Patna Women's College | Highlights of the English Department

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PWC is the best NAAC accredited Womens College for MCA Course in Patna. It is also one of the best colleges in Bihar for AICTE approved courses that has Online Journals as well.

  • Department of English was established in 1940. Programmes offered:
    • Undergraduate and
    • Post Graduate Programmes

     

    Add on Courses:

     

    • Certificate Course in German Language
    • Certificate Course in Spanish Language
    • Certificate Course in French Language
    • Performing Arts
      • Music
      • Drama
      • Dance

     

     

    • The department aims at creating a learning environment that is conducive to the development of critical faculty – the ability to think critically and independently – and making of socially responsible and committed students who have imbibed human values and are ethical in their practices.
    • The department focusses not only on imparting curriculum based theoretical knowledge but also on sensitising students towards important issues and subjects, so that the acquired learning can translate into positive social intervention.
    • The activities of the department aim at providing learning opportunities and exposure to the students. The regular activities include poetry writing and recitation, Skit based on literary texts, research project and poster making. Apart from this the department holds varied activities to promote student participation and performance.
    • Guest lectures, seminars, interactive sessions on relevant themes are also organised.
    • Movies / documentaries are screened and film appreciation classes organised.
    • Teachers of the Department provide constant guidance – both academic and personal – to the students. Each teacher acts as a mentor to a group of students. Students share their academic and personal problems and the mentor provides counselling to the students.

     

     

    Student Profile:

    • The Department has approximately 250 students belonging to the UG and PG Core Courses.
    • Students are continuously assessed through class-room interactions, tests, quizzes, assignments, group discussions and projects.
    • The success rate of students is 100%.
    • Most of our students are well placed in good organizations and in Govt. Services.
    • Many students are working as professors in universities and teachers and principals in schools. Many of them are working in corporate sector.
    • A few students, who were selected by the companies at the campus recruitment, have been employed in foreign countries and are drawing handsome salaries.

    Our Alumni:

    • Meenakshi Mukherjee (former director, School of Languages and Linguistics, JNU) A distinguished scholar, academician, critic & writer of international repute.
    • Lakshmi Chakraverty, IAS, former Chief Secretary, Govt. of Jharkhand
    • Shashi Uban, IAS, former first secretary, Indian High Commission, Canada
    • Manjari Jaruhar, IPS
    • Mala Prasad, Allied Services
    • Shilpa Singh, Bar-at-Law, London, at present practising in Delhi High Court
    • Shinjini Kumar, former CEO, Paytm
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