Introduction

The Department of English was established on July 1990. Ever since its inception it has carved a niche for itself in the area of literary studies by striking an inimitable balance between the traditional and contemporary components. The M.A. course includes British literature from the age of Chaucer to the post-modern period, literary criticism from Aristotle to Derrida, ELT and several New Literatures. It also encourages scholars to take up new and exciting but locally relevant topics for Ph.D. programme in English. While so far eight scholars have already been awarded Ph.D. degree, two scholars are presently enrolled. In a very short span of time, the Department has made its mark among National and International centres of Literary Studies.