Khallikote Autonomous College is one of the oldest colleges of Odisha, established in the year 1856. The Department of English was established in the year 1878. The Department became P.G Department of English in 1963. Khallikote Autonomous College was upgraded to Khallikote Unitary University on 1st Aug, 2021.

Along with English Honours and P.G classes, the department also takes up “Compulsory English” classes for Arts, Commerce and Science streams. It also engages the Alternative English classes for Arts, Science and Commerce UG classes.

The number of allotted seats for the classes/courses is as follows:

Class No. of Students
M.Phil 08
P.G 2nd Year 40
P.G 1st Year 40
+ 3 Final Year 60
+ 3 Second Year 60
+ 3 First Year 60

 

Name: Dr. Padmini Sahu
Designation: Reader (Associate Professor)
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Name:Mr. Maheswar Kishan
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Name: Ms. Chinmayee Sahu
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Name: Mr. Ranjan Kumar Behera
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Name: Ms. Madhusmita Swain
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Name: Ms. Ipsita Ruchi
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The department maintains a Reading Room with hundreds of valuable books especially contributed by retired, erstwhile great teachers of this department  Dr.Chinneswara Rao, Dr. D P Mohapatra and Dr. Sudhir Bose. There is a broad space for wall magazine where the students are encouraged to express their creativity through writings, drawings, and so on. The department also subscribes one English daily, weekly employment news and a few social magazines for the use of students.

The department organizes various events throughout the year that include cultural gatherings, seminars and competitions. Every year the department also organizes several competitions like Elocution, Picture composition, Recitation, Essay writing and Literary quiz which the department students participate enthusiastically.

The Department organises Seminars under “Extended Lecture Series” every year since 2014. Experienced and renowned teachers from the field of English Literature are invited to give a talk for two hours on a topic of their choice from the syllabus. The lectures end with an interactive session with the speakers.

Name Position Place
Dr Deepshikha Routray Lecturer Odisha state SSB
Soumya Samanta Lecturer Odisha state SSB
Arundhuti Singh Lecturer Odisha state SSB
Trilochan Das Lecturer Odisha state SSB
Suchitra Das Lecturer Odisha state SSB
Tapan Baliarsingh TGT English OAVS
T V Mahesh P G course through National Entrance Osmania University
Aparna Patnaik P G course through National Entrance Osmania University
Sourav Gouda P G course through National Entrance Osmania University
Bipasha Das P G course through National Entrance Osmania University
Sonali Behera P G course through National Entrance EFLU
Ankit Rath P G course through National Entrance EFLU
Suhasini Biswal P G course through National Entrance EFLU