Department of English

The Department of English is a pioneer in introducing Language Lab in English curriculum for Engineering and Management students. Ever since Karunya attained autonomy in the year 1999, the department has been working hard to bring about a sea change in the methodology of teaching, evaluation and designing the language curriculum to suit the various levels of students The department has established a state-of-the-art English for Specific Purposes Centre (ESP Centre) which houses Conventional Language Lab (CLL), Computer Aided Language Lab (CALL) and GD Lab. This centre functions 38 hours a week, catering to the needs of BE., B.Tech., M.BA , MCA and M.Sc. Networking students.

Courses Offered :

=> M A in English
=> M Phil in English
=> Ph.D in English

Research :

The department provides a conducive ambience to pursue research in Literature and language studies. Several research scholars are pursuing research in thrust areas of American Literature, Applied Linguistics, Canadian Literature, Christian Literature, Common wealth Literature, Ecology and Literature, English Language Teaching and Indian Writing in English.

Research Areas :

=> American Literature
=> Applied Linguistics
=> Canadian Literature
=> Christian Literature
=> Commonwealth Literature
=> Ecology and Literature
=> ELT
=> Indian Writing in English
=> Russian Literature

Facilities :

=> Highly qualified faculty having expertise in imparting language programme
=> Technology integrated teaching-learning environment
=> Latest curriculum of International standard
=> Language experiments in ESP Centre
=> Skill-based training for language teaching, technical writing relevant to Industries and language editing skills meant for journals and magazines