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Department of English and Other Languages
The Department of English and Other Languages, GSHSS, has been engaged in training students across all disciplines in language skills. At present, it offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in English, as well as Minor courses in English and Spanish. In addition, the English faculty offer elective courses in English for Communicative and Professional Uses, Public Speaking, Business Communication & Value Sciences, Soft Skills, Critical Thinking and Academic Writing.
Comprehensive Programmes
The programmes offered by the Department strengthen the department’s unwavering mission of nurturing the critical sensibilities of students through a syllabus that is on par with national and international standards.
Highly Qualified Faculty
The faculty members are strongly committed to research and this is reflected in the in-depth research publications and teaching projects undertaken by staff.
Career Options
This diverse training opens up many avenues for further studies and professions for our students: they can become teachers, editors, publishers, advertisers or researchers. Their practical command over language and theoretical knowledge of the world also befits them to venture into careers as varied as public health, data analysis and large language modelling.
Courses Offered
The department offers Undergraduate, Post-Graduate and Doctoral Programs. It offers a well-rounded curriculum in literary studies to BA and MA students and Doctoral Scholars. Students are offered courses in British, American, Indian and other postcolonial literary traditions. They can also select from a wide range of elective courses. Undergraduate students can opt for courses in transmedia storytelling, popular culture, travel writing, digital humanities and linguistics. The postgraduate degree offers advanced courses in linguistics, cultural studies and literary criticism. These students are also offered the chance to hone their skills in academic and professional courses in research methodology, copyediting, ecocriticism, translation theory, gender studies, Dalit studies and pedagogical theory and practice. The department houses an English Lab that assists in the acquisition of practical language skills as well as a preliminary understanding of linguistic processes.
Faculty
Pathivada Padmavathi
hod_english@gitam.edu
HOD
Chintakayala Pradgna
pchintak@gitam.edu
Professor
B Sudha Sai
sbotta@gitam.edu
Associate Professor
Chikkala Swathi
schikkal@gitam.edu
Associate Professor
Chintaluri Venkata Padmaja
pchintal@gitam.edu
Associate Professor
Lt. Vallamsetty Parimala Venu
pvallams@gitam.edu
Associate Professor
S Sushma Raj
ssaripel@gitam.edu
Associate Professor
Siva satyanarayana Jagarapu
sjagarap@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Anomitra Biswas
abiswas2@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Binu George
bgeorge@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Cheemala Raghavendra
rcheemal@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Ganeswara Rao Ch
dchintag@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Gera Ravi Kanth
rgera@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Jaipal Das Karanam
jkaranam@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Jinagam Venkata Sunita
vjinagam@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Koyyana Pallavi
pkoyyana@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Nalamari Srinivasa Rao
snalamar@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Natesh Kumar Nilakantan
nnilakan@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
P Asha
apendyal@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Palli Ramachandra Rao
rpalli@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Pathivada Padmavathi
ppathiva@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Polamarasetty Ravi Kumar
rpolamar@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Pydala Sreenivasulu Reddy
spydala@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Rajeev Singh Mayanglambam
rmayangl@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Ramanadham Ramesh Babu
rramanad@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Ritam Sarkar
rsarkar@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Samhita Bharadwaj
sbharadw@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Shikha Bhatta Mishra
smishra5@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Sruthy B
sbharath2@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor
Thriveni Mindi
tmindi@gitam.edu
Assistant Professor