Faculty

Department Activities

• The Post Graduate Department of English of Khalsa College Amritsar organised a Literary Quiz for the students on 10 Nov 2023

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• The Post Graduate Department of English, Khalsa College Amritsar held an extension lecture on Acts of Reading Literature on 20.10.2023

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• The P. G. Department of English and Mulk Raj Anand English Literary Society organized literary competitions to commemorate the birth Anniversary of Sardar Bhagat Singh

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• The Post Graduate Department of English of the Historic Khalsa College organised Lit-Fiesta, an inter-college literary festival.

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• Amandeep Singh, a student of historic Khalsa College, Amritsar governed by Khalsa College Charitable Society, Amritsar has cleared National Eligibility Test held for the recruitment of Professors.

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• English Literary Society of the Post Graduate Dept. of English of the historic Khalsa College organized One Day Workshop on Personality Development.

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• The Post Graduate Dept. of English of the historic Khalsa College organized One Day Theatre Workshop on All the Worlds a Stage All the Men and Women merely Players.

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• The Post Graduate Department of English, of the historic Khalsa College Amritsar. held an extension lecture on the Trends in Language and Linguistics.

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• Khalsa College, Amritsar won 2nd Position in Inter-College English Literary Quiz Competition held at Hans Raj Mahila Mahavidyala, Jalandhar.

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• The English Literary Society of Khalsa College Amritsar organized a Paper Reading and Western Singing Competition.

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• The Post Graduate Dept. of English of Khalsa College organised Literary Quiz for the students of B.A. (Hons.) English, M.A. (English) and Elective English students of Humanities(Dated 30.9.21)

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• P.G. Dept. of English organised Poem recitation competition

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• The Post Graduate Department of English, of the historic Khalsa College, Amritsar organised National Webinar on RECENT TRENDS IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

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• Khalsa College Amritsar Students recruited as Flying Officer

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• P.G. Dept. of English organised One Day Workshop on Pronunciation on Sept.13, 2019

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• Khalsa college Amritsar organized workshop on Transforming Indians

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• Khalsa College Amritsar Organized One Day Workshop For Teachers

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• Khalsa College Amritsar holds Meet the Author Programme

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• Winners of Litmania, Inter College English Festival

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• Seminar on Situational English organised

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• Train the Trainers Programme attended by Faculty members

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• Poetry Recitation and Western Song Competition organised by English Literary Society

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• Lecture on "Why and How of Literary Studies" by English Department on 24.10.2018

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• English Literary Society Explores Creative Zones on January 31, 2018

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• Declamation & Quiz Competition by English Literary Society

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• One Day Workshop on Creative Writing in English on September 13, 2016

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About Department

HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT

• It is one of the oldest departments in the college.
• The graduate classes began in 1898. The post graduate classes started in 1928-29.

IMPORTANT PERSONALITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT

• S. Gurbachan Singh Talib, a renowned scholar, was the  first college student to stand first in the province of Punjab in M.A.(English) in 1933.
• Prof.Sant Singh Sekhon, a well known writer in English, Punjabi and Urdu served as a lecturer in English in 1949.
• Prof. R. L. Ahuja, was the first  member of the Department of English in Khalsa College, Amritsar to complete Ph.D in English.
• Prof. Darshan Singh Maini, Prof. Emeritus was another well known scholar from the  Department.
• Principal Teja Singh, a well known scholar,  served the department of English from 1919-45.
• Mulk Raj Anand the iconic figure of  Indian Writings in English  was a student of the department.

COURSES ON OFFER

The department offers:-

• Mphil ( English)
• M.A. (English)  (British Literature, American Literature, Indian Writings in English, Literary Theory & Criticism, History of English Literature,  Linguistics)
• B.A .English (Honors)
• English is being taught as a  compulsory subject in B.A./B.Com/B.Sc (Med/N. Med/C.Sc./Eco)/ BBA/BA( Social Science) B.Com( Hons)
• Communication Skills subject is being taught in BCA/B.Sc IT/ Bio Tech/ B.Sc. Agri(Hn)/BFST/BJMC/B.Sc(Fashion Designing)
• We also offer B.A. (Functional English), Elective English to the students.