Department of English

 

Gokhale Memorial Girls' College offered the English Honours Course for the first time in the academic Session 1965-1966, under the aegis of the University of Calcutta. The Institution is named after Gopal Krishna Gokhale, a distinguished teacher, educationist and freedom fighter. He fervently believed that a wide diffusion of female education in all its branches is a crucial determinant of the true welfare of a nation. Greatly inspired by his ideals and educational aspirations for women, Sarala Ray founded the Institution as a memorial to Gokhale, to serve the cause of education of girls in the country. Gokhale Memorial Girls' College offered the English Honours Course for the first time in the academic Session 1965-1966, under the aegis of the University of Calcutta. Some of the notable teachers of the department are, Prof. Bashabi Fraser, Dr. Anjali Chakraborty, Dr. Sunanda Roychoudhury, Dr. Sudeshna Kar Barua, Dr. Elizabeth Susan Paul, Smt. Banani Ghatak. The department has been home to some of the budding scholarly minds as our students have been mostly very well placed in higher academic institutions.

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Vision & Mission

The vision of the Department is:
To develop and empower our students through education. Our teaching fosters knowledge and skills, promotes values of equality, secularism and national integration, moulds character through discipline and rigour and creates an open and discerning mind. Being a girls' college, the department especially aims to develop our students in such a way that they are not only able to stand up for themselves in the society but as well empower women around them through their vocation. In keeping with the broad vision and mission, the objective of the Institution is to enrich the society by creating women - intellectually astute, economically independent, socially aware, politically conscious, morally superior yet graceful, gentle and sensitive.

The department seeks to execute its vision into proper actions through:

• Stimulation of the academic environment of the Institution for promotion of quality in teaching-learning.
• Dissemination of knowledge leading to academic excellence and an all-inclusive individual growth.
• Regulating a balance between education and vocational skills that empowers them through employability.
• Creating a broader awareness of social standpoint through regular invited talks, seminars, and special lectures and, thereby, sensitizing to an acceptance of a pluralistic society.
• Bring forth an all-round development of the students so that they are able to deal with challenges and hurdles through regular assessments and evaluations.

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Syllabus

• English CBCS Syllabus
• English Honours & General Three Year Degree Syllabus (Old System)

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Prospects

1. Higher studies in any University in India and abroad.
2. Employment opportunities in reputed organizations, with or without specialized training in the fields of Education, Management, Media, Publishing and Print Journalism.
3. Induction into specialized Training Courses in Mass Media, Publishing Houses, Management, Public Relations, Print Journalism, etc
4. Induction into film production houses in multifarious positions.
5. Professional Reviewer- Films, Books, Web series, Lifestyle, Daily products etc..

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Study Plan

• Study Plan 2023-24
• Study Plan 2022-23
• Study Plan 2021-22
• Study Plan 2020-21
• Study Plan 2019-20
• Study Plan 2018-19
• Study Plan 2017-18

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Faculty

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Achievements

The wholehearted active participation of the students and a close network of teaching and learning helps the Department to move ahead.

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Newsletters

• English Department Newsletters 2017-March 2023

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Results

• English Department University Results 2017-2022

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