City College, Kolkata

श्रद्धावान लभते ज्ञानम
NAAC Accredited Degree College. Affiliated to University of Calcutta.

Department of English (Arts)

Departmental Activities

  • Activities of the Department:
    • Exuberance (Departmental Freshers' Welcome)is the name of the Freshers’ welcome ceremony conducted by the Department of English every year. This is a warm cultural welcome ceremony that adds team spirit and solidarity among students.
    • Departmental Farewell is also a regular ceremony conducted by the students of the English Department to see off their passing out seniors with some heart-warming memories.
    • Online Inter College Quiz Competition was conducted on 23/06/2020 by primary initiative from the Department of English, City College. It was planned to relieve the student community through a competitive spirit under the world wide tremendously depressing situation of Covid-19.
    • Online Debate and Crossword Puzzle Competition was conducted on 24/06/2020 by primary initiative from the Department of English, City College. It was planned to relieve the student community through a sports spirit under the world wide tremendously depressing situation of Covid-19.
    • Covizen Part-I in 2020 and Covizen Part-II in 2022 were organised by the students of the Department of English in online mode. The objective was to boost the energy level of students through some online cultural performance and quiz during the lock-down period and blended mode class period under the outbreak of various phases of Covid-19.
  • Seminars/Workshops/Training Courses/Lectures Organized:
    Topic/Title Event Date Notice Report Photos
    A PowerPoint Presentation was given by the students of Semester-IV on the relevant topics from their course on 11/05/2023. This approach was taken up by the Department of English in order to empower the research ability and presentation skill of the students. 11.05.2023 -- -- --
    A Workshop was organised by the Department on "Film Improvisation of Amitava Ghosh's The Shadow Lines" on 13/04/2023. Students’ awareness to interpret their texts was given a boost by helping them study their courses from the perspective of film making. 13.04.2023 -- -- --
    A Special Lecture was organised by the Department of English on the history of the Mongolian Empire in relation to the poem Kubla Khan on 04/04/2023. Mr. Subhadip Das, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Muragacha Government College, West Bengal was invited to deliver this lecture. 04.04.2023 -- -- --
    A special class was conducted focussing on the career opportunities in the field of creating writing on 27/03/2023. Prof. Ranjini Rao from Convergence Institute of Media Management and IT Studies (Commits), Bengaluru had attended our students and delivered a lecture on the topic, “Writing as a Career Option in a Cross-cultural Environment Today.” 27.03.2023 -- -- --
    A Special Lecture was delivered by Nitai Roy Chowdhury, the Librarian of the college to the students of the Department of English on 28/11/2022 on the Library Cataloguing and Use of Internet Resource for Academic Purpose. 28.11.2022 -- -- --
    A State Level Seminar was organised by the Department of Bengali, English, Hindi, and Sanskrit on 19/09/2022. Main emphasis was given to the rise of translation studies in literature in present times. 19.09.2022 -- -- --
    A Students' Seminar is organised yearly by the Department for the Students of Semester-VI. It tries to increase students’ ability to present research-paper confidently. Particularly for the final semester students this seminar becomes very helpful for their further academic journey. -- -- -- --
  • Field Trips:
    Topic/Title Event Date Notice Report Photos
    Field trip was arranged by the Department of English to the American Center Library, Kolkata to attend a theatrical performance by students based on concepts of Unity and Cultural diversity named, "A Global I.D.E.A. - Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility". -- -- -- --
  • Interdisciplinary Activities:
    • As the first wave of COVID-19 forced a nationwide lock-down all the educational institutions along with other sectors were taken aback due to the sheer unpreparedness for the circumstances. When sustainability of life became a matter of anxiety, education and cultural activity went much down on the priority list. At such a critical juncture our institution decided to stick to the important values of our nation in whichever way possible. An official YouTube channel was created to transform the cultural and other related activities to the digital platform. Students from various departments including former students performed singing, dancing, recitation etc from their home and sent video recordings. Those recordings were compiled into a single large video and uploaded onto the said YouTube channel on 08 May 2020 in order to celebrate Rabindra Jayanti in online mode. Online inter college Quiz competition 2020: It was observed that the forced isolation during the COVID-19 lock-down situation was slowly destroying the free spirit of the student community. Though we were trying our best to boost their energy level in online classes, a complete substitute for their physical meeting and enjoying the warmth of friendship was not possible. A humble attempt was made in collaboration with Chakdah College and Sree Gopal Banerjee College to increase the involvement and energy level of students by arranging an online quiz on 23 June 2020. Online debate and cross word puzzle competition 2020: It was also observed that not all the students are comfortable in quiz. In order to accommodate students who would prefer some recreational creative activity we had organised an online debate and crossword puzzle competition as well with the same collaboration as mentioned above on 24 June 2020. These two online competitions catered students not only from Kolkata and surroundings but from North and South 24 Parganas, Burdwan, Nadia and Berhampur as well.


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