Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira  
Department of English | Dept. establishment date: 28/05/1960
  • Programme Offered
Programme Level of study Cut-off marks at entry level in %
B.A. English(Honours) UG N.A.

Student Progression

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Syllabus Faculty Members Seminars Academic Excellence Excursion Study Material
  • Syllabus

    Faculty Members
Name of the Teaching staff Designation Highest Qualification Specialisation Detail Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Sudip Bhattacharya
 Associate Professor (HoD) M.A., Ph.D. Narratology, Popular culture
Dr. Swarup Roy
 Associate Professor M.A.,Ph.D. Nineteenth-Century English Literature
Bengal-Britain Interface in the Nineteenth Century
Translation Studies
Subrata Roy Chowdhury
 Associate Professor M.A., AFIAP (Federation Internationale de la Art Photographie, Belgium)  
Tanweer Alam Mazhari
 Associate Professor M.A., M.Phil. Culture studies
Dipanjan Muhuri
 State Aided College Teacher I M.A.  

  • Seminars
  • SESSION 2013-14:
    Departmental Seminar
    Date Speaker Seminar Type Topic
    31.08.13 Dr V J John,
    Professor of biblical Studies,
    Bishops’ College, Kolkata    		   Discussion on Bible
    07.09.13 Anjana Basu,
    Creative Writer    		 Extension Lecture Creative Writing
    04.03.14-12.03.14 Dipika Mukherjee,
    Professor, Department of Anthropology,
    North Western University, Chicago, USA    		 International Workshop Migration, Travel and Modern Short Story

  • SESSION 2011-12:
    Departmental Seminar
    Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic
    15.03.12 Dr. Abhijit Guha Jadavpur University Alice in Wonderland

  • SESSION 2011-12:
    UGC Sponsered Seminar
    Date Speaker Topic
    13 & 14 February 2012
    • K N daruwalla
    • Sayantan Dasgupta
    • Anil Acharya
    • Anjana Basu
    • Dipika Mukherjee
    • M Sridhar
    • Urvashi Sabu
    • Debashree Dattaray
    • Ipshita Chanda
    		 At the Crossroads : The Short Story in Indian Literatures

  • SESSION 2009-10:
    Departmental Seminar
    Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic
    12.12.2009 Rimi B. Chatterjee Department of English,Jadavpur University Workshop on Creative Writing
    19.12.2009 Nabanita Mukherjee Department of English,Bijay Krishna Girls College Lecture on the drama : 'Look Back in Anger'
    15.02.10
    1. Prof Ipshita Chanda
    2. Prof Rimi B Chatterjee
    3. Nabarun Bhattachrya
    4. Anjana Basu
    5. Trisha Roy
    6. Swami Samarpanananda
    1. Jadavpur University
    2. Jadavpur University
    3. Novelist
    4. Novelist
    5. Novelist
    6. Writer
    		 The Art of the Scribbler : A Symposium on Creative Writing
    20.02.2010 Nabanita Mukherjee Department of English,Bijay Krishna Girls College Lecture on the novel : 'The Return of the Native'

  • SESSION 2008-09:
    Departmental Seminar
    Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic
    9.2.2009 Amrita Chakraborty Prof. of English,Moulana Azad College Jane Austin

  • SESSION 2007-08:
    UGC Sponsered Seminar
    Date Speaker Topic
    26.2.2008
    • Prof. D.S. Mishra
    • Dr. Asha Kuthari Chaudhuri
    • Dr. Rosinka chaudhuri
    • prof. Ipshita Chanda
    • Dr. Rimi B. Chatterjee
    • Dr. Amrit Sen
    		 The Poetic of Indian English Writing: A Quest for Definition

  • SESSION 2005-06:
    Departmental Seminar
    Date Speaker Institution & Dept. Topic
    14.8.2005 Prof Swapan Chakraborty Jadavpur University Extension lecture "On Reaissance Litreature"

  • Academic Excellence
Under Graduate
Year Appeared Success Rate 1st Class University Ranks (First 20) Highest Marks(%)
2005 7 100% 1 7 60%
2006 8 100%     56.2%
2007 8 100%     58.25%
2008 9 100%     57.38%
2009 8 100%     57.63%
2010 12 100% 2 4(Jt), 11(Jt) 62.50%
2011 9 100%     59%
2012 12 100% 1 2 64%
2014 9 100% 2   69.25%
2015 9 100% 4   66%
2016 9 100% 5   69.62%

All India Entrance Examinations after Undergraduate Course
Year Students qualified for admission to other Institutes (Institution-Number)
2009 Hyderabad Uni-3
2010 Hyderabad Uni-3
2011 Hyderabad Uni-3
2013 HU-2, PU-2, DU-1
2014 JU (Film Studies)-1
2015 English and Foreign Languages' University-1, JU-1
2016 Pondicherry University-2, JU-1, CU-7
  • Excursion
  • SESSION 2009-10:
    Date Place Educational Activities
    26-28 February, 2010 Murshidabad  
  • SESSION 2008-09:
    Date Place No. of Students No. of Monks/Teachers Educational Activities
    Feb 2009 Biharinath, Susunia and Panchet 16 2  
  • Study Material
Useful Study Material
English Literature on the Web The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 8th Edition Dr. Wheeler’s Medieval Literature Resources Online Companion to Middle English Literature: Luminarium Anthology of Middle English Literature:
eChaucer Page The Harvard Geoffrey Chaucer Page Renaissance and Reformation Studies The Romantic Period (Resource 1)
The Romantic Period (Resource 2)
The Romantic Period (Resource 3)
 The Victorian Period