P.G. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

A five-day workshop, titled "Research Writing and Publication Ethics," was held on August 18th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, 2023. This comprehensive program aimed to equip postgraduate students with the necessary skills and knowledge to navigate the world of academic research writing and publication. The workshop kicked off with Dr. Vinoth Kumar , Assistant Professor at Vel Tech Institute of Science and Technology, laying the groundwork. Through interactive activities, Dr. Vinoth Kumar imparted the three core principles of effective research writing. This foundation set the stage for subsequent sessions. On day two, Dr. V. Sivaraman , Associate Professor at Presidency College, delved deeper into the specific techniques of "Academic Writing." This session likely provided students with practical tools and strategies to enhance their writing style and clarity. Day three saw Dr. T. Prabhu , Assistant Professor at L. N. Government College of Arts and Science, guide par...

Date and Time: 10th October 2023 to 11th October 2023, 10:00 am to 1:30 pm Venue: Cauvery Block, Sports Complex, First Floor Faculty Coordinator: Ms. Nandhini Praveen and Ms. Krithika A PG Department of English organised a two-day workshop titled “ Holistic Wellbeing and Resilience ” on 10th and 11th October 2023. The aim of the workshop is to provide adaptive, emotional and positive behaviour that enable students to deal effectively with the demands and challenges of everyday life. The Day 1 (10.10.2023) Session 1 : was commenced with the college prayer followed by Welcome address. Then Mr. J. Praveen Prabhu felicitated the speaker Mr. Tarun Murugesh , Lifeguard Instructor & Master First Aid Trainer. The speaker shared the importance of Lifeskills training to the students. He said ‘ by equipping individuals with life skills, first aid knowledge, and defense skills, they are better prepared to handle emergencies, protect themselves and others, and make informed decisions in variou...

A two day workshop on “Art of filmmaking” was conducted on 20th March 2023 & 21st March 2023 as part of a students training programme. The two guest speakers for the workshop on 20th were Mr. Elavarasan Devarajan , Cinematographer and Dr. Rao Prashant Jothi , Assistant Professor BBA DDGDVC. The guest Speakers for the second day of the workshop were  Mr. R. D Senthil Ram , Cinematographer and Mr. Ashok Kumar , Movie Director.

  A five day workshop on “Magnifying Proficiencies Towards Employability ” was held from  23rd January 2023 - 27th January 2023 . The following people were the guest lecturers on the respective days; Ms. Vani Pradeep (writer), Dr. P. Suresh , Assistant Professor, DDGDVC, Ms. Shanthoshi Sona , Senior Manager HR, White Rabbit Group, Dr. Abirami Vivek , Counseling Psychologist, Founder Director- Magnet Minds and Ms. Jayanthi Sankar (writer). The guest Lecturers provided  conversant lectures and it highly benefitted the students. The Workshop was very functional and helped the students on analysing various scopes in the field and on preparing themselves for their profession.

  A one day workshop on “Film Appreciation and Adaptation" was held on 5th January 2023 . The resource person who addressed the session was Dr. M. Kamalakkannan , Assistant Professor, Presidency college, who gave insights to the students on the interconnectedness of Film and Literature.

                           A five-day workshop was held from 17 th   to 21 st October in Shri Vallabhacharya Vidhya Saba for the PG department of English, for the enhancement of writing skills. For each of these day, different resource person were brought in, to make the workshop, resourceful for the students.   The resource person for the first day of the workshop, which was on 17th October , was Dr. Karthiga S.V , Assistant professor of English department in SRM institute of science and technology. Dr. Karthiga enlightened the students on the topic   "Writing research articles" .   This speaker spoke in length and in excellence about the different perspectives of research writing and its importance to the students.   The next day of the workshop, which was 18th October , was taken over by Mr. V. Ramakrishnan who was a content developer and a research scholar from University of Madras...

Date and venue:               The workshop took place on 15, October 2022 at University of Madras . The workshop had begun to start at 10:30am Resource person:               Dr. M. Kamalakkannan , M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (P.G. and Research department of English, Presidency college(autonomous) Chennai. Organizing Committee Member:               Mr. G. M. Prem Kumar , Assistant Professor Workshop on Film and literature:                In the session, the resource person covered extensively on the topics such as, Artworks, Editing, Camera Angles, Adaptation, etc. He enlightened the students about the basic editing techniques and common transitions, that they are expected to master, in order to seek this path, as a career option. He explained, at length, on how different camera angles, change the perspective...

A workshop on research methodology in project writing was held on August 30, 2022 . Ms. Nandhini Praveen was the event organiser. The resource person, Dr. T. Pushpanathan , Assistant Professor, Department of English, Sri Chandrashekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Kanchipuram, gave an informative lecture on how to draft a research paper using proper methods, and enlightened about the essential patterns to be followed while writing a research paper. The entire session was very engaging, and the resource person made it very easy for the students to understand the concept, by vividly explaining each and every structure that is to be followed during research writing from the scratch. The session was very informative for all of the students in the workshop. On the whole, all the participants gained a clear understanding of how to attribute information, on how to organise and focus on the main approach, in determining the purpose, and in refining the research thesis.