About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

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Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

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Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english

About Department

The Department of English, Karnataka State Open University was established in the year 1996. It offers B.A, M.A, Ph.D., Diploma and Certificate Courses. Many eminent teachers served the Department with great distinction. The faculty of the department specialized in the areas of study such as; Literary Criticism and Critical Theory, Feminism and Women‘s Writing, Partition Narratives, Translation Studies, Indian Writing in English, Post-colonialism, Film Studies, Gender Studies and Modernism and Postmodernism. The English Department strengthens students by cultivating critical thinking that can spark creativity, innovation and inculcate the values of critical reading, effective writing, and the richness of literature of past and present. It further facilitates the students the acquisition of communication skills with a humanistic approach. A language laboratory for students of the Department has been set up. Our future plans for the Department include developing a Centre for Post-Colonial Studies. Over the years, the Department has organized several ELT workshops, Conferences on various contemporary literary issues. At present, the Department has five Assistant Professors.

Vision

Inculcate the value of education in the holistic development of the students in English language and Literatures

Mission

To bridge the distance between the students and traditional learning sources in English through studio and digital learning

To enrich competitiveness through specific professional learning modules

To strengthen the institutional networking for knowledge sharing and academic excellence

To impart quality higher education which drives the learners to be responsible citizens

To increase the ability and comprehension of students from rural background in English studies

Chairperson : Dr.Srikanth S

Contact Us

Chairperson

Department Of english