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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
Contact Us
Chairperson
Department of Studies and Research in English
Dr. Srikanth S
Designation: Chairperson and Assistant Professor
Email ID: srikanthbasadi@yahoo.in
Phone No: 9986019910
Qualification: M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization: Women Literature
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Dr. G.Nataraju
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email ID: natraj.g.ukkalagere@gmail.com
Phone No: 9741219820
Qualification: M.A, Ph.D
Area of Specialization: “British Literature”
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Dr. Madhura A.S.
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email ID: urs.madhura@gmail.com
Phone No: 9980900349
Qualification: M.A., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization: Holocaust Literature
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Dr. Vinutha P. Kunderi
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email ID: vinthak98@gmail.com
Phone No: 96324 69430
Qualification: MA., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization: Holocaust Life Writings
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Dr. John Peter S
Designation: Assistant Professor
Email ID: peter.joan05@gmail.com
Phone No: 9743707672
Qualification: M.A., B.Ed., Ph.D.
Area of Specialization: Phonetics, Phonology, Functional Grammar
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Personal Contact Programme
- Second Semester Online PCP for 2023-24 July and January cycle
- Fourth Semester Online PCP for 2021-22 July and 2022-23 January Cycle
- PGCE and PGCCE Offline PCP for 2023-24 July / January Cycle
- First Semester January Cycle offline personal contact programmes at Regional Centres
- CBCS – MA English First & Third Semester (Offline Classes) – July 2023-24 Cycle