Mr. Jayant R. Salve

M.A., B.Ed., SET

Associate Professor

Head, Department of English

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The ELA is a forum that organizes all the academic and co curricular activities of the department throughout the year. Students and teachers of the department are members of the ELA. The inauguration of the activities of ELA for each academic year is held in the beginning of each term at the hands of eminent scholar and academician.

Junior and senior college students present their original compositions on a variety of themes. The competition is judged by a panel of three judges. The participants are judged on the basis of Theme, Diction, Presentation and Overall Impression.

Eminent guest speakers are invited to give insights into the various aspects of Research. The speech is followed by presentation of original research papers by students and teachers.

A two day Literary Fest ‘Literaria’ is organized every year in the month of January as part of the college annual youth fest ‘Nowros’. The activities held under the fest are- Literary exhibition, Literary Quiz, Hand writing Competition, Literary Games, Elocution, extempore Poetry writing competition, Cosplay, On the second day, a cultural programme is organized. Students and teachers present their talent in music, dance , drama.

In the month of August, the students of Third Year and M.A. part Two arrange a fresher’s party to welcome the students of FY AND M.A. part one. In the month of April, the juniors give a farewell to their seniors.

The play prescribed for M.A. Part 2 titled ‘Final Solutions’ written by Sahitya Akademi prize winner play right Mahesh Dattani, was staged professionally in Bharatnatyamandir, Pune. The play was produced by the Department of English and directed by Head of the department Mr Jayant Salve and Mr Yogendra Mnae. The students acted in the play and also id the music, lights and the stage. The play was the outcome of a weeklong drama workshop conducted by the department.