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WELCOMES NAAC PEER TEAM. Department of English. Year of Establishment:- June 1987. Name of programs offered :. (1) UGBA – Core English, General English. (2) UGBCom – Commercial Communication, General English. Name of Courses offered :.
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WELCOMES NAAC PEER TEAM Department of English Year of Establishment:- June 1987
Name of programs offered: (1) UGBA – Core English, General English • (2) UGBCom– Commercial Communication, General English
Name of Courses offered: • UGBA Sem I • General English 101- Golden Leaves, Macmillan Publisher • Core English 101- Introduction to English Literature • Core English 102- Foundation Studies in English • UGBA Sem II • General English 111- Golden Leaves Macmillan Publisher • Core English 111- History of English Literature : 1558- 1625 • Core English 112 - History of English Literature : 1625- 1660 • UGBA Sem III • General English 201- Macmillan English Prose, Macmillan Publisher • Core English 201- History of English Literature (1660-1741) • Core English 202- Form of Literature : Comedy • Core English 203- Literary Criticism
UGBA Sem IV • General English 211- Macmillan English Prose, Macmillan Publisher • Core English 211- History of English Literature 1798-1832 • Core English 212- Indian English Literature • Core English 213- Literary Criticism • UGBA Sem V • General English 301- Gems of Wisdom (Part Two), Macmillan Publisher • Core English 301- History of English Literature : 1832- 1890 • Core English 302- Form of Literature: Novel • Core English 303- Literary Criticism • Core English 304- Indian English Literature • Core English 305 Introduction to English Language and spoken English • UGBA Sem VI • General English 311- Gems of Wisdom (Part Two), Macmillan Publisher • Core English 311- History of English Literature 1890-1939 • Core English 312- Form of Literature: Tragedy • Core English 313- Literary Criticism • Core English 314- American Literature • Core English 315- ELT and Spoken English
UGBCOM Sem I • General English – 110 Golden Leaves Macmillan Publisher • Business Correspondence - 109 • UGBCOM Sem II • General English – 110 Golden Leaves Macmillan Publisher • Business Correspondence - 109 • UGBCOM Sem III • Commercial Communication 209 • UGBCOM Sem IV • Commercial Communication 209 • UGBCOM Sem V • Commercial Communication 309 • UGBCOM Sem VI • Commercial Communication 309
Details of Infrastructure Facilities: • (a) Number of Books - 2000 • (b) Internet Facility for staff & students • (c) Personal Laptop • (d) Audio Cassets – 02 CD/DVD – 27 • (e) Well equipped Language Lab with internet facility • (f) Magazines – 04 • (1) Journal of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English • (2) The Quest • (3) Kafla International • (4) Critical Practice
Strength of Students – Category Wise Course -wise Total students UGBA - English Category-wise Total students UGBA - English
Details Regarding Educational Qualifications, Designation and Experience:
Major/ Minor Research Project: • (1) Dr. A.K.Patel – Minor Research Project Topic: “Crisis of Identity: A Cultural Displacement in Ruth PrawerJhabvala’s Fiction” Grant: Rs 52000 sanctioned by University Grants Commission, Pune Duration: 2009-2011 Status : Completed in 2011 • (2) Dr. T.J. Vyas – Major Research Project Topic: “Bhavai: Folk Theatre of Gujarat” Grant: Rs 14,10,800 sanctioned by University Grants Commission Duration: Three Years Status : Going on
U.G.C Sponsored National Seminar Topic:- The Role of Translation in the Age of Globalization Date:- 20/21 July. 2013 Key-Note Speaker :- Prof. T. J. Purani Guest Speaker :- (1) Dr. S.N. Iyer (2) Dr. DarshnaTrivedi (3) Dr. Roopali Burke (4) Dr. Jagdish Joshi (5) Dr. PranavJoshipura (6) Dr. Mukta Sharma
Departmental Activities: • (A) Celebration of English Days • (i) Year 2009-10 • Activities: Paper reading, Quiz competition, Dance, Singing, Distribution of woollen clothes to Poor people, Chocolate Distribution • Dates: 31-12-2009,1-1-2010, 2-1-2010 • Participation : 164 students • (ii) Year 2010-11 • Activities: Paper reading, Quiz competition, Dance, Singing, Soliloquy Presentation, • Felicitation to Dr. U.C. Gor for getting Ph.D. degree • Dates: 27/28-12-2010 • Participation: 110 students
(iii)Year 2011-12 • Activities: Speeches about Christmas, Dance, Singing, • Felicitation to Dr. A.K. Patel for getting Ph.D. degree • Date: 5-1-2012 • Participation: 129 students • (iv) Year 2013-14 • Activities: Speeches by staff and students, Singing, Dance, Soliloquy presentation • Felicitation to Dr. B.M. Vaghela for getting Ph.D. degree • Date: 1-2-2014 • Participation: 100 students
(B) Expert Lectures Organized by Department • (i) Year 2009-10 • Topic: Orientation program on Computer Education & Information Technology • Institution: Electronic Corporation of India, Gandhinagar. • Date: 22-8-2009 • Participation: 110 students • (ii) Year 2010-11 • Topic: Career Opportunities for the students of English Language and Literature with special reference to Journalism • Guest Speaker: Prof. Sanjay Bhave, H.K. Atrs College, Ahmedabad. • Date: 5-1-2011 • Participation: 90 students
(iii) Year 2011-12 • Topic: Appreciation of Eliot’s Poetry • Guest Speaker: Dr. Pranav Dave, Depatrment of English, S.P. University, V.V. Nagar • Date: 6-2-2012 • Participation: 108 students • (iv) Year 2013-14 • Topic: Presentation NSDE Star scheme • Date: 15-2-2014 • Participation: 89 students • Year : 2015-16 • Topic: Career Guidance • Guest Speaker: Jagdish Patel • Date: 10-7-2015 • Participation: 28 students of B.A Sem V
(C) One Day Educational Tour • (i) Year 2011-12 • Places: Museum, Zoo, Dancing Fountains of Baroda • Date: 21-1-2011 • Participation: 51 students + 2 faculties • (ii) Year: 2013-14 • Places: SardarSarovar Dam, Kevadiya Colony • Date: 22-8-2013 • Participation: 56 students +2 faculties • (iii) Year 2015-16 • Places: Vireshwar, Sharneshvar, Vijaynagar Polo, Shamlaji Temple • Participation: 54 students +02 faculties
(D)Film Show • (i) Year 2010-11 • Film: Hamlet • Date: 16-12-2010 • Participation: 100 students • (ii) Year: 2011-12 • Film: Jesus Christ • Date: 28-12-2012 • Participation : 80 students • (iii) Year 2013-14 • Film: Troy • Date: 22-1-2014 • Participation: 100 students • (iv) Year 2014-15 • (a) Film: The Old Man and the Sea • Date: 2-1-2015 • Participation: 60 students • (b) Film: The Post office • Date: 31-1-2015 • Participation: 65 students
(E) Students sent to other colleges for Participation in Seminars: (i)Year 2010-11 (a) Topic: Paper Reading College: C&SSDesai Arts &LKL Commerce College, Balasinor Date: 18-1-2011 Participation: 05 students (b) Two Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar Topic: Faminine Talent : Issues and Challanges College: S.D. Arts &B.R Commerce College, Mansa • Date : 12-13 January , 2011 Participation: 06 Students (ii) [a] Year 2011-12 Topic: Media, Advertising, Language and Presentation College: N.S. Patel Arts College, Anand Date: 6-1-2012 Participation: 05 students
[b] Topic: Indian Society through Sahitya Academy Award Winner Novels • College: Arts &Science College, Kalol • Date: 22-1-2012 • Participation: 03 students • (iii) Year 2012-13 • (a)Topic: C.W.D.C. Inter college Poetry Recitation • College: M.R. Mehta Arts College, Ahmedabad • Date: 25-9-2012 • Participation: Chavda Monika R.No. 14 TYBA • (b)Topic: Career & Counselling • College: TSR Commerce College, Patan • Date: 27-7-2012 • Participation: 05 Students
Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning: • Besides traditional lecture method, the English Department has adopted following • teaching aids and methods to improve student learning. • · PPT presentation through Audio-Visual aids. • · Movies on literary works. • · Videos of SANDHAN Lectures. • · Assignments • · Class-room seminars • · Group discussions • · Periodic tests • · Quiz, poetry recitation, essay-writing, etc.
1. Strength of Department: • · Well-qualified and Research-oriented teachers. • · All the faculty members of the Department are Ph.D. holders and having • books and articles in journals in their accounts. • · Well-equipped Language Laboratory. • · Bright career prospect for students of B.A. with English. • · Out of 5, 2 faculty members are recognized Ph.D. guides.
Future Plans: • · The Department is planning to start PG program in English literature. • · To improve students’ command and fluency in English speaking. • · To establish a Research Centre recognized by the affiliating University.
Name : Dr. A.K. Patel • Department : English • Educational Qualifications : M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
PUBLISHED WORKS (a) Papers Published in Journals and Books: Papers Published in Journals: [a] (i) Title of the Article: “English Language Teaching at Undergraduate level in Gujarat: Issues and Strategies” (ii) Name of Journal: Journal of Rajasthan Association for Studies in English – (iii) ISSN: 0975-3419 Year: Page156 Vol. VI 2010 [b](i)Title of the Article: “Ruth PrawerJhabvala’s India- A Post- colonial View in Heat and Dust” (ii) Name of Journal: The Literary Musing – Sunrise Publisher -Jaipur (iii) SSN: 0976-4976 [c] (i)Title of the Article: Interpretation and Employability: A Study (ii) Name of Journal: SUBAH International Journal of Research in Multidisciplinary Subjects Vol I, Issue I, December 2014 (iii) ISSN: 2394-143X
[e] (i)Title of the Article: Interpretation and Employability: A Study (ii) Name of Journal: SUBAH International Journal of Research in Multidisciplinary Subjects Vol I, Issue I, December 2014 (iii) ISSN: 2394-143X [f] (i)Title of the Article: The Shaping of the Black Identity in Claude Mckay’s Home to Harlem (ii) Name of Journal: GyanPipasa – Peer reviewed Journal (iii) ISSN: 2395-1427
(ii) Papers Published in Books: • [a](i)Title of Article: The Need to Suffer: Crisis of Identity in “Heat and Dust” of Ruth PrawerJhabvala • (ii)Name of Book: Indian Writing in English Ed. By Dr. M.F. Patel • (iii) Publisher: Sunrise Publishers & Distributors, Jaipur • (iii) ISBN: 978-81-906067-5-2 Year: Page 77 Vol. 2, 2009 • [b](i)Title of Article: “Crisis of Identity: RP Jhabvala’s The Nature of Passion – Novel” • (ii) Name of Book : Feminism in Contemporary Indian Women Novelists Ed. By Dr. M.F. Patel • (iii) Publisher: Avishkar Publishers, Distributors – Jaipur • (iii) ISSN: 0976-4976 Year: Page 117, July 2011 • [c](i)Title of Article: “Tolerance and Sacrifice: The Essentials of Indianness in ChamanNahal’sAzadi” • (ii) Title of Book: “Role of Major Writers in Indian English Writings” • (iii) Publisher: Principal, Smt. R.M. Prajapati College, Satlasana, (iv) ISBN: 978-81-926211-0-4 Year: 2013 • [d](i)Title of Article : Exile Literature and the Diasporic Indian Writing: A Perspective • (ii) Title of Book: Indian English Fiction: Critical Responses • (iii) Publisher: Mark Publisher, Jaipur (India) • (iv) ISBN: 978-93-82159-15-5 Year: 2014
Dr. A.K. Patel Ph.D. Guide - Gujarat University Ahmedabad DETAILS ABOUT STUDENTS DOING Ph.D. (i) PriyaJuneja doing research on “Theme on racial Discrimination in the Autobiographies of Dalit and Black Writers: A Comparative Study” from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. (ii) HiralJani doing research on “Indianness & Identity crisis in the works of Contemporary Indian Diaspora Women Writers” from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. (iii) PayalTrivedi pursuing her research on “From Experience to Expression: A Study of Trajectory of Holocaust Narratives in the Select Survivors’ Memoirs” from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in 2015.
SPECIAL REWARDS OR RECOGNITION: [1] Head of English Department since June – 1996 – 19 (Continue) [2] English Language Laboratory Coordinator since 2007 – (Continue) [3] Worked as a Coordinator of Two-Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar held on “Literature and Society” Organized by S.D. Arts & B.R. Commerce College, Mansa on 25th & 26th July 2008 [4]Worked as a Coordinator of Two-Day UGC Sponsored National Seminar held on “The Role of Translation” Organized by S.D. Arts & B.R. Commerce College, Mansa on 20th & 21th July 2013 [5] I have passed CCC Computer course from BAOU with Distinction in 2006-07 [6] I have passed Scope Examination Level B2. [7] I have worked as a Chairperson in one of the session of UGC sponsored National Seminar on “Role of Major Writers in Indian English Writings” organised by R.M. Prajapati Arts College, Satlasana, Dist: Mahesana from 15/9/2012 to 16/9/2012. [8] I am appointed as Ph.D. Guide from Gujarat University, Ahmedabad in 2013. [9] I am appointed as a member of RDC committee in English subject in Gujarat University.
Name : Dr. U.C. GOR • Department : English • Educational Qualifications : M.A., Ph.D.
PUBLISHED WORKS (a) Papers Published in Journals and Books: Papers Published in Journals: [a] (i) Title of the Article: “A Kutchhi Saint-Poet Mekan” (ii) Name of Journal: King of Education World (iii) ISSN: 2279-9180 [b] (i) Title of the Short Story:“Badshah ” (ii) Name of Journal : Kumar – Gujarati Magaine (iii) ISSN: 0976-4976
(ii) Papers Published in Books: • [a] (i) Title of Article:“Bond of Relationships in R.K. Narayan’s Novels” • (ii) Title of Book: “Role of Major Writers in Indian English Writings” • (iii) Publisher: Principal, Smt. R.M. Prajapati College, Satlasana, • (iv) ISBN: 978-81-926211-0-4 Year: 2013 [b] (i) Title of the Article: Portrayal of the Child in R.K.Narayan’s Fiction (ii) Name of the Book: The Fiction of R.K.Narayan: Critical Studies (iii) Publisher: Sarup Book Publishers Pvt., Ltd., Newl Delhi. (iv) ISBN: 978-81-7625-982-8
(iii) Book Publications [a] (i) Title of Books : The Child in R.K. Narayan’s Fiction: A Study (ii) Name of Publisher: Mark Publishers , Jaipur (iii) ISBN: 978-81-89472-87-0
COLLEGE ACTIVITIES: • NAAC Committee – Co-ordinator • IQAC Committee – Co-ordinator • UGC committee – Member • AISHE – Nodal officer • Sports Committee – Member • Cultural Committee – Member • Mansar – Writer • Examination Committee- Member