EVALUATIVE REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENTS

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

1. Name of the department: Department of English

2. Year of Establishment: 1991[since the establishment of the college]

3. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated
Masters; Integrated Ph.D., etc.)

English is offered as one of the languages for all UG courses
available in the college B.A, B.Com and BBM
4. Names of Interdisciplinary courses and the departments/units involved
Nil

5. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system (programme wise)
Semester system

6. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments
English is one of the languages offered to students of all courses.

7. Courses in collaboration with other universities, industries, foreign institutions,
etc.
Nil
8. Details of courses/programmes discontinued (if any) with reasons

Nil
9. Number of Teaching posts

Posts Sanctioned Filled
Professors --- -----
Associate Professors 01 01
Asst. Professors ----- -----
Guest faculty 01 01

10. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialization, (D.Sc./D.Litt.
/Ph.D. / M. Phil. etc.,)






Name Qualification Designation Specialization No. of years No. of
of
experience
students
guided for
the last 4
years
S.B Tara M.A,
PGDTE
Associate
Professor
ELT 28 Nil
Vanitha G.S M.A Guest
Lecturer
03 Nil


11. List of senior visiting faculty: NIL

12. Percentage of lectures delivered and practical classes handled(programme wise)
by temporary faculty: 33%
13. Student -Teacher Ratio (programme wise) for the year 2014-2015
B.A: 159:2
B.Com: 125:2
BBM 49:2

14. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff; sanctioned
and filled
Nil

15. Qualifications of teaching faculty with DSc/ D.Litt/ Ph.D/ MPhil / PG.

No. of teaching faculty with
M.Phil.
No. of teaching faculty with
PG
01 01


16. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) National b) International funding
agencies and grants received
Nil

17. Departmental projects funded by DST - FIST; UGC, DBT, ICSSR, etc. and total
grants received
Nil

18. Research Centre /facility recognized by the University

Nil
19. Publications:

a) Publication per faculty Nil
Number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national /
international) by faculty and students Nil

Number of publications listed in International Database (For
Eg: Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities International
Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences
Directory, EBSCO host, etc.)
Nil
Monographs Nil
Chapter in Books Nil
Books Edited Member of Text book Committee for UG English
course
Books with ISBN/ISSN numbers with details of publishers Nil
Citation Index Nil
SNIP Nil
SJR Nil
Impact factor Nil
h-index Nil

20. Areas of consultancy and income generated
The permanent faculty, S.B Tara has provided consultancy services
as follows:
1. Member of Board of Evaluation - 3 years
of University
2. Member of Board of Evaluation
of Sahyadri Science College - 2years
[autonomous] Shivamogga
3. Resourse person for NET/SLET
Coaching classes
4. Free coaching for students appearing for competitive exams
5. Student counselling in the college,
No income has been generated expect TA/DA received
21. Faculty as members in
a) National committees b) International Committees c) Editorial
Boards.

Associate Professor S. B Tara has worked as member of the Text
Book committee for UG students of the University.

22. Student projects
a) Percentage of students who have done in-house projects
including inter departmental/programme Nil
b) Percentage of students placed for projects in organizations
outside the institution i.e.in Research laboratories/Industry/
other agencies Nil
23. Awards / Recognitions received by faculty and students Nil
24. List of eminent academicians and scientists / visitors to the
Department

The following eminent persons have visited the department
1. Prof. D.S Manjunath Member of B.O.S of English, Kuvempu
University
2. Sri. Sathya Murthy Faculty Multidimensional Counselling Centre
Bengaluru
3. Mr. Azgar National Level Trainer, Nagamma Foundation
Bengaluru
4. Prof. William Dsouza National Level Trainer, Principal, Hoysala College
of Management, Shivamogga. He conducted SWOT
Analysis for second year students.

25. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized & the source of funding

a) National Nil
b) International Nil
26. Student profile programme/course wise:

Name of the
course
Applications
received
Selected Enrolled
M F
Pass
percentage
B.A II Sem 90 90 35 55 63%
B.A IV Sem 69 69 25 44 38%
B.Com II sem 74 74 26 48 81%
B.Com IV sem 51 51 22 29 80%
BBM II sem 26 26 22 13 Not available
BBM IV sem 23 23 15 08 87%

*M = Male *F = Female
27. Diversity of Students

Name of the course % of students from
the same state
% of students from
other states
% of students from
abroad
B.A !00% Nil Nil
B.Com 100% Nil Nil
BBM 100% Nil Nil


28. How many students have cleared national and state competitive examinations such
as NET, SLET, GATE, Civil services, Defense services, etc. ?
Nil

29. Student progression



Student progression Against % enrolled
UG to PG
PG to M.Phil.
PG to Ph.D.
Ph.D. to Post- Doctoral
Employed
Campus selection
Other than campus recruitment

Entrepreneurship/Self-Employment


As English is offered as a language students do not take up a PG course in English.

30. Details of Infrastructural facilities

a) Library English books are available in the common library
b) Internet facilities for Staff & Students: Facilities are shared with other departments
c) Class rooms with ICT facility: Nil
d) Laboratories The computer lab is shared with other departments
31. Number of students receiving financial assistance from college, university,
government or other agencies
All students eligible for scholarships receive it from the government.
32. Details on student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops /
seminar) with external experts
The following enrichment programmes have been organized:
1. Special lecture on Communication and telephone skills
By- Prof. D.S Manjunath, ATNCC college, Shivamogga
2. Special lecture on Personality development and Theatre activities
By- Prof. S.C Gowrishankar, DVS college, Shivamogga
3. Remedial coaching on active and passive voice
By- Veena M.V, dept. of English, GFGC Nyamathi
4. Communication skills
By- Poornima S.V, Dept. of Engllish, GFGC Shivamogga
5. Remedial coaching on tenses
By- Sahana Priyadarshini, Dept. of English, GFGC Shivamogga
6. Career guidance
By- Sri Sathya Murthy, Multidimensional Counselling Centre
Bengaluru.
7. Preparation of Resume
By- Mr. Azgar, Trainer, Nagamma Foundation, Bengaluru
8. Special lecture on Study skills
By- Miss Shwetha, Counselor, Shimoga
9. SWOT Analysis
By- Prof. William Dsouza, Principal, Hoysala college of
Management, Shivamogga.
33. Teaching methods adopted to improve student learning
Besides chalk and board, Computers are also used for teaching. English films
are also shown. Students are encouraged to participate in group discussions. Peer
teaching has been encouraged. Special classes are organized for slow learners.

34. Participation in Institutional Social Responsibility (ISR) and Extension activities

The English department has participated in the following activities

S.B Tara, HOD, Dept. of English is the IQAC and NAAC coordinator.
The other responsibilities include contribution as convener and member of various
committees.

35. SWOC analysis of the department and Future plans
The strength of the department lies in the dedication of the teachers and the
students efforts to learn a subject which most rural students find difficult to get through.
Extra classes are conducted for slow learners and the results are encouraging
except students of B.A who answer all other papers in Kannada.
Future plans
1. To offer English as an elective for B.A students
2. To train students to speak confidently in English for better job
opportunities.