbati Anathbat | Theatre performance |
17.11.2019 | Revelio ’19 | |
“Translating the Margins: Facts, Fictions and Findings”
–A talk by Dr. Sipra Mukherjee on the translation of Manoranjan Byapari’s book Interrogating My Chandal Life: An Autobiography of a Dalit |
Author Meet | |
“We Shall Overcome”- | Talk and performance |
Performance and Songs as the confluence of Music and Literature – A talk by the musician Mr. Kabir Chattopadhyay
Students’ Event/ Competition |
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“I Bet You Can Draw Cartoons” – Workshop by singer and cartoonist Upal Sengupta on Cartoons | Workshop on Cartooning | |
‘It’s my own invention” Cultural competition | Departmental fest | |
28. 11. 2019 | A visit to the Academy of Fine Arts for the play Mrichchhakatika performed by the theatre group “Naye Natua” | Theatre performance |
2017- 2019
Date | Place/places visited/Activity | Objective |
26.12.17 | Food and heritage walk in North Kolkata with Mr. Anindya Chatterjee, Author, Director, Singer and Lyricist. | A historical exploration in the lanes and bylanes of North Kolkata and in its legendary eateries |
22. 11.2018 | Visit to Padatik for an Indian adaptation the play Hamlet | Theatre performance |
Results of previous 1 + 1 + 1 system
Year | Appeared | Passed | 1st Class | University Ranks |
2017 | 09 | 09 | – | – |
2018 | 08 | 08 | 01 | 1st |
2019 | 15 | 15 | 01 | – |
Results for ongoing CBCS Batch of 2018
Semester | Appeared | Passed | Highest Score (SGPA) |
Sem I | 12 | 12 | 9.10 (83.5%) |
Sem 2 | 11 | 11 | 9.10 (83.5%) |
Sem 3 | 11 | 11 | 9.08 (83.3%) |
Sem 4 | 11 | 11 | 10.0 (92.5%) |
Sem 5 | 11 | 11 | 10.0 (92.5%) |
Results for ongoing CBCS Batch of 2019
Semester | Appeared | Passed | Highest Score (SGPA) |
Sem I | 09 | 09 | 8.5 (77.5%) |
Sem 2 | 08 | 08 | 10.0 (92.5%) |
Sem 3 | 08 | 08 | 9.77 (90.2%) |
Results for ongoing CBCS Batch of 2020
Semester | Appeared | Passed | Highest Score
(SGPA) |
Sem 1 | 20 | 20 | 9.40 (86.5%) |
Batch of 2020
Name | Progression after BA in English Honours | |
1 | Sulagna Sarkar | M.A. from Sarojini Naidu College for Women, P.R. Manager in an International Travel & Tourism Company. |
2 | Prognya Chakraborty | M.A. from Shri Shikshayatan College |
3 | Aishi Mishra | M.A. from Shri Shikshayatan College |
4 | Poonam Kumari | Preparing for Competitive Exams |
5 | Swastika Sanyal | B.Ed from Sri Ramakrishna Sarada College of Education, Murshidabad; and Competitive Exam preparation |
6 | Sanhati Ghosh | Preparing for Competitive Exams |
7 | Amrita Mitra | B.Ed from Bhimpur B.Ed College |
8 | Arunima Das | M.A. from Visva Bharati University |
9 | Paulomi Lahiri | Centre in Charge at an academic institution, M.A from Vidyasagar University under distance mode |
10 | Shrestha Biswas | M.A from Shri Shikshayatan College, Kolkata, Tutor at a private coaching institute |
11 | Poushali Bhattacharya | M.A from St.Paul’s Cathedral Mission College |
12 | Mrittika Das | M.A from St.Paul’s Cathedral Mission College |
Batch of 2019
Name | Progression after B.A. in English Honours |
1 | Dipanwita Biswas | M.A., English, Guru Govind Sing Indraprastha University |
2 | Nabaneeta Polley | M.A., English, University of Calcutta |
3 | Prarthita Roy | M.A., English, Indraprastha University |
4 | Mrittika Dutta | MA., English, Loreto College, Kolkata |
5 | Rhitobrita Chakraborty | M.A., English, Fergusson College, Pune. |
6 | Anwesha Saha | M.A, English, St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata |
7 | Anusree Kole | M.A., St Xavier’s University, Kolkata |
8 | Moumita Nandi | M.A., Sarojini Naidu College, Kolkata |
9 | Aranyaa Das | P.G Diploma Course from IISWM (2019) M.A., Film Studies, Jadavpur University (2020 onwards) |
10 | Ashmita Kar | M.A., Classical Music, Rabindra Bharati University |
11 | Anindita Chakraborty | M.A., Comparative Literature, University of Calcutta |
12 | Mausumi Kundu | Preparing for Competitive Exams |
13 | Areema Chatterjee | B.A. in Korean Language |
14 | Aheli Boral | Preparing for Competitive Exams |
15 | Sushmita Roy | — |
Batch of 2018
Name | Progression after BA in English Honours | |
1 | Tinni Giri | M.A., West Bengal State University, Preparing for NET |
2 | Sayantani Upadhyay | Preparing for Competitive Examinations |
3 | Shiholi Mondal | M.A., English, University of Calcutta |
4 | Satarupa Saha | Working at e-bay |
5 | Meghna Paul | M.A., English, Kalyani University |
6 | Dipanwita Dhar | — |
7 | Pranomita Paul | Working |
8 | Banani Chakraborty | M.A., preparing for Competitive Examinations |
Revelio – Literary Meet and Culture Fest
Started in 2019, by the Department of English, Revelio is a literary meet and cultural fest that celebrates the joys of learning through unconventional mediums. Conceptualized as an amalgam of a high-brow Meet, where eminent guest speakers would come to talk about their celebrated works or hold workshops on their fields of excellence; and a youthful Fest, throbbing with the energy of the young college-goers who can showcase their talents through their original and creative compositions at various open competitions, our event is named REVELIO.
Revelio 2019 (17- 11-2019)
Revelio 2021 (20th and 21st Feb, 2021, online)
Celebrating Shakespeare
In the history of English and world literature, Shakespeare holds an unparalleled place. Our students aim to celebrate this literary giant in their own ways and reflect on how his contributions are an important part of our lives in ways that often go unnoticed.
Every year the Departmental students commemorate the Bard of Avon by staging adaptations of Shakespeare’s plays, creating celebratory videos or witty skits.
In 2019 April, the students stages an original play titled ‘Shakespeare Lives’
In 2020 during the pandemic closure, students produced a short video with original artworks titled ‘Remembering Shakespeare’.
In 2021, with the continuation of the pandemic, the students produced an original skit on Shakespeare’s contribution to our everyday vocabulary, titled ‘Shakespeare – Our Contemporary’.
The Notebook
The Notebook is a literature and creative arts blog run by the students of the Department of English. The blog primarily follows the journey of the students through different events, exploration of new art forms and writing about interesting topics. It also provides a solid platform for our students to explore and share their own passion in various fields.
https://rksmvvthenotebook.wordpress.com/category/rksmvv/
After Hours
After Hours is a Department run literary club that offers it members, students and faculty alike, a platform to share their mutual love of literature and the other arts in all forms and mediums. The idea behind the conception of the club was to encourage the students to take part in various activities like creating memory projects, researching illustrations or discussing their favourite book covers.
Students’ Research Circle
The Students’ Research Circle is an online platform, where our current and ex-students can talk about and present their academic papers/MA disseminations/M.Phil or PhD research/Postdoctoral studies. The initiative is conceived as a forum of academic exchange between the faculty, current students and our ex-students.
For the maiden session, held on 10th July 2021, Ms. Namrata Chowdhury, ex-student of our department and currently an Asst. Professor of English at St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata and a doctoral scholar at West Bengal State University, talked on ‘Sustaining the Politics of Cultural Memory in the Design of Calcutta’s South Park Street Cemetery in Sandip Ray’s Gorosthaney Sabdhan (2010)’.
Co-curricular Awards
Won by Departmental Students at Prestigious Events
Akanksha Krishnatre of Semester IV, ranked 1st as the best speaker against the motion, in the debate held on the motion ‘Charles Dickens: A rebel novelist?’ at Oxford bookstore, on 22nd February 2020.
Sunanda Roy of Semester IV, ranked 2nd, in the folk unplugged singing competition, at Amity University on 4th March 2020.
Rishika Ghosh of Semester IV, ranked 2nd, in the poster competition ‘Revisiting Gandhi in modern times’ at Belur Vidyamandir on 4th March 2020.
Rishika Ghosh of Semester III, ranked 1st, at the ‘Safe Drive Save Life’ poster competition, Organized by the Kolkata police in the September of 2019.
Riya Bahadur and Akanksha Krishnatre of Semester II, ranked 1st and 2nd respectively, for the prize for best speakers for and against the motion, in the debate on Environment Organized by Belur Vidyamandir on 6th February 2019.
Ashmita Kar was awarded the 3rd prize in Dhrupad and Keyal category in the Sate Level Competitions 2016-17 held by West Bengal Rajya Sangeet Academy.
Ashmita Kar of 3rd year, ranked 2nd in Bhajan category, at the Talent Search Contest organized by Dover Lane Music Conference and Academy on 26th December 2016.
University Rank Holders
[*WBSU Rank list pending for batch of 2019]
Tinni Giri, Batch of 2018
University First rank holder in English Honours
Compeleted MA, currently preparing for NET and further studies.
Chandrama Basu, Batch of 2016
University Fourth rank holder in English Honours
Qualified NET, JRF scholarship holder (2018)
Currently, State Appointed College Teacher (I), English Department, Prasanta Chandra Mahalanabis Mahavidyalaya, Kolkata.
Sayantika Chakraborty, Batch of 2011
University First rank holder in English Honours
Qualified NET (2015),
Currently pursuing PhD from Florida University, with fully funded scholarship
Formerly Assistant Professor in English at St Paul’s College, Kolkata.
Namrata Chowdhury, Batch of 2011
Record Marks: 70% in Part I English Honours (Cumulative Aggregate 62.13%)
Qualified NET (2014)
Currently Assistant Professor, English Department, St Xavier’s College, Kolkata.
Pursuing PhD from West Bengal State University.
Completed PhD
Dr. Debarati Dutta
“The fashioning of democracy and the project of Multitude: A postcolonial critique of resistance through Hardt and Negri”, IIT, Kharagpur, 2018.
Dr. Rimi Ghosh Dastidar
“Metrical Measurement of Human Speech with Special Reference to Bangla Versification”, Jadavpur University, 2018.
Currently pursuing PhD
Sohini Sen
‘Scottish and Indian Interface in the Poetry of Alan Riach and Bashabi Fraser’, Bankura University.
Namrata Chowdhury
‘The Gastronostalgic Reconstruction of the City of Calcutta in Literature and Popular Culture’, West Bengal State University.
Sayantika Chakraborty
‘Feminization of Disasters: Gender and Post-colonial Ecology in South Asian Fiction’,
University of Florida.
Arpita Pandey
‘Painting, Patronage, Popular Culture: A Case Study of Art in Calcutta form 1770 to 1870’, Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Chandrama Basu
‘Beyond Sensationalism: Alternate Readings of Yellowbacks from 1850 to 1890’, Presidency University.
Aitraa Saha
‘Sex Pedagogy and Various Media’, IIT, Madras.
Careers chosen by our Alumni
Faculty in Universities and Colleges:
Dr. Debarati Dutta, Dr. Rimi Ghosh Dastidar, Saswati De, Namrata, Sohini Sen, Sayantika Chakraborty, Triparna Chatterjee, , Kathakali Sengupta, Enakshi Chakraborty.
Faculty in Government and Private Schools:
Koel Niyogi, , Ananya Chatterjee, Kasturi Sengupta Dasgupta, Sulagna Roy, Sayani Karan Pradhan, Sanhita Chakraborty, Ritu Bhattacharya, Indrani Mukherjee, Swastika Basu, Sushmita Dutta, Bhaswati Deb Roy, Ushasi Chatterjee, Jyotsna Rai, Shrabanti Panja, Nupur Kar Sangupta, Shreya Deb Ghosh, Subarna Ghoshal Batabyal, Debika Dey, Tami Sikdar Majumdar, Ishani Ghoshal.
Corporate/Private Sector/ IT Professionals:
Sonali Dey Majumdar, Suvashree Chakraborty, Chhandasi Nandi Saha, Aditi Bandopadhyay, Pranamita Paul, Sudeshna Roy, Arpita Paul, Poulomi Lahiri, Sulagna Sarkar, Bidipta Chatterjee Ghosh, Debdatta Topdar, Satarupa Saha, Arpita Banik
Govt./Public Sector Officers:
Soumita Chakraborty, Sananda Goswami
Bank Executives:
Swatilekha Saha Das, Hena Saha
Media/Journalism/Content Writers and Content Developers:
Rupa Ganguly Talukdar, Moumita Das, Pritha Basu Sarker, Rhitobrita Chakraborty, Sulagna Sarkar
Law:
Bipasha Dutta Nath, Chandrima Ukil
Librarian:
Sangsthita Chakrabarty
Published Author/ Artist/ Performer:
Lopamudra Banerjee, Madhumita Gupta, Ashmita Kar, Arpita Pandey
Entrepreneur:
Mitali Purkait Ghosh, Digital Concepts
Aditi Dasgupta, Symbiotique
Sayanti Das, Wolf Publications (Formerly an employee of IBM)
Debarati Roy, Elta Global (Formerly a senior trainer at the British Council)
LESSON PLAN, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 2022-2023,SEM I, SEM III and SEM V (Odd Semester)
SEMESTER I
COURSE : EDCACOR01T : EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1 | · Concept and scope of education | 2 |
• Concept of modern education w.r.t. Delor’s Commission, child-centricism. | 5 | |
· Concept of different forms of education – informal, formal, non-formal and open education. | 8 | |
· Functions of education – individual and social development, Human Resource Development | 6 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Western philosophical thoughts and their influence on education – Idealism, Naturalism, Pragmatism and Existentialism.
|
8 |
UNIT 4 | Contributions of great educators on philosophy of education (w.r.t. aims, curricula and methods of teaching)
· Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda
|
6 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
5+5=10 | |
Direct teaching | 35 |
COURSE : EDCACOR01T : EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
CC1, SEM I PR.T, SM
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 2 |
· Philosophy in education – philosophical bases of educational aims, knowledge, curriculum, methods of teaching, teacher and discipline.
|
7 |
· Indian philosophical thoughts and their influence on education – Sankhya, Yoga, Jainism, Buddhism and Islamic.
|
10 | |
UNIT 3 |
· Values as enshrined in the Indian constitution – democracy, secularism, equality and justice. | 9 |
· Educational provisions in the Indian constitution – Articles 15,17,28,30,45,46,350.
|
2 | |
UNIT 4 |
Contributions of great educators on philosophy of education (w.r.t. aims, curricula and methods of teaching)
John Dewey and Bertrand Russell |
7 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
5+5=10 | |
Direct teaching | 35 |
COURSE : EDCACOR02T : EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
CC2, SEM –I , SD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1 |
· Introduction to educational psychology, relation between education and psychology
|
4 |
· Introduction to neuro-physiological bases of human behavior- structure and function of human brain, neuron, synaptic transmission, endocrinal glands, sensation, perception
|
10 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Human development-concept, principles, types and stages | 5 |
· . Cognitive development ( Piaget) and its significance in education | 4 | |
· Moral development ( Kohlberg) and its significance in education | 3 | |
· Psycho-social development (Erikson) and its significance in education
|
5 | |
· Personality – concept, types (Jung, Adler), personality development by Freud | 6 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
5+3=8 | |
Direct teaching | 37 |
CC2, SEM –I , TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· Intelligence – concept and scope
|
4 |
· Theories of intelligence – Guilford, Gardener, Sternberg
|
6 | |
· Creativity – concept, scope and characteristics of creative person
|
5 | |
· Relationship between intelligence, creativity and education | 6 | |
UNIT 4 |
· Learning – concept and scope
|
3 |
· Factors influencing learning – attention, maturation, motivation and emotion (concept only)
|
6 | |
· Theories of learning: Pavlov, Skinner, Bandura and Vygotsky | 8 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
4+3=7 | |
Direct teaching | 38 |
SEMESTER III
COURSE : EDCACOR05T : EDUCATION IN PRE-INDEPENDENCE INDIA
PR.T , SM
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Salient features of Brahmanic, Buddhistic and Islamic education w.r.t: Aims of education , Curriculum and method of teaching | 16 |
· Centres of learning: Nabadwip, Nalanda, Agra | 9 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Charter Act of 1813 | 4 |
· Macaulay Minute | 4 | |
· Bengal renaissance – nature, characteristics | 4 | |
· Contributions of Rammohan, Derozio, Vidyasagar | 12 | |
UNIT 3 | · Wood’s Despatch (1854)
|
5 |
· Hunter Commission (1882-83)
|
6 | |
· Curzon’s Policy (1902)
|
5 | |
UNIT 4 | · Calcutta University Commission (1917-1919) | 5 |
· Basic Education Policy
|
5 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
10+5=15 | |
Direct teaching | 75 |
COURSE : EDCACOR06T : EDUCATION IN POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA
CC6 . SEM III , SD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· University Education Commission (1948-49) | 10 |
· Secondary Education Commission (1952-53) | 11 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Indian Education Commission (1964-66) | 13 |
· National Policy on Education, 1968 | 4 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
4+3=7 | |
Direct teaching | 38 |
CC6 . SEM III , TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· National Policy on Education, 1986 | 10 |
· Programme of Action, 1992 | 8 | |
UNIT 4 |
· Sarva Shiksha Mission
|
8 |
· Right to Education Act, 2009
|
11 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
4+3=7 | |
Direct teaching | 38 |
COURSE : EDCACOR07T : CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
CC7 (THEORY) . SEM III , RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Language problems | 5 |
· Problems of technical and vocational education | 7 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Problems of education of backward classes | 7 |
· Problems of adult and non formal education
|
7 | |
UNIT 3 | · Problems of equalization of educational opportunities | 7 |
· National Curricular Framework, 2009 | 7 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
5+5=10 | |
Direct teaching | 40 |
COURSE : EDCACOR07P : FIELD TOUR AND REPORT WRITING
CC7 (PRACTICAL) . SEM III , RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Aims & Objectives of Field Study
|
4 HOURS |
· Selection of Place mentioning it’s importance | ||
· Group formation & distribution of work | ||
UNIT 2 |
· Visit the place with proper attendance sheet. | 22 HOURS |
· Photo Session | ||
· Note down &Describing the special features. | ||
UNIT 3 | · Reporting | 10 HOURS |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
4+32=36 HOURS | |
Direct teaching | 4 |
SEMESTER V
COURSE : EDCACOR11T : GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
CC11, PR.T , SM
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Guidance – meaning, definition, scope, need and importance | 4 |
· Different types of guidance – educational, vocational and personal ( nature, purpose and functions) | 10 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Counseling – meaning, nature, scope, types (directive, non directive, eclectic, individual and group counselling) | 18 |
· A brief introduction to approaches of counseling – directive, authoritarian, psychoanalytic, humanistic and behavioristic | 6 | |
UNIT 3 | · Concept of adjustment – definition, scope, need for adjustment; criteria of good adjustment
|
20 |
UNIT 4 | · Basic data necessary for guidance | 3 |
· Psychological testing – personality (TAT), intelligence (Stanford Binet scale), creativity (Torrance | 7 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
5+5=10 | |
Direct teaching | 68 |
COURSE : EDCACOR11T : GUIDANCE AND COUNSELLING
CC11, SEM V, RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· Concept of maladjustment – types, problem behavior in adolescent stage, mental disorder ( schizophrenia and paranoia)
|
8 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
2+2=4 | |
Direct teaching | 8 |
COURSE : EDCACOR12T : EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
CC12, SEM V, SD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Concept, nature, scope and limitations of educational technology | 10 |
· Approaches to educational technology – hardware, software, systems approach | 9 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Concept, components, classification and barriers | 13 |
· One basic classroom oriented model i.e., linear and its significance in education | 7 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
3+2=5 | |
Direct teaching | 39 |
COURSE : EDCACOR12T : EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
CC12 ( THEORY ) , SEM V, TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· . Mass instructional techniques – seminar, symposium, workshop, panel discussion | 6 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
1+1= 2 | |
Direct teaching | 6 |
COURSE : EDCACOR12T : EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
CC12 ( THEORY ) , SEM V, TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· Personalized instructional techniques – programme learning (linear), microteaching, mastery learning, computer assisted instruction (CAI)
|
6 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
1+1= 2 | |
Direct teaching | 6 |
COURSE : EDCACOR12P : BASIC ICT
CC12 ( PRACTICAL ) , SEM V, RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Opening and shutting down of computer: Outlook of Desktop & Laptop – Different parts of computer – Different Cables to join the ports – Power switch of UPS, CPU, & Monitor – Steps to opening & shutting down the Computer. | 3 |
· Identification of different components of a computer: Basic introduction of computer – Classification – Different components – Input devices – Output devices – Storage devices – Bit & Byte Concept – Data Transfer devices (Bluetooth & Wi-Fi).
|
4 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Typing words: Creating new file – Typing – Opening & Saving the file – Copy, Cut & Paste. |
5 |
· Font : Names – Sizes – Styles (Bold, Italic & Underline). | ||
· Paragraph: Align Text (Left, Right, Centre, Justifying) – Line Spacing – Bullets formation – Numbering | ||
· Page Set Up: Margins – Orientation – | ||
· Insert: Tables (Drawing, Erasing, & Formatting) – Page Numbering – Adding Pictures & Symbols. | ||
· Printing: Print Set Up – Landscape & Portrait – Page Range – Zooming – Copies. | ||
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
1+2=3 | |
Direct teaching | 12 |
COURSE : EDCACOR12P : BASIC ICT
CC12 ( PRACTICAL ) , SEM V, TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· Introduction: Basic ideas of Data Sheets & Cells – Data Typing – Opening & Saving the file – Designing
|
5 |
· Data Editing: Sort – Filter – Insert – Functions (Sum, Average, Count, Maximum, Minimum, Mean, Standard Deviation, & Correlation). | ||
· Charts &Graphs (2D & 3D Modes): Column – Line – Pie – Bar – Area – Scatter. | ||
UNIT 4 |
· Play Slide Show (at least 5 Slide for maximum 5 minutes presentation) from any Survey/Case study/Experiment or any relevant topic from syllabus.
|
7 |
· Interaction (at least 2 minutes) on the above topic.
|
||
· The report of PPT presentation (within 500 words) should be based on following steps – 1) Title, 2) Objectives, 3) Date of presentation, 4) Description of study, 5) Interpretation, 6) Comments
|
||
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
1+2=3 | |
Direct teaching | 12 |
COURSE : EDCADSE02T : TEACHER EDUCATION
DSE2 , SEM V, SD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Teacher Education-meaning, nature and scope. | 10 |
· Aims and objectives of Teacher Education in Elementary, Secondary and Higher Secondary levels. | 10 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Functions of teacher, characteristics of an ideal teacher, role of teacher at present context. | 7 |
· Definition and characteristics of teaching, teaching as a profession. Ethics of a teacher. | 8 | |
· . Teaching models: Advance Organizer Model, Concept Attainment Model | 10 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
6+5=11 | |
Direct teaching | 45 |
COURSE : EDCADSE02T : TEACHER EDUCATION
DSE2 , SEM V, SM
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· . Development of Teacher Education in pre independent India: Wood’s Despatch to Wood-Abbot Report | 10 |
· Development of Teacher Education in post –independence period: Recommendations of various Commission and Committee for the development of Teacher Education. | 10 | |
UNIT 4 |
· Micro teaching, Simulated teaching | 10 |
Tutorial and students’ activities
|
2+2=4 | |
Direct teaching | 30 |
COURSE : EDCADSE03T : LIFE SKILL EDUCATION
DSE3 , SEM V,TD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 1
|
· Life Skills – Definition, characteristics, types ( personal, inter personal, writing, numeracy). | 10 |
· Life Skill Education—Meaning, nature, characteristics, types & scope. Necessities of Life-skill Education at present context | 9 | |
UNIT 2 |
· Role of educational institutes, parents, teachers and the Governments (central and State). | 9 |
· Role of NGOs in imparting Life skill Education (with special emphasis on physical, social, emotional and cognitive development) in primary, secondary and higher education
|
10 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities+ | 4+3=7 | |
Direct teaching | 38 |
COURSE : EDCADSE03T : LIFE SKILL EDUCATION
DSE3 , SEM V, RD
UNITS | SUB-UNITS | LECTURES |
UNIT 3
|
· Problems related to life skills education- Domestic violence, juvenile delinquency in Primary and Secondary levels. | 8 |
· Preparation of life skill curriculum in school and colleges. | 7 | |
UNIT 4 |
· POCSO (2012) | 11 |
· Domestic Violence Act (2005)
|
11 | |
Tutorial and students’ activities+ | 4+4=8 | |
Direct teaching | 37 |