◈ About the Department

“The one way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy.” - Gustave Flaubert
“Fiction is like a spider’s web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.” - Virginia Woolf
“The struggle of literature is in fact a struggle to escape from the confines of language; it stretches out from the utmost limits of what can be said; what stirs literature is the call and attraction of what is not in the dictionary.” - Italo Calvino
The Department of English of Kabi Jagadram Roy Government General Degree College started functioning from the very inception of the college. It started its modest journey in the year 2015 with 25 students admitted to the Honours Course and 2 students (From other Honours subjects) taking English as General subject. Initially the department was affiliated to The University of Burdwan where the Honours and General courses (1+1+1 pattern) in English were taught. Presently, the Department offers Semester based Honours and Programme Courses in CBCS system and NEP-based Curriculum and Credit Framework for Undergraduate Programmes (CCFUP) under Bankura University. While the Department from the very beginning has focused on the systematic imparting of knowledge pertaining to the syllabus with an avowed aim to the attainment of decent results of the students, it has also earnestly insisted on inducing a passion for English literature among the students going beyond the confines of mere syllabus. Since the employability of the students is also one of the important concerns of the Department, it also pays meticulous attention to developing the communication skills of the students. The Department has a satisfying library considering its initial stage and it stands assured to be furnished with the wealth of a well-equipped library in the years to come. To harness effectively the creative ingenuity of the students and also to increase their academic acumen and awareness of contemporary literature, the Department inspires the students to organize exhibitions, participate in seminars/conferences and publish wall- magazines regularly. The Department is also determined to put into best use the boons of technology-based teaching-learning aids so that the academic interest of the students can further be excited. A cordial teacher-student relationship leading to an ebullient teachinglearning ambience is the hallmark of this Department. The faculty of this Department is engaged in different examination-related activities at the under-graduate level and individually in different research and research-related activities. With the sincere academic zeal of the students, the whole-hearted devotion of the faculty members, the support of infrastructural developments and the warmth of genial teacher-student relationship, the Department is resolved to reach the acme of progress, prosperity and excellence.