P.G. DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

  A national seminar entitled “ Emerging Perspectives on English Language, Literature and Culture” was organised by the PG Department of English on 24th February 2023 with 70 participants across the nation both online and offline presented their papers. The Keynote Speakers was Mr. A. S. Paneerselvan , Fellow, Roja Muthiah Research Library, Former Reader’s Editor, The Hindu and the Sessions were chaired by Dr. L. R. S. Kalanithi , Associate Professor, Gurunanak; Dr. J. Jayachan  dran , Associate Professor, Anna University; Dr. Karthiga S. V. , Assistant Professor, SRM; Dr. Raisun Mathew , Assistant Professor of English, Jain Deemed- to- be University; Dr. G Chandralekha Rao , Head Shift 1 DDGDVC & Dr. Lakshmy , Head Shift 2 DDGDVC

  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...

PG department of English organized an ABL (Activity based learning) session on the topic, Enriching competency of English on “Idioms-Effective Usages” on September 29 2022 at 1:30 pm. The programme co-ordinator, Ms. Krithika. A carried out the ABL session, engagingly with help up interactive sessions, quizzes, puzzles, riddles made the process of learning of idiom, fun-filled. Students participated enthusiastically and were benefitted from this session.The student co-ordinators Sunil.S III B.A & Vishal Shenoy II M.A along with the Head i/c Mr. J. Praveen Prabhu, principal Dr. S. Santhosh Baboo, Secretary Shri. Ashok kumar Mundhra were also instrumental in organizing and making the programme, a success. 

P.G. Department of English & Litluminary association organized the students for a museum visit at Chennai Egmore museum , to commemorate ‘World tourism day' on 27.9.2022 . This museum visit is harmonised by our joint organising secretary  Ms. Nandhini Praveen , along with organizing committee members Yuvashree. M and Vignesh. S from 3 rd B.A.English. Students explored all the blocks, and they found them highly educational as well as really enjoyable. Art gallery and the block of animal anatomy were the show stealers. The students found the visit to be extremely fruitful. Invitaion

National Level Literary E-Quiz  Remembering the Literary Celebutante T. S. Eliot PG department of English organized national level literary E-Quiz commemorating the literary figure, T.S Eliot on 26 September 2022 . The faculty organiser was Dr. Lakshmy Ravindranathan . The foremost outcome of this platform is to widen the knowledge of the students and scholars by enriching them with in depth, unknown facts of Eliot.  The quiz was conducted via online and had a great impact, as it received more than 500 responses.  Certificates were distributed to the participants. Most of the students commented, “ It was a great experience to take up this wonderful quiz ".  Exchanging of ideas and knowledge makes a human to grow better than before.  “Humankind cannot bear very much reality” by T.S Eliot.    

  A session on Alumni motivational talk was held at Bhasha Sangam block. The Event Co-ordinator  was Mrs. Raveena Neeraj Kumar . The speakers of the event were the alumni of DG Vaishnav college, Divya Madhughandran , Executive - Cognizant Technology Solutions (HR) and S. Haribalasiranjeevi , DEAN of Budhha IAS Academy Proprietor- Seethalakshmi Event Management.               Ms. Divya discussed on HR profession and the value of it’s progression. She also highlighted the preference for English graduates in the field, due to their creativity and efficient language. It was informative, motivational and a guiding session for students.                Secondly  Mr. S. Haribalasiranjeevi addressed the students who were preparing for Civil service exams and provided sufficient tips to crack the competitive exam. He encouraged students to be consistent and hardworking. He broadened the perspective of car...

   PG department of English & Litjamboree Association organized “International peace day celebration” on 21st September 2022 about the prolocutor of peace & well-being.                It was held under the supervision of Joint Organising Secretary Ms. Lakshmy Ravindranathan  and the organising committee members for the event were S. Fasila Jasmine  & S. Preethi of II B.A. The objective of this event, was to promote peace among students and to recognise the efforts of those who had worked hard to eliminate conflicts and promote peace.                The resource person Dr. P. Senthil Kumaran  (Assistant professor of English-Shift II ), in his opening speech spoke about the importance of spreading peace throughout the nation. The organising secretary, Mr. J. Praveen Prabhu , head I/c, the convener, Dr. S. Santhosh Babu , principal and patron, Shri. Ashok kumar Mundhra s...