PROFILE 2019-2020 PG Department of English
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1 PROFILE 2019-2020 PG Department of English Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur 2 Session 2019 - 20 Khallikote Autonomous College is one of the oldest colleges of Odisha, established in the year 1856. The Department of English was established in the year 1878. The Department became P.G Department of English in 1963.Along with English Honours and P.G.classes, the department also takes up “Compulsory English” classes for Arts and Science streams. It also engages the Alternative English classes for Arts, Science and commerce UG classes. The department also takes up Soft Skills under SEC II for fourth semester English Honours batch. Current Staff of the Department: Sl. Name Designation Qualification Date of No joining in Govt. Service 1. Dr. Rachana Padhi Associate Professor PhD 29thSept, 1983 2 Dr. Padmini Sahu Associate Professor PhD 9th July, 1990 3 Prof. R. N Senapati Visiting Faculty M.A. (Retd. Professor – Eng) 4 Chinmayee Sahu Guest Lecturer M.A,M.Phil. 5 Pabitra Kumar Swain Guest Lecturer M.A,M.Phil. 6 Ranjan Kumar Behera Guest Lecturer MA,M.Phil. 7 Abhishek Panda Guest Lecturer M.A. 8 Adyasha Patnaik Guest Lecturer MA,NET. 9 K Uma MaheshwarRao Peon Currently the department has two senior Associate Professors - Dr.Rachana Padhi (HOD) and Dr.Padmini Sahu. For the 2018-19 academic session, the department selected four Guest Faculties- Smt. Chinmayee Sahu, Mr. Pabitra Kumar Swain, Mr. Rajan Kumar Behera and Smt. Madhusmita Swain. All the four Guest Faculties had prior teaching experience and an excellent track record. The department also had the privilege of the utilising the expertise of senior visiting faculties Dr.Girija Shankar Mishra and Prof. Raghunath Senapati. The number of allotted seats for the classes/courses is as follows: Class No. of Students M.Phil 08 P.G 2nd Year 40 P.G 1st Year 40 + 3 Final Year 60 + 3 Second Year 60 + 3 First Year 60 3 The department maintains a Reading Room with hundreds of valuable books especially contributed by retired, erstwhile great teachers of this department Dr.Chinneswara Rao and Dr. D P Mohapatra. There is a broad space for wall magazine where the students are encouraged express their creativity through writings, drawings, and so on. The department also subscribes one English daily, weekly employment news and a few social magazines for the use of students. The department organizes various events throughout the year that include cultural gatherings, seminars and competitions. Every year the department also organizes several competitions like Elocution, Picture composition, Recitation, Essay writing andLiterary quiz which the department students participate enthusiastically. The winners are awarded prizes on the Annual Function day by the Chief Guest. The department continues with its tradition of celebrating the Welcome Function in the month of August, Annual Function in the month of February and Farewell Party in the month of April along with Ganesh Puja and SaraswatiPuja. Apart from these events the Department has been organising Seminars under “Extended Lecture Series” every year since 2014. Experienced and renowned teachers from the field of English Literature are invited to give a talk for two hours on a topic of their choice from the syllabus. The lectures end with an interactive session with the speakers. For the past two sessions in succession the Department has been organising a picnic cum Study Tour in the last week of December to a scenic place close to the city limits. Such informal get-togethers strengthen the bond between the students and the faculty thus improving the productivity of the department on the whole. Student Acheivements: The students of our department also participate and win in many inter- and intra- college level competitions and district, state and national level competitions, thereby they bring pride and glory to our department. 1. Name -PranabananandaNayak, +3 III Eng Hons - National level essay competition organized by NFB National Federation for Blind.2016- 17.ThirdPosition. - Guitar playing NFB 2016-17.Third Position. - Guitar playing State youth Festival 2017-18 and 2018-19.Second Position. - U25 State chess championship 2017-18.Best Blind Player. - 59th Senior Odisha Fide rating open chess championship 2018-19. - 4th triple C All India Fide rating open chess championship 2018-19.Best Blind Player. 2. Name - ArchanaMohapatro PG II is a qualified self-defence trainer 3. Name – Sourav Sampan Gouda +3 II Eng. Hons 4 - 1st position – Debate Competition; conducted at Berhampur Stadium on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s Birthday celebrations 2018. 4. UpasanaPatro - +3 II Eng Hons - Ramp 2nd Runner up BasantUtsav 2018 Berhampur - Glori Queen 2019 Puri 5th to 9th Jan 2019 - 2nd Position in Spot Painting; PuriGlorifest 2018 5. Gupta SagarSahu - +3 II Eng. Hons - NCC – A Certificate Army Wing 6. Siba Prasad Sethy - NCC – B Certificate Navy Wing 7. Bikash Samuel +3 II Eng Hons part of the College Handball Team 2018 8. BiswabandhuPadhy +3 II Eng Hons part of the College Cricket Team 2018 9. AbinathBhuyan +3 III Eng. Hons attended the National Training cum Workshop on Skill and Entrepreneurial Development of Tribal youth of Southern Odisha sponsored by National Academy of Science, India 2018 10. GautamNimai +3 III Eng. Hons bagged the 3rd position consistently for the years 2016, 2017 in inter- college song competition. 11. Aparna Patnaik +3 III Eng. Hons – 3rd position and cash prize of ₹5000/- in National level Essay Writing Competition conducted by NAAC on the eve of Dr. Abdul Kalam’s birthday. - 2nd prize for Poetry in Literary Workshop conducted at SBR Govt. Women’s College in Mar 2016. Details of Seminars/Extended Lectures organised by the Department: Sl. Date Speakers and Topic No. 1. 13th& 14th 13th Nov – Prof. Dr. B BJaisingh‘Dark Night of the Soul: A 21st Century Nov, 2014 Response to Eliot.’ 14th Nov – Prof. Dr. H S Mohapatra‘Teaching Literature : Uses of Visual Reinforcement’ 2. 5th& 6th Nov, 5th Nov - Prof. A K Purohit‘IntroducingAmericanLiterature : Key 2015 Concepts’ Prof. R N Panda ‘Aspects of Modern American Drama’ 6th Nov – Dr. Ajit Mukherjee ‘God of Small Things as Post-Colonial India Novel’ Dr. Shruti Das ‘ Language - Text and Communication’ 3. 25th Feb, 2016 Prof. Dr. Deepak Behera‘In between Two Cultures : Life of Tribal Students 5 (UGC in Residential Schools’ Sponsored) Prof. Dr. P K Mohanty‘In Search of a Canon : With Reference to W B Yeats Poetry’ 4. 17th& 18th 17th Nov – Prof. Dr. A K Purohit‘Literature and Psychology’ Nov, 2016 Prof. Dr. G R Mishra ‘Comparative Literature’ 18th Nov – Prof. Dr. E Raja Rao‘Indo-English Fiction’ Prof. Dr. S Mishra ‘Indo-English Poetry’ 5. 8th Nov, 2017 Prof. Dr. H S Mohapatra‘Comparative Literature’ Prof. Dr. DharanidharSahu‘American Literature (Fiction and Drama) 6. 2nd& 3rd Nov, 2nd Nov – Prof. Dr. A N Mishra ‘Literature and Environmental Science’ 2018 Prof Dr. R N Senapati‘Development of American Fiction 3rd Nov – Prof. Dr. SmitaSinha‘Linguistics and its Application’ Prof. Dr. E Raja Rao‘The Blues in African-American Literature’ Faculty Profiles: P R O F I L E Name : Dr. R A C H A N A P A D H I - HOD Designation : Reader (Associate Professor) Date of Joining: 29th Sept, 1983(OES) Department : PG Department of English Contact Number : 9438763055 E-mail:[email protected] Educational Qualification Sl. No. Qualification Year Subject Name of University 1. MA 1980 English Berhampur University 2. MPhil 1982 English Berhampur University 3. PhD 2014 English Berhampur University Seminar/ Conference/Symposium/Workshop Attended Sl. Name Sponsoring No. Agency 1. Seminar “Indian Writing in English” Khallikote National -------- Auto College 2. Seminar “Treatment of Women in Khallikote National --------- Contemporary Writing in Auto College English” 6 3. Seminar “Recent Trends in the Khallikote National -------- Literature of the Diaspora” Auto College 4. National “Environment and Society” SAURAV, National --------- Seminar State Level NGO Research paper Published: Sl. Paper Title No. 1. ‘Feminism as a Social Movement in India’, in ‘Understanding Politics and Society’, Vol I, 2011, by PG Dept. of Political Science, Khallikote Auto College 2. AjanaRuturaPhula, Athena Publications, Brahmapur – 2 [Short Story Collection] 3. ManasaNayika, Athena Publications, Bhubaneswar [Short Story Collection] 4. Anubhabara Katha, Athena Publications, Bhubaneswar [Short Story Collection] PhD Details: Sl. Title of the Thesis Name & Address of the Year University No. Guide 1. The Alienated Heroes in the Novels of Dr.D P Mahapatra R K Narayan Retd. Reader 2014 Berhampur K K Auto College University Berhampur Achievements: Sl. No. Details 1. SCART award, Bhubaneswar for Creative Writing in Odia, 2006 2. Supreeti Devi Gantayat Award for Short Story Writing in Odia, 2008 3. SahityaSwetapadma Award, Gajapati District, Parlakhemundi, 2008 4. Organised state Level Seminar(Extended Lectures) in the department on 13th& 14th Nov, 2014 Speakers 13th Nov – Prof. Dr. B BJaisingh ‘Dark Night of the Soul: A 21st Century response to Eliot.’ 14th Nov – Prof. Dr. H S Mohapatra ‘Teaching Literature : Uses of Visual Reinforcement’ 5. Organised state level seminar(Extended Lectures) in the department on 5th and 6th Nov, 2015 Speakers 5th Nov - Prof. A K Purohit ‘Introducing American Literature : Key Concepts’ Prof. R N Panda ‘Aspects of Modern American Drama’ 6th Nov – Dr. Ajit Mukherjee ‘God of Small Things as Post-Colonial Indian Novel’ Dr. Shruti Das ‘ Language - Text and Communication’ 6. Organised state level seminar (UGC Sponsored) in the department on 25th Feb, 2016 Speakers - Prof. Dr. Deepak Behera ‘In between Two Cultures : Life of Tribal Students in Residential Schools’ Prof. Dr. P K Mohanty ‘In Search of a Canon : With Reference to W B Yeats Poetry’ 7. Organised state level seminar(Extended Lectures) in the department on 17th& 18th Nov, 2016 Speakers 17th Nov – Prof. Dr. A K Purohit ‘Literature and Psychology’ 7 Prof. Dr. G R Mishra ‘Comparative Literature’ 18th Nov – Prof.