Department of English was established in 1973. The Department Conducts Undergraduate Course and Post Graduate Course in English Literature. Since the inception of the Department, the Under Graduate and Post Graduate programs in English prepares the students to develop and upgrade their language competence, gain training in critical inquiry and debate, and develop their literary sensibility through courses in Literary Criticism, British Literature, American Literature, Indian Writing, Women’s writing, Linguistics and Literature of the Indian Diaspora. The Department promotes education in the humanities and arts in various subject areas from interdisciplinary approach, keeping in view the latest emerging trends. It undertakes teaching in language, and literature.

The Department of English is committed to the promotion of critical thinking, humanistic values, and connectivity amongst cultures through its various programs in the domain of literature. It nurtures an international, multi-lingual and interdisciplinary approach towards academics. The faculty members of the department come from diverse and vibrant academic backgrounds, making the department versatile in its approach and function. Special lectures, workshops, and other career oriented activities are organized by the Department to ensure the upgrading of the students, and faculty members. The courses facilitate exposing students to the ever thriving cultural industry and helps them get avenues for exciting careers in teaching, media, writing for film and T.V., creative writing etc. The creativity that students develop in their strong writing skills and the variety of genres that they closely study, make them relevant to multiple career opportunities as they venture out, armed with the language and critical knowledge of world literature. The programme gives deeper understanding of multifarious cultures along with training in literary theories imperative for analysis of literature.