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Department of English

History of the Department

Date of Establishment : 1943
Opening of Intermediate Course : 1943
Opening of English Honours Course : 1972-73
Founder Teachers : Suren Mohan Das, S.K. Dasgupta

When the country was in the midst of the Quit India Movement, some leading personalities of Assam resolved to start a night college in Gauhati. The motto adopted was Learning while Earning. Accordingly, B. Borooah College was started in 1943 and, since then, the college has been engaged in imparting quality higher education. The Department of English was established at the time of the inception of the college. It takes pride in acknowledging the fact that the first class in the history of the college was an English class. The class was taught by late Suren Mohan Das, one of the founder teachers of the college and the first Head of the Department. In 1944, the renowned litterateur and Parliamentarian Hem Barua joined him. A few months later, Hem Barua became the first full-fledged Principal of the college, but he continued to teach English. The Department was then well-managed by Mr. S. K. Dasgupta, an articulate teacher who became the Head of the Department after the superannuation of S. M. Das. Since then, the Department has been well-served by a number of dedicated teachers.

Honours classes (which were known as Major courses in-between) in the Department began in 1972-73 under the headship of S. K. Dasgupta. Udhab Kakoti was the first student but, due to financial constraints, he dropped Honours midway. D. Tamuly was the first successful student of Honours who passed out with a second class in 1976. For few years, the response continued to be lukewarm. Since the late eighties, however, the Department has been witnessing encouraging intakes in terms of both quality and quantity. At present, more than 50 (fifty) seats in Honours are offered. The Department takes pride in its dedicated teachers, successful alumni, and a creative, promising and hardworking bunch of students.

Current Faculty Members:

1. Dr. Abhigyan Prasad, Ph.D
2. Dr Manabendra Sarma, Ph.D
3. Pinky Das, MA, B.Ed
4. Dr. Kabita Chiring, M.Phil, Ph.D
5. Snigdha Deka, MA, M.Phil
6. Jintu Hazarika, MA, M.Phil
7. Meghali Gogoi, MA, M.Phil

Objectives of the Department:

1. To inculcate a love for literature and enhance the ability for appreciation of Art, Aesthetics and Literature.
2. To enhance communication skills through the teaching of Communicative English.
3. To encourage students to develop a comparative perspective of literature by exposing them to literatures in different languages.
4. To create among the students an awareness of the emerging disciplines in social sciences and encourage them for a career with an interdisciplinary thrust.
5. To encourage translation and its related activities in order to facilitate cross-cultural exchanges.
6. To hone the skills of the students so as to make them employable in the language market.
7. To expose the students to forms of art other than literature like Film, Performing Arts, Visual Arts, Music etc.

Programmes/Courses Offered:

1. Undergraduate: BA with English as Honours
2. Undergraduate: BA Regular
Subjects Offered Apart from Honours Courses:
a) Compulsory Core (English)
b) Alternative English
c) Ability Enhancement Course
d) Skill Enhancement Course (Creative Writing)
e) Skill Enhancement Course (Translation; Principles and Practice)

Faculty Members

Dr. Abhigyan Prasad

Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,HOD
Qualification: MA, PhD

Dr. Manabendra Sarma

Designation: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Qualification: M.A.(G.U), NET, PhD(G.U.)

Mrs. Pinky Das

Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification: M. A., B. Ed.

DR. KABITA CHIRING

Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification: M. A., M. Phil., PhD

Snigdha Deka

Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification: MA, MPhil

Meghali Gogoi

Designation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Qualification: Mphil

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Ex Faculty Members

ID	Name	From	To	Image
239	Jayashree Borthakur	1991	2018
240	Mamata Das	1987	2018
217	Lakshminath Kagyung	2011	2017
218	Angana Misra	2008	2012
244	Dr. Anjan Sarma	1977	2011
243	Madhobi Medhi	1978	2006
219	Dr. Bibhash Choudhury	1998	2003
241	Lakhi Kanta Medhi	1985	2002
253	Deben Sarma	1964	1999
252	Bhabani P. Goswami	1964	1996
254	Sipra Banerjee	1962	1990
242	B. Milton Quaeah	1978	1985
255	S. K Dasgupta	1952	1978
245	Haren Das	1966	1975
256	Surendra Mohan Das	1943	1963

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