NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages Department of French and other Foreign Languages School of English and Foreign Languages University of Madras 1 Name of the Department Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 2 Year of establishment September 1983 ( French introduced in the University of Madras in 1928) 3 Is the Department part of a Yes School of English and Foreign School/Faculty of the university? Languages 4 Names of programmes offered (UG, MA French, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated M Phil French, Masters; Integrated Ph.D., D.Sc., PH D and D.Litt., etc.) Certificate and Diploma Courses in French, German, Italian and Spanish 5 Interdisciplinary programmes and NIL departments involved 6 Courses in collaboration with other Joint Ph D conducted with two universities, industries, foreign French Universities : (i)Sorbonne institutions, etc. Paris 3 and (ii) Stendhal, Grenoble 7 Details of programmes discontinued, The UGC sponsored (Inno/Assit) if any, with reasons MA Translation was introduced in the year 2006 and was discontinued in the year 2010-2011 due to a variety of reasons including lack of demand from students, lack of funds and also the fact that the students who did join did not have the linguistic level required in two languages to meet the academic demands of a Masters course in translation 8 Examination System: Annual/ Semester - Choice Based Credit Semester/ Trimester/Choice Based system Credit System 9 Participation of the department in the Nil courses offered by other departments 1 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 10. Number of teaching posts sanctioned, filled and actual (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors/others) Sanctioned Filled Actual (including CAS & MPS) Professor 1 1 1 Associate Professors - - - Asst. Professors 3 1 1 Others 1 1 1 11. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, area of specialization, experience and research under guidance Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of No. of Years of Ph.D./ Experience M.Phil. students guided for the last 4 years Dr Chitra MA(Eng) Prof and Quebecois From 1982 2 Joint Ph D Krishnan MA French) head studies and -31 years completed ; M.Phil; Pedagogy of 2 PhD in the PhD French (FLE) process; 6 M Phil Dr.N.C MA French Assistant Didactics, 8 1 M Phil Mirakamal M Phil,Ph D Professor Translation Late Thambu MA French Assistant R Sudhakar M Phil Professor ------- (Deceased on 13.12.2012) 12 Up to 2009 Dr K List of senior Visiting Fellows, adjunct faculty, Madanagobalane, Emeritus emeritus professors Professor; 13 Core courses : Nil ; Elective courses: Percentage of classes taken by temporary 100% are taken by faculty – programme-wise information temporary faculty appointed as Ad hoc /Guest lecturers for each of the languages 14 MA French : 2012- 2013 Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio is 35: 2 Ph.D:2012-2013 is 2:1 15 Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: Sanctioned Filled Actual ASO/Asst. – 1 1 1 Attender – 1 1 1 Technical – 1 1 1 2 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 16. Research thrust areas as recognized by major funding agencies NA 17. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c) Total grants received. Give the names of the funding agencies, project title and grants received project-wise. National /international Grant received project Name of faculty Project title funding agency wise Erasmus Mundus The grant is financially Dr Chitra Krishnan Mobility project with administered and Administrative consortium led by MAHEVA disbursed directly to the director University of awardees from Montpellier 3, France Montpellier, France Erasmus Mundus The grant is financially Dr Chitra Krishnan mobility project with administered and Administrative consortium led by MOVER disbursed directly to the director University of Murcia, awardees from Murcia, Spain Spain 18. Inter-institutional collaborative projects and associated grants received a) National collaboration b) International collaboration Resource Source / Agencies Purpose Amount Duration Mobilization Consultancy offered Controller general Certificate course in Rs.51,154/ under UICIC to of Patents Design German sponsored by 20% of earnings June patent officers – Trademarks and the Ministry of of Rs 2, 55, 770 2008-June Certificate in Geographical Commerce and Industry, given to the 2009 German Indications Govt of India University 3 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 19. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; UGC-SAP/CAS, DPE; DBT, ICSSR, AICTE, etc.; total grants received. National funding Name of faculty Project title Grant received agency Submitted for UGC Innovative scheme Rs 8, 64, 977 Department by: 2005-2008 Dr Chitra Krishnan 20. Research facility / centre with - NA · state recognition · national recognition · international recognition 21. Special research laboratories sponsored by / created by industry or corporate bodies - NA 22. Publications: * Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : * Monographs : 1 * Chapters in Books : 2 * Edited Books : 3 * Books with ISBN with details of publishers : 13 * Number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host, etc.) : * Citation Index – range / average : * SNIP : * SJR : * Impact Factor – range / average : * h-index : 23 Details of patents and income generated NA 24 Areas of consultancy and income generated NA 4 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 25 Faculty Selected nationally / internationally to visit other laboratories / institutions / industries in India and abroad Dr Chitra Krishnan Professeur invité de l’Université Stendhal, Grenoble, France - décembre 2012 France - membre du Jury de doctorat en FLE Invitée du Gouvernement de Québec- Participante au I Forum International de la Québec et Montréal- juin 2012 langue française au Québec Le Mans, Paris, France- décembre Professeur invité de l’Université de Maine 2011 Professeur invité- Séance plénière – Colloque Grenoble, France- octobre 2011 international de l’Université Stendhal, France Représentante de l’Université de Madras à l’Université de Murcia, Espagne-Projet de Murcia, Espagne, octobre 2011 mobilité MOVER Erasmus Mundus. Représentante de l’Université de Madras à l’Université de Montpellier, France-Projet de Siem Reap, Cambodge- avril 2011 mobilité MAHEVA Erasmus Mundus Professeur invité de l’Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris 3, France - membre Paris, France- décembre 2010 du Jury de doctorat en littérature Représentante de l’Université de Madras à l’Université de Montpellier, France-Projet de Montpellier- novembre 2010 mobilité MAHEVA Erasmus Mundus Professeur invité de l’Université de Nantes- Invitée d’honneur –Semaine de la Nantes, France- March 2010 francophonie pour consolider les liens établis Professeur invité de l’IUFM de Montpellier pour consolider les liens établis par la convention ; aussi explorer les possibilités de Montpellier, Nîmes, Sète et Paris- créer de nouveaux projets sous l’égide des June 2009 conventions signées avec les Universités de Montpellier Visite pour consolider les liens établis avec les Angers, Besançon, Poitiers, Paris, conventions et explorer la possibilité de créer September October 2008 de nouveaux projets Participation au colloque international Grenoble, Besançon, Paris, France - His(s)tories of India, Université Stendhal, may-june 2007 Projet Arcus, Grenoble Dr N C Mirakamal · June 2008 Invited by the University of Angers, France as Visiting faculty to explore collaborative projects October 2011: Invited by the University of Liege, Belgium to deliver lectures on problems of translation at the University of Liege 5 NAAC Reaccreditation - Evaluative Report School of English and Foreign Languages Department of French and Other Foreign Languages 26. Faculty serving in Dr Chitra Krishnan · Holds positions of responsibility including those of Chairperson of the Board of Studies and Board of Examiners in French besides serving on several committees including the Board of Research Studies. · Vice Chancellor’s nominee on the Governing Body and Boards of Studies of several city colleges as well as on various inspection committees of the UGC (MCC, Madras School of Social Work · Governor’s nominee on the Academic Senate of the Tamil Nadu Dr Ambedkar Law University, Chennai. · Nominated as a member of the Board of Trustees of Ethiraj College for Women, Madras and the Alliance Française de Madras. · Nominated as a member of the prestigious Standing committee of the Academic Council, University of Madras from 2012-2014 · Invited to be on the Scientific Committee of the International Congress on Passion et Raison of the Federation international of Teachers of French and the IATF held in Chennai in February 2013 · Invited by the Vice- Chairman TANSCHE (2012-2013) to coordinate the selection committee for prestigious Tamil Nadu Government Study Abroad Programme for the students and faculty of Government institutions of