English Department – Literary Association & Guest Lecture
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The department of English inaugurated its “Literary Association” on 4th October,2017 and a Guest Lecture was organised on the occasion. The invited guest speaker was Dr. G.A. Ghanshyam, the Professor in English, Govt. Lahiri College, Chirmiri and National President of ELTAI.
The programme started with lighting of the lamp before the Goddess of Knowledge, Maa saraswati by the guest speaker, respected Principal Dr. R.N. Singh and all the members of the department. Then, Dr. Anita Shankar, the Head of the Department presented her welcome note. She also threw light on the objectives of the Literary Association.
It was followed by the deliverance of the Principal in which he officially declared the names of the office bearers of the Literary Association for the session 2017-18.
President – Miss. Neha B. Sinha M.A. III Semester
Vice President- Miss. Heena Nishad M.A. I Semester
Secretary- Rizwana M.A. I Semester
Joint Secretary- Poorva B.A. II year
Treasurer- Chamman Ram M.A. III Semester
He also propounded the responsibilities to all the office bearers and exhorted them to fulfil them with full dedication.
Thereafter, Dr. Ghanshyam delivered a profound lecture on “Jawahar Lal Nehru and his Philosophy” and enlightened the students with it. At first Dr. Ghanshyam highly motivated the students to make English their language of conversation through Literary Activities. He inspired them to talk to their friends in English only and arrange group discussions to remove the hesitation in them. Later he focussed on Jawahar Lal Nehru’s “The Discovery of India” and the aspects which Nehru has touched in his autobiography.
The programme was conducted by Miss. Neha Sinha and Miss Afshan Mehak proposed the vote of thanks. All the faculty members; Dr. Neelu Shrivastava, Dr. Anita Saha, Prof. Manjari Singh, Dr. Rupal Farishta and Dr. Rukhsana Khan were present on the occasion.
