The Department of English and MEL runs regular courses in English, French
and German. Need based certificate courses in conversational English, German,
French and Spanish are also part of the academic programmes of the department. It
came into being in 1943 with the
introduction of B.A in English. The department started M.A. in English in 1963
and M.Phil.(ELT), still a rare course, in 1987. The doctoral work is performed
both in literature and language. The department functions on an
interdisciplinary approach and caters to the needs of scholars interested in the
areas of Indian Literature, American Literature and Sanskrit Aesthetics. Modern
European languages (French and German) are very popular among students. A fully equipped language
laboratory fulfills the demands of autonomous learning of language.