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About | Academic Regulations | Quality Assurance | Alumni | AICTE | NAAC |NIRF
About | Academic Regulations | Quality Assurance | Alumni | AICTE | NAAC |NIRF
The Department of English was established since the inception of the Institution, in 2009. It meticulously strives to deliver education in the English language at Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels. The department offers various language development courses for Under Graduate (UG), B. Tech students and for M.A. and Ph.D. programmes. The department endeavours the students to procure proficiency specifically in the required four skills- listening, speaking, reading, and writing and it also enables the students to think critically, communicate efficiently, and write professionally.
The department meticulously works at improvising the students’ quality of English Language and caters to the demands of the present corporate world. It constantly puts utmost efforts to enhance their communication skills and to impart moral values. The department offers two integrated courses for first-year students of B.Tech. The choice-based credit system permits the higher semester students to choose Value Education Electives and Institute Electives like Public Speaking, Effective Group Discussion, Stress Management, Autobiography and Memoirs, Passionate Leadership, Soft Skills, Creative Writing, Learning to Learn and Academic Writing offered by the department in addition to the main core programmes. The department has commendable and decades experienced faculty members from various specializations with potential brilliance and proficient knowledge. Faculty members are distinguished for their mentoring, employing innovative teaching practices, research publications and remarkable supervisory in all fields viz, Literature, Language and Linguistics, ELT, etc. At present the department has ten faculty members as Cambridge, U.K. approved Speaking Examiners for BEC Preliminary Examinations. Many faculty members acted as resource persons in the various forum within and outside the institution. To reinforce teaching active learning methods of the course handling faculty members, the department frequently arranges Faculty Development Programme (FDP) before every semester begins. In adhering to the quick vicissitudes in education, the department persistently updates its curriculum and implement it through systematic revision, and instigates necessary changes in the teaching-learning process.
To become a quality driven centre in Technical and Communicative English that fosters critical and creative thinking, reading, writing and to be benchmarked both nationally and internationally, and also to promote research activities with industry, national and international laboratories and foreign universities.
FOUNDATION ENGLISH FOR FRESHMAN ENGINEERING (FME)
The curriculum for MA English programme has been developed on the basis of UGC Model Curriculum and the syllabus for UGC – Net Examination with choice-based credit system in 2019 with a maximum intake of 30 students.
The programme is designed to serve as a certified qualification to both students aspiring for an autonomous degree as well as for those who intend to advance in the field of research. It is premeditated, keeping in mind the existing importance for Literature and also the emerging trends of English Language Teaching (ELT). This proportioned combination of Literature and ELT amplifies the scope and prospects for students to choose wider range of careers. It provides the knowledge, understanding, research materials, opportunities, skills and techniques for undertaking the programme efficiently. It ultimately aims to produce highly efficient post graduates, who can accomplish a wide range of expertise in the subject. The department comprises of well-qualified and goal-oriented faculty members with many doctorates, whose research expertise includes major frontier areas. To strengthen the efforts of ensuring the employability, the Department proposes to hold annual meetings of Industry –Institute Joint Consultation to identify the specific needs of the industry and update the syllabi accordingly. In an effort to achieve 100% placement, the department endeavours to prepare the graduates industry–ready
Candidates for admission to the first year of the Postgraduate Degree programme of English shall be required to have passed
S.No. | Courses | Credits |
1 | Programme Core | 48 |
2 | Programme Elective | 12 |
3 | Seminar/Internship | 4 |
4 | MOOC/ Independent | 20 |
5 | Life Skills | 4 |
6 | Institute Elective | 6 |
7 | Extension Activities | 4 |
94 |
In the School of Science and Humanities the department of English has the majority of research scholars. It has six authorized research supervisors with strong research background. Ph.D. Scholars have been pursuing research since the inception of the department in 2011. Even the scholar strength was less initially, at present, 24 research scholars pursuing their research in the department. Over the years, our scholars have been able to prove their skills in academic field through the research experience they have gained in Vel Tech.
The Department of English represents a wide variety of scholarly and critical approaches to the study of Literature and English Language Teaching. The research undertaken by the scholars connect literature with history, myths, art history, political philosophy and theory, and literature in other languages, as well as the contemporary interdisciplines such as gender studies and cultural studies. Strong in the history of the book, we study the changing media environments of the written word and the arts of writing, from the periods before printing to the digital age. The Department of English aims to help deepen scholars’ insights into their own experience and to develop their ability to express their ideas through their presentations and publications
S.No. | Name | Qualification | Area of Specialization |
1 | Dr. M R Bindu | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., | INDIAN LITERATURE |
2 | Dr. R. Udhaya Kumar | M.A., M.B.A., M.A., P.G.D.C.S., Ph.D., | ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
3 | Dr. A. Prakash | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., | AMERICAN LITERATURE |
4 | Dr. P. Saranya | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., | DIASPORA |
5 | Dr. Ramesh M | M.A., B.Ed., M.Phil., Ph.D., | ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING |
6 | Dr. Murugavel S | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., | DALIT LITERATURE |
NATIONAL ADMISSION
INTERNATIONAL ADMISSION
Communication skills are an indispensable component of the educational purview. The English department imparts communication skills with the help of a language laboratory a dedicated space for foreign language learning.
The language laboratory helps the students to acquire sensitivity to distinct sounds and rhythm of a language by accessing audio or audio-visual materials. It provides adequate exposure to the best samples of the language to use it appropriately in different contexts in the real life. The department of English provides a comfortable atmosphere to learn a language with greater exhilaration and delight. It helps the students in giving exposure to native accents, practice, and also provides space to correct oneself. The constant practice of listening and speaking is the ultimate goal. It is a place where the functional use of the language is completely experienced by the students. It helps in the holistic development of individuals by providing practice in acquiring the four language skills namely listening, speaking, reading, and writing. It also reinforces the students to participate effectively in interactive learning activities. It enables the students to accelerate the process of improving language skills with more emphasis on LSRW and enriches a high degree of proficiency in the English language. The language lab boosts the motivation of students to achieve language retention and progress. Our Language laboratories are supported by the following software packages:
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1 | TTS 2167 | Dr. P. REVATHI | ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR & HoD | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
2 | TTS 2458 | Dr. BINDU. M.R | PROFESSOR | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
3 | TTS 2759 | Dr. UDHAYA KUMAR. R | PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. |
4 | TTS 2891 | Dr.PRAKASH. A | PROFESSOR | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
5 | TTS 2602 | CHRISPIN ANTONIETA DHIVYA. A | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., |
6 | TTS 2893 | Dr. PRIYADARSHINI. M.C | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
7 | TTS 3240 | Dr. S MURUGAVEL | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
8 | TTS 3341 | Dr. MANIKANDAN. A | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
9 | TTS 3352 | Dr. M.VINOTHKUMAR | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
10 | TTS 3469 | Dr. YAMINI. G | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
11 | TTS 3506 | Dr. BAIRAVI. B | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. |
12 | TTS 3527 | Dr. RAJESWARI. A | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
13 | TTS 3566 | Dr. SUBHA BALAMURUGAN | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
14 | TTS 3585 | Dr. JESINTHA PRINCY. J | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. |
15 | TTS 3615 | Dr. THARINI. C | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
16 | TTS 3652 | Dr. YASU BHARATHI. V.R | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., Ph.D. |
17 | TTS 3654 | Dr. SWEETLINE. S | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. |
18 | TTS 3840 | Dr. VALLIKKANNU.M | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., |
VEL TECH ENGLISH FORUM: The Vel Tech English Forum (VEF) is a community for English majors, P.G students, faculty members and trainers. The purpose of VEF is to involve participants and experts in sharing their academic experiences, developing a strong sense of team work within the institution and other institutions, and improving their literary knowledge and language skills. The VEF community works hard to contribute and participate based on respect and sharing experiences
“A Room without Books is like a body without a soul”
-Marcus Tullius Cicero, (a Roman academic sceptic, philosopher and statesman.)
The department holds a varied collection of books pertaining to language, literature and research. We have a total of 670 books that caters to the academic need of the students and the faculty members
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